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Is Your Project in Too Much of a Hurry to Think?
Was Sisyphus a Project Manager? The Curse of Rework
Projects Are Promises Made by People Who May Not Be There to Fulfill Them
Reflections on my Latest Newsletter Edition: Will Project Managers disappear by 2030?
Are You Still Managing Projects... or Just Managing Anxiety?
You’re Worrying Too Much About the New PMP Exam
Your Project Isn’t Late. You Just Fooled Yourself
Why Two-Week Agile Sprints No Longer Make Sense
Is Your Project Hiring AI Agents?
Has Your Project Become an Overloaded Inbox?
The One-Person Project
Brooks’s Law and the Illusion of Solving Everything by Adding More People
PMBOK® Guide 8: What People Got Wrong
The Meeting That Can Define Your Career
The Project Is Green. So Why Is Everyone Panicking?
Is Project Planning Dead? How AI Is Rewriting the Rules of Projects
Project KPIs: Are You Measuring What Matters?
Your Biggest Project Problem Is Not Schedule. It’s Rework
Anthropic Mythos: When AI Creates Risks We Cannot Predict
When Pressure Makes the Decisions
AI Agents: Decisions Can Be Automated, but Responsibility Is Human
Projects Also Get Old
Sustainable Projects Have Rhythm, Not Hysteria
Better Projects Do Not Come from Uniformity: A Reflection for International Women’s Day
Geopolitics: The Invisible Risk Behind Your Project
The True Enemy of a Project Is Not Risk. It Is the Illusion
Your Project Needs a Carnival
Claude Cowork: When AI Stops Assisting and Starts Working
From Generative AI to Agentic AI: When Machines Stop Waiting for Prompts
WEF Global Risk Report 2026 and the End of Predictability
More Tools Don’t Mean Better Decisions
Inside CES 2026: What I Saw About Projects in a World Where Everything Has AI
The biggest mistake that kills projects in January
2026: Five Insights That Will Redefine Projects
2025 Retrospective: A Year of Pressure, Learning, and Decisions in Projects
Milestones, Baselines, and the Power of December 31 in Projects
What does the PMBOK® Guide 8th Edition say about Artificial Intelligence?
Don’t Memorize the PMBOK® Guide 8th Edition - Understand It
What Happened with the Communication Domain in the PMBOK® Guide 8th Edition?
My First Impressions about the PMBOK® Guide 8th Edition
Luck, Probability, and Risk: What Is Really Under Your Control in Projects
Executives Who Don’t Understand Projects Can’t Deliver Results
The Invisible Loop: Why Your Schedule Never Balances Out
The Project Didn’t Fail — It Just Revealed the Truth
The Truth Behind Fake AI Projects: Understanding AI Washing
The Future Has Arrived: The Second Global Research on AI in Project Management
The Mega Power of Nano Projects
Is Agile Still Enough in the Face of AI’s Speed?
AI: Reducing Risks or Creating New Challenges?
How Many Broken Windows Are You Tolerating in Your Project?
What to Do When Everything in the Project Goes Right and No One Notices
5 AI Tools for Projects You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
Ignoring the Signs Is Costly: The Art of Seeing Red Flags in Projects
Project Delivered, Relevance Lost: When Reality Outpaces Your Scope
General-Purpose AI in the Spotlight: What the EU AI Act Means for Your Projects
Cut the Talk, Keep the Impact: 5 Tips for Better Meetings in the times of AI
Leadership in Crisis: 3 Lessons for Projects from the Astronomer Case
In the Eye of the Storm: How to Stay Calm Amid Uncertainty
Not Every Project Has to Be Straight: The Magic of Frank Gehry
The Fear That Sabotages Your Projects — And How to Overcome It
When the Brazilian Way Becomes a Trap: The Risk of Normalizing Improvisation
According to PwC, AI Has Already Changed the Game — And You Can’t Keep Playing in the Past
The Cost of Hurry: How Speed Undermines Project Quality
Why Earned Value Still Matters — Even with AI
The Rise of AI Agents in Project Work
How to Protect Your Project by Saying “No”
The End of Skype and the Life Cycles of Projects
Stanford’s AI Index Report: 11 Key Takeaways for Project Leaders
Same risk. Three opinions. Who’s right?
Simplicity at Work: John Maeda’s 10 Laws for Project Clarity in 5 Minutes
Moving Forward When a Negotiation is Stuck
Five Project Tips to Navigate Trade Tariffs and Uncertainty
My #1 Tip to Spot a Troubled Project Before It's Too Late
How Vibe Coding Will Completely Transform Project Management in Software Development
Quantum Computer, Privacy, Biotech Projects, LLM and AGI: The Future Ahead of Us at SXSW 2025 in Austin Part 2/2
Biological Computers, AGI, Living Intelligence: The Future Ahead of Us at SXSW 2025 in Austin
Stop Complaining About Your Project: Less Whining, More Winning
Why Can Feedback Make or Break Projects?
