Amazon Web Services Inc. (AWS), which has been maturing its Amazon S3 storage services and Amazon Elastic Block Store storage service, has moved to file storage. Yesterday, Amazon Elastic File System was announced as being ready for production. According to the company, EFS allows customers to access a fully managed filesystem via the Network File…
How can you build a team that is successful? Microsoft Tips
Mike Hughes, Office Business Group Leader for Microsoft Ireland, believes that leadership, teamwork, technology adoption, and measuring effectiveness are all essential to building a successful project team. He spoke recently at an Ireland Chapter PMI event about collaboration best practices and how to create effective projects teams in today’s business climate. Here is what he…
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Data is sent and received every second of every day. Every day, your company’s network processes billions of data packets. Although you received many packets to read this article, the vast majority of people don’t know how it works. It is difficult to understand what happens behind the scenes to ensure that data reaches the…
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Global Knowledge beats the competition in blended training solutions Blended or hybrid learning is a new concept in corporate technology training. Although a few learning providers offer blended learning, Global Knowledge is the only one that has implemented a solution that fully utilizes the potential of a blended delivery model. When I researched the competition…
How active listening makes you a better leader Every manager wants to get maximum out of each employee and maximize team cohesion. Management strategies must make sure that your team feels heard, understood, and recognized. Employee engagement and satisfaction is enhanced when you actively listen to your team members’ thoughts, ideas and challenges. This will lead to better results. Slide deck>
Instructor: Dan Stober Dan Stober has over 20 years of experience in leadership and management. He is certified as a portfolio director and PMP. After a career as an officer in the United States Army, Dan joined Global Knowledge. He has experience leading troops on six overseas deployments. This webinar will help you: Define listening…
Happy Birthday Girl Geek Dinners
Last Thursday, I had dinner at Cafe Royle, Google’s canteen. Google hosted a Girl Geek Dinners birthday party (strapline: definitely computes) to celebrate their third year anniversary. Girl Geek Dinners are a little known phenomenon. Sarah Blow, a London-based non-profit organization, started the Girl Geek Dinners three years ago. Now, girl geeks all over the…
Haiku for Project Managers [Book review]
(This post contains affiliate hyperlinks. Please read my full disclosure. Yes, there are poetry books that were written with project managers at heart. This one, Haiku For Project Managers: Project Knowledge In Seventeen Syllables, is the only one that I know of, by Robert Prol PMP. ItaEUR(tm), therefore, is the best dY(tm). I first found…
Kanban vs. Scrum – What’s the Difference?
Both Scrum and Kanban are popular Agile methods that produce incremental work while focusing on continuous improvement. Both Scrum and Kanban have their advantages and disadvantages. However, neither method is perfect for every project. Kanban can be difficult to implement and some teams may struggle to adapt to the Scrum framework. How do you choose…
Kanban vs. Scrum – Key Differences and How to Choose – The Digital Project Management
The world has changed. Why is this happening? Smartsheet transforms your work. This article is ideal for large teams with multiple projects or those who are looking to simplify their project management processes. There are many terms used to describe project management methods. It is important to understand their meaning and how to choose the…
Just released: Project Health Reports
It’s great to be able to see the status of all your projects without having to go through a lot of reports. We think TeamGantt’s Project Health Report will be a great tool for you. The Project Health Report is a quick snapshot of all active projects you manage and saves you time. The Project…