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Ware Stories

October 21, 2008

Here are five lessons learned the hard way from a major technology project.

We Have a Problem with Success

by Mark Mullaly, Ph.D., PMP December 27, 2017

It’s a very strange thing, but we don’t really like success. We don’t embrace it. We often forget to celebrate it. We very frequently look upon the idea of rejoicing in success as an unproductive and unnecessary frivolity. But it doesn’t have to be this way...

Web to the Rescue...or Rescue the Web?

by Mike Donoghue December 5, 2007

The only way you can know whether or not the information you find on the Web has any degree of accuracy, reliability or truthfulness is to examine the underlying details and clues of a website and evaluate its value.

What Do Online Badges Mean to You?

by Mike Donoghue October 7, 2013

Popularized in the gaming community and online spaces as a method to motivate, recognize achievement and establish credibility, badges have become a way of life in cyber space. Can they drive us to learn more and perform better in our PM profession?

What I Wish I Had Learned at PM School

by Mark Mullaly, Ph.D., PMP January 30, 2019

As things grow in size, scale and complexity, you have to learn to grow with them. And that's where we usually run into our first problem: How do we learn any of this? This practitioner reflects on the most essential perspectives and skills that determine what it takes to get projects done.

What I Wish I Knew 20 Years Ago

by Mark Mullaly, Ph.D., PMP February 26, 2020

As ProjectManagement.com celebrates its 20th anniversary, Mark Mullaly—who has been a contributor since our very first year—shares insights that he would most want his younger self to know, appreciate and learn from.

What Project Management Can Learn From the Arts

by Mark Mullaly, Ph.D., PMP May 3, 2023

Art works because of structure, process and honesty. If we want our projects to truly deliver results that we care about, we should take lessons from the world of the arts and apply them to our own projects and organizations.

What Sports Can Teach Your Team

by Kathleen Ryan O'Connor July 31, 2016

A former Sports Illustrated editor interviewed 120 leaders in sports and business, from the head men's basketball coach at Duke to the CEO of Southwest Airlines. The resulting book distills 16 habits that organizations do differently to build and support high-performing teams.

What We Still Get Wrong About PM Education...And How to Get It Right

by Mark Mullaly, Ph.D., PMP August 29, 2018

Since the advent of project management, there’s been a lot done in terms of education, training and skill development in the field. We should be getting it right by now. We're not.

What’s Wrong With Email? Maybe It’s How You Use It...

by Mike Donoghue November 6, 2013

Times change, and so has our means to communicate. Despite the desire of some people to put everything in writing, email is not for every issue. Accountability is important, but the difficulty is when too many people feel they have a lot to say--and the information gets diluted. Keep these tips in mind.

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