Managing Projects in Chaos: 5 Practical Tips for Project Leaders
Why Project Sponsorship is One of The TOP Reasons for Project Failure
Using What-if Analysis to Manage Projects in Extremely Volatile Scenarios
DeepSeek: How a small Chinese start-up Shocked Silicon Valley and May Reshape Entirely AI Projects
How the WEF Global Risk Report 2025 Shapes the Future of Our Projects
How to Make and Live with Imperfect Decisions in Projects
5 Strategies to Boost Your Project Management Career in 2025
Three Tips to Plan Holidays and Vacation Without Compromising your Project
Inviting Google’s Notebook LM AI Hosts to Reflect on the 10 Big Ideas For 2025
How to Get Insights from Macro Trends and Events and Bring them to Your Projects in 2025
Notre Dame: 5 PM Lessons from History's Most Watched Restoration
Values at Stake: Lessons from the Artwork 'Comedian' on Product Values, Miscommunications, and Responsibility
25 Years of PMI Minas Gerais: Lessons Learned, Personal Reflections, and a Vision for the Next 25 Years
When 'Done' Delivers More Than 'Perfect' in Projects
In Search of the Holy Grail: There’s No Such Thing as a Perfect Project Methodology
Will We Learn from Lessons That Never Existed? How Synthetic Data May Change Project Management
This is NOT Your Boss's Problem! Reflections on Value, Success, and Project Results
Beyond Profit: Reflections on Shaping Project Value Through Sustainability
Why I Love Using Daily Scrums for Non-Agile Projects
5% or 40%? Why Job Disruption by AI Doesn’t Matter if You’re Not Ready
How to Manage the Insane Volatility of AI Projects
Mastering Delivery Cadence: Choosing the Right Rhythm for Your Project
Making Sense of Why We Developed the AI-Driven Project Manager Credential
3 Strategies to Tackle Your Endless Project Backlog
Quick Tips on Crafting Effective Prompts for Generative AI Tools
OKRs and KPIs: Two Essential, Yet Distinct Metrics
My Personal Reply to a Thoughtful Critique About Advocating for AI in Project Management
Emotions in Motion: Unveiling Plutchik’s Wheel in Project Management
Fasten Your Seatbelts: The Project Manager Is Missing
Why I Should Care About The Virtuous Cycle When Developing an AI Project?
Global Tech Meltdown: How Secure is Your Project?
OpenAI: Mastering Stakeholder Communication with the New 5-Level AI Scale
Like it or Not: You Must Master the Political Landscape of Projects
Managing Change Fatigue: Shaping the Path to Project Resilience
Why Is It So Hard to Accept That Our Project Is in Trouble?
Shaping Social Behaviors in Projects with the SCARF Model
Generative AI in Projects: When Proper Use Turns into Cheating
Mastering the Balance: Exploration and Exploitation in Artificial Intelligence Projects
Bracelets, Beats, and Big Stages: Project Management Lessons from a Taylor Swift Concert
Artificial Emotional Intelligence (AEI) Will Have Wide-Ranging Impacts on Society
Three Things to Keep in Mind While Managing the Crisis With the Rain in the South of Brazil
Where everyone thinks alike, no one thinks very much
Navigating the Fog: Is This a Project Crisis or Just a Challenge?
Making Sense of the Stanford University AI Index Report 2024
Myth or Reality: Were Human Skills Only Highlighted in PMBOK Guide 7th Edition?
The Power of Managing By Exception to Control Project Variations
Why Even Tiny and Simple Projects Fail
The Hype Cycle of Projects
FOMO Should Not Be a Metric of Your AI Project
5 Quick Tips for Effective Remote Project Management
Balancing Executive Demands for Transparency, Resources, and Deadlines with the Need for Agility
Harnessing AI for Smarter Risk Identification in Projects
From Plans to Pandemonium: A Project Manager's Home Move Journey
Mastering Uncertainty in Projects: The Art of Recognizing Triggers and Early Warning Signs
You Can Change Almost Anything in a Project, But You Must Not Change Its Purpose
Why Project Managers Can't Miss the Bigger Picture: Lessons From Davos
AI and Misinformation at the Top of the World Economic Forum Global Risk Report 2024
Welcome to 2024: Exploring the Top 3 Game-Changing Trends in Global Project Management
Why Projects are Like War: Quite Easy to Start and Almost Impossible to Finish
Google's Gemini: AI Revolution or Refined Illusion?
What is Reality?
Surviving the AI Wave: Skills, Adaptation, and the Future
OpenAI Leadership Crisis: The Governance and Communications Madness
It's Dangerous to Give an Opinion About Anything
The Cult of Immediacy is Dangerous and Very Risky for Your Project
Project Management, AI, and Sustainability: Is This the New Triple Constraint?
How the Calculation of the Risk's Expected Monetary Value Can Mislead Our Project Reserves
Organizations Want to Change Everything Without Changing Anything
The Devastating Uncertainty of Life: The Tragedy of The Recent Events in Israel
How to Poorly Manage Crisis: My Swiss Airlines Nightmare
Unlocking the AI Potential: Top 5 Courses to Advance Your Skills in Generative AI
My Participation at Burning Man Was Much More Than Attending an Event
My Insights About Our First Research of Artificial Intelligence in Project Management - Part 2/2
My Insights About Our First Research of Artificial Intelligence in Project Management - Part 1/2
Will We Need Reports, Templates and Analysis of Our Projects in Times of AI?
Why People Got Surprised When I Shared My Certificate Last Week?
The Challenge of Building Trust When People Want to Hear Only What They Like
My Golden Rule of 5-80% to Improve The Work with Generative AI
Understanding Minimax Strategy in Project Decisions Under Uncertainty
Zombie Projects: Why They Exist and How to Kill Them
Why Do We Need to Learn How to Swallow the Fish if We Want to Deliver Successful Projects?
