I finally finished reading, “The Tyranny of E-mail: The Four-Thousand-Year Journey to Your Inbox.” Loved the book. It was a very interesting read about how communication has changed with the advent of, well, literacy, then postal service, then typewriters, then telegraph, and finally email. At each step, certain core assumptions and behaviors changed in our society. [...] [...]
I’m preparing to review Cornelius Fichtner’s PMP exam preparation package called “PM PrepCast.” Cornelius runs the web site, http://www.project-management-podcast.com/. I’ll be writing soon about my impressions and how I’d such a package fitting in one’s PMP exam prep, comparing it to my classroom prep experience, and musing about its use for the environment that I [...] [...]
After certifying PMP, I embarked on a concentrated effort to share and build those skills with my organization. My excitement as I prepared for certification was contagious, and my staff had even begun to ask me to share some of that new knowledge. While we had very little PM practice, we do projects, and recognized [...] [...]
The Book: The Tyranny of E-mail: The Four-Thousand-Year Journey to Your Inbox PM Knowledge Area: Communications Media: Click here to view a 3-minute video from the author, John Freeman. Many of us are accustomed to ready business- or project-focused books and literature, things that are focused on our profession and the application of immediately actionable knowledge and tools. [...] [...]