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Executive Information System: Think Infrastructure, Not Software
By Robert Steele · 12 years ago
In any company, it can be difficult to feed relevant information up to the executive level. In large enterprises, it is especially difficult to do this. The infrastructure in which an executive receives this information ...
Project Spending: Investment and Insanity
By Robert Steele · 13 years ago
For anyone who has worked in retail, you know that customers have a variety of ideas as to what "expensive" means. Terms like "sale," "deal," and "cheap" are all a matter of perspective. When I ...
Project Management Budgets Can Go a Long Way
By Robert Steele · 13 years ago
As an outdoor enthusiast who has encountered several life threatening situations, I understand the importance of having the right equipment. However, not everyone knows this. When I worked as a salesman for a gear shop, ...
The "Back Lawn" Project Vs. The "Everest" Project
By Robert Steele · 13 years ago
Once, I worked for an outdoor retailer, and I found that there were many different customers with different commitment levels to any one outdoor activity. For example, there were people that went on a hike ...
Project Management and the Power of Empowerment
By Robert Steele · 13 years ago
A few days ago I took my beagles on a hiking trip. Excited to get them out of their yard and let them experience the real mountains, I packed up all three in a collapsible ...
The Flow of Project Management: Consistent Optimization and Progression
By Robert Steele · 13 years ago
One of my projects this summer has been a grueling process of stopping a swamp from flooding the cabin. I wrote an article of how I gained control of the flood. What was once a ...
Alone, Flooded, and Sinking: The "Teamless" Project
By Robert Steele · 13 years ago
Last week, it was my project, and mine alone, to divert a river that was flooding directly into the space beneath the family cabin. As I worked for one whole day, morning to night, with ...
Project Decisions: Saving a Fawn or Diverting a River
By Robert Steele · 13 years ago
On the fourth of July this year, I spent the weekend at my cabin hoping to accomplish a large list of projects. As I was hiking into the forest to gather firewood, I found a ...
Three Steps Toward Project Phantasmagoria
By Robert Steele · 13 years ago
When a project goes wrong, it can often be traced back to some form of miscommunication. Whatever the mistake may be, a project that fails does so because it exists in a state of what ...
The Paved Road of Project Management
By Robert Steele · 13 years ago
Project management tools seem to be available everywhere. Some are free devices to keep a record of daily tasks. Others are expensive solutions for major corporations to manage high-budget programs. Some are specific to certain ...