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Bill Holmes
Apr 4, 20192 min read
Project Communications Part 9 – Communication Methods – Combining Push and Pull Communications
“Expansion means complexity, and complexity decay.” Parkinson's Third Law “Avoid complexities. Make everything as simple as possible.”...


Bill Holmes
Mar 28, 20193 min read
Project Communications Part 8 – Communication Methods – Pull
“I never open the newspaper, never. I never go to a website; I never turn on the T.V. hoping to find something I can attack. It isn't...


Bill Holmes
Mar 19, 20193 min read
Project Communications Part 7 – Communication Methods - Push
“Turn off your email; turn off your phone; disconnect from the Internet; figure out a way to set limits so you can concentrate when you...


Bill Holmes
Feb 28, 20192 min read
Project Communications Part 6 – Communication Methods - Interactive
“The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said.” Peter F. Drucker “To effectively communicate, we must...


Bill Holmes
Feb 20, 20193 min read
Project Communications Part 5 – Simple Communication Model
“Between two brains, there will always be misunderstandings and lies caused by parasitic smells, drafts and poor-quality reception.”...


Bill Holmes
Feb 14, 20193 min read
Project Communications Part 4 – What is an “artifact”?
“No permanence is ours; we are a wave that flows to fit whatever form it finds” Hermann Hesse “The search for something permanent is one...


Bill Holmes
Feb 5, 20193 min read
Project Communications Part 3 – Channels of Communication
“Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid.” Fyodor Dostoevsky “The single biggest problem...


Bill Holmes
Jan 25, 20194 min read
Project Communications Part 2 – Assessing Key Stakeholders Temperament
“Invariably, micromanaging results in four problems: deceit, disloyalty, conflict, and communication problems.” John Rosemond “Team...


Bill Holmes
Jan 18, 20194 min read
Project Communications Part 1 – Assessing Key Stakeholders as a Function of Project Length
“Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say infinitely when you mean very; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to...


Bill Holmes
Jan 11, 20193 min read
Standing up the Portfolio Management Office (PfMO) Part 12 – Bringing it all Together
“The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” George Bernard Shaw “A mass of data is not the...


Bill Holmes
Dec 31, 20183 min read
Standing up the Portfolio Management Office (PfMO) Part 11 – Measures (Part 4)
“Consistency is the hallmark of the unimaginative.” Oscar Wilde “It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives. It's what we...


Bill Holmes
Dec 21, 20183 min read
Standing up the Portfolio Management Office (PfMO) Part 10 – Measures (Part 3)
“Lots of folks confuse bad management with destiny.” Kin Hubbard “Management by objective works - if you know the objectives. Ninety...


Bill Holmes
Dec 12, 20183 min read
Standing up the Portfolio Management Office (PfMO) Part 9 – Measures (Part 2)
“The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.” Stephen Covey “There cannot be a crisis next...


Bill Holmes
Nov 28, 20183 min read
Standing up the Portfolio Management Office (PfMO) Part 8 – Measures (Part 1)
“Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.” Peter Drucker “The first rule of management is delegation....


Bill Holmes
Nov 24, 20183 min read
Standing up the Portfolio Management Office (PfMO) Part 7 – Resource Allocation
“I have no money, no resources, no hopes. I am the happiest man alive.” Henry Miller “Managers today have to do more with less, and get...


Bill Holmes
Nov 19, 20183 min read
Standing up the Portfolio Management Office (PfMO) Part 6 – Do you need a Results Management Office?
“A leader must have the courage to act against an expert's advice.” - James Callaghan “Never forget that only dead fish swim with the...


Bill Holmes
Nov 8, 20183 min read
Standing up the Portfolio Management Office (PfMO) Part 5 – Do you need a Results Management Office?
“Management cares about only one thing. Paperwork. They will forgive almost anything else - cost overruns, gross incompetence, criminal...


Bill Holmes
Nov 2, 20183 min read
Standing up the Portfolio Management Office Part 4 – What kind of PfMO do you want?
“Fear, greed and hope have destroyed more portfolio value than any recession or depression we have ever been through.” James...


Bill Holmes
Oct 26, 20183 min read
How to Stand Up a Portfolio Management Office Part 3 – Learning From Mistakes
“The behavior of any bureaucratic organization can best be understood by assuming that it is controlled by a secret cabal of its...


Bill Holmes
Oct 19, 20184 min read
How to Stand Up a Portfolio Management Office Part 2 – Making the Case Unsuccessfully
“Philosophers are people who know less and less about more and more, until they know nothing about everything. Scientists are people who...
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