Will Project Management Offices (PMO) Survive in the Age of AI?
What Can Be Learned from the Tragedy of Titan Submersible?
Self-Reflection on Burnout: Five Proactive Strategies for Personal Resilience
3 Quick Tips to Use ChatGPT in Your Projects
4 Ways to Improve The Relationship With Your Boss
Occam's Razor: The Power of Simplicity in Project Management
The Cobra Effect: Unraveling Second-Order Consequences
Is there Something to Learn from Bayes' Theorem That Will Change Your Perceptions of Risks?
Is the Future of Artificial Intelligence the Future We Want for Us?
Three Strategies for Improving Your Remote Work
How Gamification Can Maximize the Results of your Project
Three Uses of AI that can Bring Agile Development to the Next Level
Mental Liquidity and Our Ability to Change
360 New AI Applications in the past 7 Days: I Hope This Does Not Hurt Agile Approaches
Little’s Law Application in Project Management
Trust Me, We Can Control Much Less Than We Think
Why We Must Expand the Moral Hazard Concept to our Projects and Initiatives
Using the Big Five Personality Traits Model to Select and Develop the Project Team
3 Reasons Why We Make So Many Mistakes While Deciding
Do Not Mess Up Your Communications By Using the Wrong Channel
When Haste Makes Waste: Understanding the Failed Release of Google AI Bard
Stop Overthinking With The 5-4-3-2-1 Method to Reduce Anxiety
Trying to Make Sense of Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT and Dall-E
Understanding the Concept of Gray Rhinos and Our Negligence to Respond to Highly Likely and Impactful Events
Would you Attempt to Predict the Top 10 Global Risks for 2023?
Trust is The Key to Get Things Done
ChatGPT, AI and the Future on How we Manage Projects
The Year in Review and What to Expect of 2023
Why It Is Important to Recognize When It Is Time to Quit
Does Holacracy Work in Projects?
Directly from the PMI Summit 2022 in Las Vegas
Project Management is a Life Skill
What We Can Learn from Elizabeth Holmes (Theranos), Sam Bankman-Fried (FTX) and Elon Musk (Twitter)
Using Technology Readiness Level to Evaluate New Technology Risks
Understanding External Factors and Trends Using PESTLE Analysis
The Relevance of the Right Project Governance
Why Fear of Missing Out (FOMO) Is So Dangerous for You and Your Projects
People do Not Want to Work from Home. People Want Flexibility!
The Future of Project Management Using DAO (Decentralised Autonomous Organization)
Your Project Inside the Hurricane of the Attention Economy
BANI Is Not the Evolution of VUCA!
Three Tips To Develop and Sustain a Perfect Squad
Why Chaotic Systems Matter to My Work
Three Tips To Mitigate Inflation Risks in Your Project
The Challenges When You are Overqualified for a Job
Benefits and Drawbacks of the Passion Economy
The Trap of Diderot Effect: Never Implement a Feature You Don’t Need
The Unlimited Applications of Project Management in Agribusiness
Remember That the Law of Diminishing Returns Also Applies to Your Project Management Efforts
We Shouldn’t Only Think About Leadership: We Also Need to Think About Followership
Never Go Straight to the Offer in a Negotiation
Understanding the Differences Between Conformity and Compliance
How Availability Bias Changes Our Perceptions of Risks
Directly from the Global Project Management Forum in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
The Disturbing Results of Gallup State of the Global Workforce Report 2022
Evaluating 5 Applications of AI in Project Management based on Impact and Complexity to Implement
Using Zoom In and Zoom Out to Master your Leadership Skills
My 5 Tips for a Great Daily Scrum
Don’t Be Trapped by the Easy Certification Route
Forensic Planning: Using Project Management to Address Claims, Disputes and Litigations
What are The Top 3 Values Project Management Brings to an Organization: The Elevator Pitch
What We Can Learn from Netflix Roller Coaster
There is No “One Size Fits All” Solution: The Importance of Tailoring
What is Round-Robin Brainstorming?
The World of Inflexibility is Over
Understanding the Satir Change Model
Antifragile: Why Being Able to Gain from Disorder is Key to Succeed Nowadays? – Part 2/2
Antifragile: Why Being Able to Gain from Disorder is Key to Succeed Nowadays? - Part 1/2
Why Should I Care about the Hawthorne Effect?
3 Key Lessons from the Fyre Festival Documentary on Netflix
Empathy and Support During Incredibly Challenging Times: The Russian Invasion of Ukraine
Are Product Management and Project Management the Same Thing?
How to Write a Great Problem Statement
3 Simple Ways to Improve your Experience with Projects
Why Early Warnings are Critical and How to Implement Them
How to Present Your Project Experience in Your CV or Interview?
The Counterintuitive Nature of Exponential Growth
Cadence: The Heartbeat of your Project
4 Books and 3 Online Courses to Start your Year with the Right Foot
Looking back on 2021, Paving the Road for 2022
James Webb Telescope Launch: A Live Masterclass of Complexity and Risk Attitude
No Rules Rules: The Counter-Intuitive Culture of Netflix
To Be or Not to Be Agile: That is the Question
Artificial Intelligence in Projects - Part 2/2 - Challenges
Artificial Intelligence in Projects - Part 1/2 - Definitions and Uses
How to Reframe your Fears
Three Tips to Improve Resilience and Deliver Better Results in Turbulent Times
3 Tips on How Time Affects Our Perceptions of Value in a Volatile Environment
What is Systems Thinking?
