Category: Simple Rule 01: Ask Why First
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How to connect with simplicity
How to connect with simplicity You might be thinking, what is Confluity?You wouldn’t be alone.In this blog, I hope you’ll find Confluity, and why it’s important for you. Finding Confluity – In a nutshell To find Confluity is to connect with what matters the most. That is where the name comes from: Con – connecting…
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How to decide if your work is a project
Why most struggle with this question, and what you can do about it. A Quick Story From a Managing Director Last week, I asked a Managing Director of a medium‑sized business to complete a project Complexity Assessment. • His initiative scored just one point under the formal definition of a project. • But he insisted…
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6 steps to fix the #1 reason projects faIL
THIS WEEK’S FOCUS We focus on the core factors that make for successful projects. Welcome to Success Factors Discovery, your weekly email for enjoying projects + delivering with confidence. I often think about the number one cause of burnout, in the profession with the highest rates (and no, this isn’t a joke about firefighters or…
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What is project management, really?
THIS WEEK’S FOCUS Welcome to Success Factors Discovery, your weekly email for enjoying projects + delivering with confidence. Search online and you’ll find polished definitions of project management from PMI, APM, US and UK government handbooks. They talk about “applying skills, knowledge, tools, and techniques to deliver within time, cost, and quality.” Useful? Yes. Complete?…