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Author Archives: donmcalister
Change Reflux Disease
During my working years I was frequently bothered with night-time acid reflux. Given the stresses of work and life, along with poor eating and exercise habits, I guess that’s not an unexpected consequence. In any case, one night last … Continue reading
Happiness, Hope and Business Strategy
It seems to me that business leaders should pay more attention to the state of mind of their workforce when they engage in strategic planning. Businesses are after all, a system, or a network of people who must interact in … Continue reading
Project Management Across the Knowledge Domain
This is third in the series of my blogs addressing the intimate relationship between Project Management, Risk Management and Knowledge Management. In the first blog, I introduced the idea that the Project Manager must be a Knowledge Manager to be … Continue reading
Does Good Luck Trump Good Planning?
Best Laid Plans Your plan said you’d do what you should, And you did the best that you could. But when the going got tough, And it still wasn’t enough. It was better to be lucky than good Don McAlister, … Continue reading
Yawning – Sleepy, Bored or a Hot Brain?
One of my favorite places to look for topics of interest and learning value is the Psychology Today Web-site. Not long ago I noticed a blog called “Why Do You Yawn When You’re Not Sleepy” by Faith Brynie, published in … Continue reading
“Project Dis-Integration”
One of the most critical and difficult parts of executing a complex product development project, is the integration of all of the stakeholders, tasks, resources, requirements, and management information. Project Integration ensures that objectives are understood and aligned; tempo is … Continue reading
Worrying About Risk Management
I was recently asked for my thoughts on the relationship between “worrying” and risk management. I thought I’d share my response in this blog. “Worry” is an emotional state, evoked in response to some condition we have, or might encounter. … Continue reading
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Creative Scheduling
Project Managers always face customer schedule pressures and drive their teams to be responsive. Sometimes those responses can be very creative. Creative Scheduling A creative scheduler once remarked, “Einstein’s Theory could improve my chart.” “By accelerating the plan…” To the speed of … Continue reading
Project Management from a Knowledge Management Perspective
This is the second in a series of three blogs that I’m be posting on the intimate relationship between Project Management, Knowledge Management (KM), and Risk Management. In the first blog, “The Interdependency of Project, Knowledge and Risk Management”, I … Continue reading
A Bit of Risk Management Humor
Although you may not be professionally enagaged in risk management activities, you and everyone else in the world is in fact a risk management practitioner. If you buckle your seat, make a restaurant reservation or have life insurance, you’re managing risk. I wrote this … Continue reading
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