Why We Must Pay Attention to the Great Resignation In Our Projects
The Magic of Affinity Diagrams
How Fragile and Volatile are Businesses: The Facebook, Whatsapp, and Instagram Outage
Why Self-knowledge Improves Your Projects Results: 3 Golden Tips
IT Projects May Be Riskier than You Think
The Legal Team is the Best Friend in Protecting Your Project and Your Organisation (Stewardship)
Any Assessment is Irrelevant without a Reference
Conflict of Interest and the Impact in your Project: 5 Ethical Principles to Be a Great Steward
How to Support Future Generations for a World Based in Projects
Some Considerations About Project Delivery Approach: Predictive (Waterfall), Hybrid or Adaptive (Agile)
Why Do We Often Ignore the Obvious?
Why "Stakeholders" is a Principle and also a Performance Domain in the PMBOK 7th edition
Peter Principle of Incompetency
PMBOK®️ Guide 7th Edition - Performance Domains - Part 3/3
PMBOK®️ Guide 7th Edition - Principles and Standards - Part 2/3
PMBOK®️ Guide 7th Edition - Overall Structure - Part 1/3
Your Example is Your Best Leadership Skill
Sometimes it is Too Early to Be Late and Too Late to Be Early: Understanding ASAP and ALAP
3 Tips for Aligning Divergences in a Project in Crisis
The Paranoia of Control Can Kill Your Project
3 Features of Agile that I Love
What is Your Exit Strategy?
How to Manage the Pain of the End: Understanding Project Closure
The "Burnout" Portfolio
Why Did I Choose Working with Projects?
Understanding the Differences between Product Owner, Scrum Master and Project Manager
3 Tips to Find Our Way Out of the Labyrinth of Imperfect Information
How to Get to the Root of a Problem Using the 5 Whys Technique
Accountability: We Have to Live With the Decisions We Make
Reflections on the Impact of the Suez Canal Blockage: Reassessing Enterprise Risks
The Ebb and Flow of Ideation and Its Role on Brainstorming
Leveraging your Product Development Results with the Kano Model
You Should Learn How to Manage by Exception
5 Tips to Minimize the Challenges of Virtual Meetings
Who Should Make the First Move in a Negotiation: The Anchoring Bias
Why Shouldn't You Outsource What You Do not Know How to Do?
More Abstract Work Suffers More from the Dunning-Kruger Effect
Understanding the Major Global Risks with the WEF Global Risk Report 2021
Outputs and Outcomes: When Movement Does Not Necessarily Mean Progress
The New PMP Exam and Its Relationship with the PMBOK Guide
Attitude towards Failure - Reputation and Gratitude - What Matters Ep 4
Celebrating 500 Podcast Episodes - 2020 Review and 2021 Perspectives
Create your Roadmap to the Future - What Matters Series Episode 3
Options are Your Best Career Insurance - What Matters Series Episode 2
Career Success Starts with Passion - What Matters Series Episode 1
3 Tips to Get PMP Certified Before the End of the Year
How to Manage Coupled Dependencies in Projects
Bowtie Method to Evaluate Risks
Review Your Metrics Because They Lose Value Over Time
Spotify Model for Engineering Culture - Part 3/3
Spotify Model for Engineering Culture - Part 2/3
Spotify Model for Engineering Culture - Part 1/3
The Project is Complex Enough: Simplify Management
Using the 7R’s to Plan and Deliver Change
Why is it so Hard to Make Smart People Work Together?
Why We Should Care about Psychological Safety
Let’s be Mindful: What really is a Distinct Mindset?
Understanding Scope Statement, Statement of Work and Requirements
It is Possible to Innovate and Create Value Without Destroying What is Currently in Place
Agility and Agile are Not Necessarily the Same Thing
There is no Template for Life
Stop Worrying About Things You Cannot Control
Post Mortem Analysis
Movement is Not Necessarily Progress
Regaining Control: Leading Projects and Delivering Results in Turbulent Times
Work in Progress (WIP): Your Worst Enemy When Trying to Get Things Done
Unimaginable Examples on How the Current Crisis Accelerated Business and Digital Transformation
Is It the End of Employment as We Know It?
3 Critical Skills to Be Successful in Current Times
Planning the Return to the Office during COVID-19 Times
Managing Risks with ROAM
How to Become Optimist if you are Surrounded by Pessimism
Organizational and Personal Resilience: The Ability to Cope with Change
Covid-19: Assessment and Action Plan
Kill that Project: Why it is so hard to decide and act when things go wrong- Part 2 of 2
Kill that Project: Why it is so hard to decide and act when things go wrong - Part 1 of 2
The impacts of Organization and Social Structures on Stakeholder Management
Cognitive Bias: The Dunning Kruger Effect and Impostor Syndrome - Part 3 of 3
Cognitive Bias: The Birthday Paradox - Part 2 of 3
Cognitive Bias: Understanding the Impact of Irrationality in our Decisions - Part 1 of 3
Using the ADKAR Method in Change Management
What we can learn from honesty with the Caltech Honor Code
Understanding the Futures Wheel Tool
Is the Project Manager Responsible for All the Work in the Project?
