Fellowship of the Project and Risk Management – Carl Pritchard

By Christopher Grim on December 2, 2020

Representatives from the realms of Sales, Support, Product, Design, and Operations met to discuss the great enemy of LexBlog. A backlog of blogs, websites, microsites, and portals that threaten our standing with numerous clients. This is one project to rule over all other projects and must been eliminated.

Really, we have a list of blogs that for one reason or another stalled out. Either the client lost interest, communications dropped, or someone somewhere hesitated about a decision. This post is about the beginning of the end of stalled projects at LexBlog.

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Conflicting Values and Project Management

By Christopher Grim on November 16, 2020

For the last several months I’ve been attempting to rectify what I’ve been told about being a PM and the reality of being a PM. My expectations for daily work has really butted heads with what I actually do. While I’ve become overwhelmed with anxiety because of this, I haven’t been able to pin down the exact issue until I a few nights ago.

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Project Management Life Lesson – You Set the Tone for the Project

By Christopher Grim on November 2, 2020

Recently engaged, I have been setting out with my fiance to determine a solid venue for the BIG DAY. Like a good project manager, I had us first determined our deliverables, budget, and task list. I know the difficulty of venue selection. Some places require you use their in-house catering. Some have a minimum drink order. Heck, some have very specific requirements for setup, i.e. “the dj has to go in this one spot”. In any case, we quickly learned who we were going to work with was almost as important as getting the venue we wanted.

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Setting Goals and Just Getting Started – Cornelius Fichtner

By Christopher Grim on October 28, 2020

As I listen to the 7 year old podcast episode (#5) from Cesar Abeid, PMP‘s PM for the Masses, I’m happy to see Cornelius Fichtner, PMP, CSM is still going strong with his PM prep company OSP INTERNATIONAL LLC.

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Lean on Your Team and Work Breakdown Structure – Margaret Maloni

By Christopher Grim on October 20, 2020

I actually listened to Margaret Maloni 3 weeks ago on the PM for the Masses podcast. While I was expecting to just listen and post, I’ve been hesitating due to a real learning experience that resonated with Margaret’s ideas.

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Reflection of being a PM – David Allen on Getting Things Done

By Christopher Grim on September 23, 2020

Last week I took a listen to Cesar Abeid‘s PM for the Masses Podcast episode 3 a with David Allen, author of Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity. Sure, the post is from 2013, but I’m a relatively new Project Manager and listening to the podcast has already revealed positive results.

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