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Project Management Flash Game

Hit The Customer Programmer

To release the tension of the day, play this game to either hit the customer very hard, or slap the sh*$^& out of a programmer…

Every software project manager will feel better…

Please start the game by selecting the customer or the programmer.

This flash game might take a while to load…



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Project Profiling With Systems Thinking

Most problems in a project occur when the project is actually running. This may seem obvious, but consider the amount of time spent on analyzing the situation and taking measurements to counter potential problems; the majority of this is done at the start of the project. When the project is running on full speed, when everybody is very occupied with their day-to-day work the need for analyzing project circumstances increases, but is hardly done.

To be a good project manager you have to "see" potential problems. Literature provides us with large lists of potential problems in projects. You could look on all those lists to see if your problem is on it somewhere. But wouldn't it be great to be able to look at problems in your project on a more fundamental level? That would be the best thing that can happen to you, and the techniques discussed in this free report, will help you just with that!

"Project Profiling With Systems Thinking"

Learn Systems Thinking with

1. Reinforcing Feedback Loops
2. Balancing Feedback Loops
3. Delays

Learn how to apply them on software projects using Archetypes like:

- Shifting The Burden
- Fixes That Backfire
- Limits To Growth
- Tragedy Of The Commons

Download the PDF file here.

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Learn Project Management In 15 Minutes

Welcome to my "Learn PM in 15 Minutes" page. You can download 2 video presentations. Enjoy.

Video Presentation: "Software Project Management in 15 Minutes"I split it up in two parts. Just click on the video to start.

"It's late Friday afternoon and you have just been told by your boss that you wil It's late Friday afternoon and you have just been told by your boss that you will be the project manager for a new software development project starting first thing on Monday morning. Congratulations! Now, if only you had taken this project management training…"

Part 1: Right click on this link and select "Save Target As" to download as WMV file


Part 2: Right click on this link and select "Save Target As" to download as WMV file


Video Presentation: The Ultimate Trick to Software Project Management


Right click this link and select "Save Target As" to download this video report as Windows Media File. File size is 4.8MB.

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