Why is the Fear of Change So Relevant?
Welcome to 2019: Technology, Volatility and other trends around the corner of our lives
5 Tips to plan and execute projects in chaotic environments: Understanding the concept of Antifragility
People Manifesto: Revisiting our Concepts of Leadership, Collaboration, Culture and Self Interest
Generalization x Detailing: The good, the bad and the ugly
What is VUCA and Why it is so Relevant in Today's Work Environment
Regardless of Everything: Self-Esteem and Self-Respect Determine your Success
You Must Get Your Most Talented Employees out of their Cocoons
Understanding Positive Psychology in Projects
Urgency and Trend: Two Additional Dimensions in Risk Assessment
I'm in Panic: My Project's End is Near
Reflections on TED2018 in Vancouver
What is Design for X (DfX)?
Why Ethics Matter?
The best way to read the PMBOK® Guide
If you want to succeed with your projects you need to embrace diversity
Programs, Projects, and Work Packages: A practical example
3+1 Tips to Prepare yourself for 2018
The New PMBOK® Guide 6th Edition – Part 2 of 2
The New PMBOK® Guide 6th Edition – Part 1 of 2
Think about how to connect your strategy design with your ability to deliver – or pay the price
Directly from TEDGLOBAL 2017 in Arusha – Tanzania
Understanding the Impact of Different Currencies in your Project
Decision Making Using the OODA Loop
Does it Really Matter Where You Document the Assumptions and Constraints?
All you need to Know to become an Expert in the “New” Methodology “GO HORSE” :)
Understanding the Fear of the New (Neophobia)
How to Bring Your Project Back on Track
Does the Age Matter for a Project Manager?
What Makes a “Great” Project Manager
The 2017 PMI Pulse of the Profession® Report
Retrospective 2016
Zaatari: The Desert that Became Home
Operation Management x Project Management
What is the difference between managing a risk and managing an issue?
Project Charter by Project Phase
The Role of Engineering in the Projects
Statistics: A Key Tool for Project Success
Understand the Role of Cognitive Bias in Communication
Why You Must Be Proud of What You Do?
DICE Framework
Why should I care about Entropy? Part 2 of 2
Why should I care about Entropy? Part 1 of 2
What are the Environmental Factors and the Organizational Process Assets of the PMBOK® Guide?
What are Capital Projects?
Do you Report Sustainability Aspects of Your Project? – Part 2 of 2
Do you Report Sustainability Aspects of Your Project? – Part 1 of 2
All you need to know about the Business Case – Part 2 of 2
All you need to know about the Business Case – Part 1 of 2
The Civil and Criminal Liability of a Project Manager
What is the Real Value of a Professional Certification?
Trust Tree
Networking, the right way
World Economic Forum's Global Risk Report
How to Convince without Power?
LogFrame – A logical framework
Retrospective 2015
Applying Neural Networks and Analogous Estimating to Determine the Project Budget
Differences between Replanning and Reprogramming a Project
Psychological Contract: The contract you do not need to sign
International Career in Project Management
Heat Maps
7 Principles of Stakeholder Engagement
Differentiating Mission and Vision
Modeling and Optimizing Schedules with Line of Balance and Start-Finish Relationships
Why is Change Management Important? Part 2 of 2
Why is Change Management Important? Part 1 of 2
Non-stakeholder Management
The Strategic Execution Framework (SEF)
What we can learn with the Abilene paradox
Cost Estimating – Part 3 of 3
Cost Estimating – Part 2 of 3
Cost Estimating – Part 1 of 3
Do you know what is a Communication Filter or Noise?
Retrospective 2014
Conflict Management and the Project Life Cycle
Building Highly Effective Teams – Part 2 of 2
Building Highly Effective Teams – Part 1 of 2
Project Director, Manager, Coordinator or Leader: Who am I?
The Danger of Multitasking in Projects
Directly from the PMI Global Congress North America 2014 in Phoenix - USA
The Responsibility Assignment Matrix – RACI
Dealing with a Weak Sponsor/Sponsorship
Understanding the relation between the Scope size and the associated Risks
Understanding the Milestone Trend Analysis (MTA) – Part 2 of 2
Understanding the Milestone Trend Analysis (MTA) - Part 1 of 2
Identifying, Training and Living Together with the Pet Projects
How to keep the Stakeholders informed about the Project Deliverables: The Secret of the Milestones
Understanding the Early Closure of a Project
How to Keep your Motivation as a Project Manager
Understanding the Change Components and the Projects
FIDIC Contracts: Scope, Risks and Procurement Processes
Understanding the Effort Driven Task in a Project
Career in Project Management - Part 5 of 5: Ethics, Relationship and Final Messages
Career in Project Management - Part 4 of 5: Flexibility and Self Knowledge
Career in Project Management - Part 3 of 5: Persistence and Dynamism
Career in Project Management - Part 2 of 5: Focus and Planning
Career in Project Management - Part 1 of 5: Opening, Experience and Study
Where should I register the assumptions and restrictions?
How to train your sponsor
Management of Very Small Projects: 2 Practical Management Approaches
Do you really know the meaning of the different tasks relationships? - Part 2 of 2
Do you really know the meaning of the different tasks relationships? - Part 1 of 2
Measuring the Physical Progress of the Project
Lines of Balance - Part 2 of 2
Lines of Balance - Part 1 of 2
Perspectives for 2014
Retrospective 2013
Who will do the technical work of the project? Is it the Project Manager?
