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	<title>Project Management for the Small Business or Organization</title>
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		<title>Project MisCommunitcation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The most important part of project management is listening. Listen to what your customers are asking for, listen to what the project team is delivering, and listen to what you are communicating to other about your project.
Here&#8217;s a cute video about what miscommunication can do to a project:


    
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		<link>http://akilahthompkinspmp.com/blog/?p=47</link>
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		<title>How Do I Keep the ELEPHANTS at bay?????</title>
		<description><![CDATA[continuation of The Three Elephants in the Room (Time, Cost, and Scope)
 
Believe it or not the solution to your elephants is so simple you will wonder why people spend so much time on even thinking about it.
 
At the beginning of the project, ask your project sponsor (boss, organization chair, whoever is the big wig that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://akilahthompkinspmp.com/blog/?p=41</link>
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		<title>The Three Elephants in the Room (Time, Cost, and Scope)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With every project there always seems like there are three nagging concerns:
·     Time-i.e. The event is on June 1st can we make it? Or I have to have my spring collection up, of course before spring.
·     Cost- i.e. We only have $5000 to start this new day camp. Or the $50 registration must include 2 speakers, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://akilahthompkinspmp.com/blog/?p=28</link>
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		<title>Project management top 20 (Article)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Defense AT&#038;L, Jan-Feb, 2008, by Wayne Turk
Good project management: Is it art, science, or just dumb luck? The answer is that it&#8217;s not one but actually a little of all three. There is plenty of room for creativity and flexibility, but there are some good rules to follow. And to be successful is going to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://akilahthompkinspmp.com/blog/?p=30</link>
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		<title>But we don&#8217;t have any Project Managers&#8230;&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So now that we&#8217;ve established that you have been doing projects all along and maybe didn&#8217;t realize, the next question is who has been managing it.
So whats a Project Manager&#8230;&#8230;
A project manager run projects, define what needs to be done to meet what the users want, put together the project plans, gather and manage resources. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://akilahthompkinspmp.com/blog/?p=16</link>
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		<title>What is a project?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to the PMBOK 3rd Ed. a project is a &#8220;temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service, or result&#8220;. The key words her are temporary and unique.
So what is temporary? Temporary meaning it has a definite beginning and an end (PMBOK, 3rd. Ed)
And what is unique? Unique meaning it is unlike any other project or [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://akilahthompkinspmp.com/blog/?p=11</link>
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		<title>What&#8217;s all this PM stuff about?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Many people when they think Project Management and Project Mangers they thing big business, huge coorporations, and a lot of work.
They don&#8217;t think mom and pop shop, church choir, PTA or local philanthropy group. They also don&#8217;t think cost effective, can reduce the number of people needed, smooth and efficient programming and blue prints for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://akilahthompkinspmp.com/blog/?p=4</link>
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