There is No Good Deal with Those Who are Not Good: The Lack of Good Faith in Projects
Cultural Differences: Why Awareness and Respect are Vital for the Project Success
Directly from the PMO Symposium 2013 in San Diego - USA
Dealing with Friction related to the Functional Hierarchy and the Project
Directly from PMI Global Congress 2013 North America in New Orleans
Understanding that Processes and Projects are not the same thing
3 Factors that make an Information Technology Project different from the other Projects
Ego, Vanity and Jealousy: The Project Manager's Drama
Inside Triple-E: The World's Largest Ship
The saving of the Costa Concordia
Understanding the Project Closeout
Workaround: The 2 Sides of the Same Coin
The New Features of Microsoft Project 2013
Superman, Darth Vader or Poor Man? Who is Really the Project Manager?
Understanding the Rolling Wave Planning
Why is it so Complex to be Simple and Effective during the Project Selection?
Directly from the PMI EF Disaster Recovery Workshop in Alexandria - USA
How to do Stakeholder Analysis in Practice - Part 2 of 2
How to do Stakeholder Analysis in Practice - Part 1 of 2
3 Success Factors in the Procurement Process
Understanding the Risk Attitude
Do not think that the software is your Project Manager
Why are we so afraid of failure?
Why is it So Hard to Define Clear Criteria for Selecting Projects?
Why it is worth using the 3-point estimates to determine the project duration?
The new Scope, Time and Cost Planning Processes of the PMBOK® Guide 5th Edition
Stakeholder Management - PMBOK 5th Edition - Part 2 of 2
Stakeholder Management - PMBOK 5th Edition - Part 1 of 2
Main Differences between the 4th and the 5th Edition of the PMBOK® Guide
The New PMBOK® Guide 5th Edition
Handling Similar Projects
Software Development Projects: Are There Too Many Tribal Chiefs to Few Indians?
Understanding the GTD: Weekly Review, Software and Tips - Part 3 of 3
Understanding the GTD: Processing, Projects / Contexts and Execution - Part 2 of 3
Understanding the GTD: Introduction, Collection and Processing - Part 1 of 3
The Importance of Proactivity in Negotiations
Career Transition in Project Management
The Power of Truth in Project Management
There are something to be learned with the Tragedy in Santa Maria
The WBS Dictionary
Understanding the Difference Between Cost and Price
A Different Podcast: Harry Potter Studios in London
Perspectives 2013
Retrospective 2012
Managing Expectations
Understanding the Coaching dimensions
Getting to know the World of Megaprojects: Communications and Teams - Part 3 of 3
Getting to know the World of Megaprojects: The FEL Process - Part 2 of 3
Getting to know the World of Megaprojects: The Big Challenges - Part 1 of 3
Understanding the 3 Factors to improve the Project Team sizing
The Success is a Danger
Trying to Understand the Tragedy of Sandy Hurricane
Directly from the PMI Global Congress 2012 - North America in Vancouver - Canada
Success Factors in Project Control
Project Feasibility Study x Project Plan and Execution: Understanding the Frontiers
Developing your Business Model as Project Manager
Project Management as a Life Skill
Project Manager as the New CEO
Danubio Becker Borba - A Great Legacy to Project Management
The Gray Area between Projects and Processes
Understanding the Delphi Technique
When Much sometimes is Too Much
Using Generic Resources in the Resource Allocation
Project Manager and the PMO: Understanding the Issue of the Authority
5 Ideas to Mitigate the Scope Changes in Your Project - Part 2 of 2
5 Ideas to Mitigate the Scope Changes in Your Project - Part 1 of 2
Directly from the Gartner PPM & IT Governance Summit 2012 in London
5 Tips For Selling Project Management in your Company
Calculating the Return on Investment of the PMO - Part 2/2
Calculating the Return on Investment of the PMO - Part 1/2
The Four Stages of Learning and Their Applicability in the Understanding of Projects
Why we Need to Differentiate Assumptions and Constraints
Directly from PMI Global Congress EMEA 2012 in Marseille - France
"Done is Better than Perfect": What you an learn with this quote
What is Program Management?
Make or Buy Decision
10 Reasons for Project Failure - Part 2 of 2
10 Reasons for Project Failure - Part 1 of 2
What is the Difference Between WBS Item, Work Package, Tasks and WBS Dictionary?
4 Different Indexes to Forecast the Project Final Cost Using the Earned Value Analysis
Replanning x Rescheduling a Project
Demystifying the Portfolio Management – Part 3/3: A comparison and Decision
Demystifying the Portfolio Management – Part 2/3: The Criteria
Demystifying the Portfolio Management – Part 1/3: The Strategy's Side
Understand the Difference between Residual and Secondary Risks
4 Mechanisms for Forecast the Project Schedule and Cost
Do You Know the International Risk Governance Council (IRGC)?
Mandatory Relationships x Discretionary Relationships
5 Steps to Prepare the Project Closeout Document
Using Project Management to Plan your Year - Part 2/2
Using Project Management to Plan Your Year - Part 1/2
Perspectives 2012
Retrospective 2011
Who's Afraid of Failure Can't Manage Projects
When is the best moment to implement Project Management Software
When is the best time to do the Project Kick-off Meeting?
Management Stages x Technical Stages
Rethinking the concept of Multitasking and Simultaneous Projects
Differentiating Workaround, Contingency and Fallback Plans in the Risk Acceptance
The Networking Value in National PM Events (VI Brazilian Congress of Project Management)
Directly from Dallas - TX at PMI Global Congress 2011 North America
Crisis Management: The Denial Problem
Steve Jobs: Genious? Innovator? Project Manager?
How many projects a Project Manager can manage at the same time?
The Power of Positive Feedback
My sponsor has changed. And now?
How to Write a Good Project Objective: The SMART Technique
When the Boss doesn't Accept the Project Manager Opinion
Working in International Projects: Understanding the Cultural Aspects
Understanding the Criterion, the Conditions and the Thresholds of a Quality Requirements
Project Quality Requirements
A Tribute to Professor Carlos Salles
Project Indicators X Project Management Indicators
Certification MCTS in Project 2010
WBS and the Deliverables Orientation: How to Implement the Same Tasks in Several Departments
What is the Level of Detail in the Information Provided to Project Applying for the Portfolio?
How to Evaluate a Job Offer in Project Management
The cost of Project Management and the PMO
Identifying the Project Vital Signs
Tribute to Eliyahu Goldratt
The risk of pricing a project without Scope
Why Time Management is Irrelevant in a Project?
Directly from the Silicon Valley in California - USA
The Importance of Volunteer work in the Project Manager Experience
Where do I document the project objective?
Understanding the Stakeholder Analysis
Is it worth it to be a Project Manager? Part 2 of 2
Is it worth it to be a Project Manager? Part 1 of 2
Project Manager Authority
The schedule and Parkinson's Law
Procurement Management and Claims
What is Possible to Learn in Risk Management from the Tragedy in Japan
PMI Agile Certification
Crisis Management: 5 Good Thinks Came out as Decisions to Remove People from Libya
Negotiating with the Sponsor
How to Prepare Executive Status Reports - Part 2 of 2
How to Prepare Executive Status Reports - Part 1 of 2
Defining Project Success – Part 2 of 2
Defining Project Success - Part 1 of 2
How Different People See the Risk in Different Ways
The Percent Complete Problem
Tribute to Gregory Balestrero that Leaves PMI After 8 Years of Leadership
Perspectives for 2011
Retrospective 2010
Importance of Monitoring and Controlling Risks
Feedback in Communications Management
200th Podcast - Soccerex in Rio de Janeiro
The Seizure of the Alemao Complex in Rio de Janeiro under the Project Management Perspective
Paul McCartney Concert in Sao Paulo and Project Management for Mega Events.
CAPM Certification Part 2 of 2
CAPM Certification Part 1 of 2
Directly from the 5th Brazilian Project Management Congress
Directly from PMI Global Congress 2010 – Part 2 of 2
Rescue of Mining Workers in Chile: A Project Management Show
Directly from PMI Global Congress 2010 – Part 1 of 2
How to Prepare your Project Manager Resumé – Part 2/2
How to Prepare your Project Manager Resumé - Part 1/2
How to Do Everything Wrong in a Project: The New Brazilian Power Socket
Project Management in Services
Conflicts and Project Phases
PMI Career Framework
What is the real meaning of the word project?
Resource Leveling
Working With Multiple Projects
The Cost of Project Management
When Redefine the Project Baseline
Free Slack and Total Slack in Projects
Born or Not to Born with Soft Skills? This is the Question
Change Management and Culture: The 2010 FIFA Worldcup Rules and Referees
How to Plan a Very Urgent Project?
Contingency Reserves x Management Reserves
Why I need to understand the concept and know how to calculate the project critical path?
Strategy and the Delta Model – Part 2 of 2
Strategy and Delta Model - Part 1 of 2
Tribute to Rita Mulcahy
Make or Not Make Concessions: The Project Manager's Dilemma
Virtual Teams
Lean Six Sigma Brazilian Congress
Procrastination
Directly from Albert Einstein Hospital: Snapping the Limits of Project Management Application
I am an New Manager of an Old Project: The Implications of Changing the Project Manager During the Project
Project Management in Financial Institutions
Directly from MIT – Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Part 2 of 2
Directly from MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Part 1 of 2
The relationship between the client, project management and contractors
Automotive recall from the perspective of Project Management
Project Selection Criteria - Part 2 of 2
Project Selection Criteria - Part 1 of 2
The utilization of standards, frameworks and methodologies for Project Management
Integrated Change Control System
Directly from Paris: The Secret of Project Management for Luxury Goods
Tragedy in Haiti: It is Time to Think in PM for Post Disaster Recovery
Earned Value Management System - Critical Success Factors
Meetings Management – The Nightmare of the Project Manager – Part 2 of 2
Meetings Management - The Nightmare of the Project Manager - Part 1 of 2
Perspectives for 2010
Retrospective of 2009
Directly from the Organizational Success & Excellence Event in Amman - Jordan
The Project Manager is Not the Project Secretary
Extend Risk Management to Also Include the Opportunities
PMBOK Guide 4th Edition Process Flow
Brazil in the Cover of The Economist Magazine and what this Relates to Proper Project Management
Directly from the Projects to Point Conference in Cairo - Egypt
Directly from The Economist Innovation Award and Summit in London
Standards and ISO21500: Why Standards are Important for the Project Results Part 2/2
Standards and ISO21500: Why Standards are Important for the Project Results Part 1/2
Directly from the PMI Global Congress 2009 NA in Orlando USA
Directly from the Professional Development Day in New York
Differentiating the Functions of the Project Manager and the Project Management Office
Directly from the Microsoft Project Conference 2009 in Phoenix - USA
7 Soft Skills for the Project Manager
Use of CPI and TCPI in the Earned Value Management (EVMS)
Procurement Processes Changes in the PMBOK Guide 4th Edition
Five Big Trends in Project Management - PM Network Report
Importance of the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) to the Project Cost Management
Seal, Madonna and U2 Concert - A Project Management Concert
Changes Regarding Preliminary Scope Statement and Collect Requirements at PMBOK 4th Edition
2014 FIFA Soccer WorldCup in Brazil
PMI Pulse Survey
Project Versus Routine
Directly from the Economist Talent Management Conference in London 2 of 2
Directly from the Economist Talent Management Conference in London 1 of 2
The Cost of Quality
Using the Quadratic Average (Mean) in the Qualitative Risk Analysis
Are All Project Managers the Same to All Projects?
Agile Project Management and Scrum 2 of 2
Agile Project Management and Scrum 1 of 2
Directly from the PMI Global Congress EMEA 2009 in Amsterdam
Directly from the Program of Negotiations of Harvard University - Part 3/3
Directly from the Program of Negotiations of Harvard University - Part 2/3
Directly from the Program of Negotiations of Harvard University - Part 1/3
Murphy Law and the Projects
Assumptions and Constraints in Projects
Program Management
PMI MG Chapter - 10 Years of a Personal History
Intangibility of Results and the Value of Project Management
The Social Impact of Projects
Crisis in Projects
The new PMBOK Guide - 4th Edition
Lessons Learned
Security Information in Projects
Directly from the PMI Global Congress Asia Pacif 2009 in Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia
Baseline
The Major Problems of the Project Manager
Kick-off Meeting
Risk Database
RBS - Risk Breakdown Structure
Perspectives for 2009
The Hundredth Podcast and Retrospective 2008
Directly from Dubai
Social and Professional Responsibility
Product Management x Project Management
Project Change Control Board (CCB)
Rolling Wave Planning
Directly from Kingston - Jamaica - International Project Management Day 2008
The Global Financial Crisis
Stockholm Syndrome
Directly from the PMI Global Congress 2008 in Denver - CO - USA
Maturity Models - Part II
Maturity Models
Change Management in Projects
Key Performance Index
Megaprojects
Half Sponsor, half manager
Knowledge Management
Directly from the 2nd Annual UT Dallas Project Management Symposium
Human Resource Management
Directly from PMI Global Congress Latin America 2008 in São Paulo
Payment
Stakeholders
MBA and PMP
Organizational structure
WBS
CAPM
Decision Making
Project Management of Highly Unpredictable Projects
Project Management of Information Technology
Courses in Project Management
Project Management in Marketing
Balancing life and work in projects
Directly from PMI Global Congress EMEA 2008 in Malta
Project Management in the Academic Sector
IPMA - International Project Management Association
Project Management in the Third Sector
Mindmaps
Softwares for Project Management
PMP Part 3 - the Day of the Exam
PMP Part 2 - The content of the exam
PMP Part 1 - Eligibility
Documentation in Projects
Directly from PMI Global Congress Asia Pacific 2008 in Sydney
Beginning of a Project Management Career
Microsoft Office Project 2007
Directly of Morocco - Project Management Opportunities in Africa and the Middle East
The Sponsor as a Fundamental Element in the Project
Project Management in the Public Sector's
Feedback Process
Monte Carlo Simulation
Project Management in Day By Day
Perspectives for 2008
2007 Retrospective
Project Early Finish
Critical Chain Project Management
Developing the Risk Responses
The Importance of Negotiations Skills for the Project Manager - Part II
The Importance of Negotiations Skills for the Project Manager - Part I
Risk Management
PMI Global Congress Latin America 2007 in Cancun - Mexico
Power and Politics in Projects
PERT Analysis
Project Time Management
Project Management in Small Companies
Directly from PMI Global Congress North America 2007 in Atlanta
Recovery Strategies for Troubled Projects
Project Team Management
Ethics: Egoism x Altruism
Project Quality Management
Project Communications Management
Balanced Scorecard and Porfolio Management
Ethics and Professional Responsibility in Projects
Qualitative Risk Analysis
Crisis Management in Projects
Project Management in Brazil - Part II
Project Management in Brazil
Procurement Management
Easy, Practical and Direct
Risk Identification in Projects
Earned Value Project Management
Project Recovery
Direct from Luanda / Angola: Project Prioritization
How to Read the PMBOK Guide
Project Management in the Movies - Part 2
Project Management in the Movie
Troubled Projects
PMI EMEA Congress 2007 in Budapest
Project Management Office (PMO) - Part 2
Discussion groups about Project management
What is a Project Management Office (PMO)?
Main Scope Mistakes
Networking for the Project Manager - Linkedin
Project Management Worldwide
PMDome Workshop
Portfolio Management - New Trends!
Project Scope Management
Certification Dilemma
Project Manager Roles and Responsibilities
Live from PMI Global Congress Asia
Project Challenges