New Horizons New Horizons Project Management Academy Project Management Academy Six Sigma Online Six Sigma Online Velopi Velopi Watermark Learning Watermark Learning
Educate 360
Educate 360  Educate 360

Virtual Teams

Staying Fresh - Three Keys to Growth in Everyday Interactions
Career Advancement, Communicating, Project Management, Project Management Professional (PMP)®, Stakeholders, Virtual Teams, Watermark Learning

Staying Fresh – Three Keys to Growth in Everyday Interactions

 August makes me think of lots of things: hot summer days, lemonade stands, and one of the most popular topics in the media this time of year, the summer slide. I’m not talking about the summer slide like the one you’d see at a swimming pool. I’m talking about the “slide” of students who fall […]

Preach What You Practice
Communicating, Project Management, Project Management Professional (PMP)®, Stakeholders, Virtual Teams, Watermark Learning

Preach What You Practice

 An acquaintance was talking a few days ago about a company function at which a functional group had been brought together for purposes of learning, bonding, and growing as professionals, presumably to benefit themselves and the organization. But when someone asked the CEO a question during the Q and A section of her presentation to

The Real Positives and Negatives of Working Virtually
Agile, BA Training, Business Analysis, Project Management, Project Management Professional (PMP)®, Virtual Teams, Watermark Learning

The Real Positives and Negatives of Working Virtually

Developing our new course, Getting Real Results from Virtual Teams, has me poring through resources and reflecting on my own experiences of working virtually. There are, of course, many types of virtual work environments and circumstances, just as there are many reasons why workers work remotely. There are also many passionate advocates and critics of

7 Ways to Build Trust for Successful Requirements Elicitation Q&A, Part 2
Business Analysis, Communicating, Elicitation, Facilitation, Influencing and Consulting, Requirements Analysis, Stakeholders, Virtual Teams, Watermark Learning

7 Ways to Build Trust for Successful Requirements Elicitation Q&A, Part 2

Thanks to all of you who attended Watermark Learning’s webinar Seven Ways to Build Trust for Successful Requirements Elicitation. This is Part 2 of a three-part series of questions and answers that were not addressed during the webinar. Question 1: Do you have a specific time limit when conducting requirements workshops? Mine is 1-1/2 hours.

Virtual Meeting Challenges: Stop Fighting the Multitaskers, Part 2
Communicating, Facilitation, Project Management, Project Management Professional (PMP)®, Stakeholders, Virtual Teams, Watermark Learning

Virtual Meeting Challenges: Stop Fighting the Multitaskers, Part 2

The frustration of multitaskers was the topic of my last blog, in which I reminded readers of two things most of us already know: 1) Our brains really don’t allow us to mentally think about two things at once, and 2) Most of us are not able to sustain our attention on something for more than

Virtual Meeting Challenges: Stop Fighting the Multitaskers, Part 1
Communicating, Project Management, Project Management Professional (PMP)®, Virtual Teams, Watermark Learning

Virtual Meeting Challenges: Stop Fighting the Multitaskers, Part 1

During the Q and A following my recent webinar, Offsite and On Board, most questions pertained to challenges around people multitasking during conference calls and online meetings. Evidence of people multitasking during virtual meetings includes the tap-tap-tap of keyboarding, silence when asking for input from someone, and the steady drip of “Could you repeat that

7 Ways to Build Trust for Successful Requirements Elicitation Q&A Part 1
Business Analysis, Elicitation, Facilitation, Influencing and Consulting, Requirements Analysis, Stakeholders, Virtual Teams, Watermark Learning

7 Ways to Build Trust for Successful Requirements Elicitation Q&A Part 1

Thanks to all of you who attended Watermark Learning’s webinar Seven Ways to Build Trust for Successful Requirements Elicitation. Thank you for the outstanding response. I do apologize that we didn’t have time to address all the questions during the session. I know some of you would have liked to hear all the questions and

Conference Call Best Practice – If One is Virtual, All are Virtual
Communicating, Facilitation, Influencing and Consulting, Organizational Change Mgmt., Project Management, Stakeholders, Virtual Teams, Watermark Learning

Conference Call Best Practice – If One is Virtual, All are Virtual

Virtualization.  It’s no longer a question of do you work virtually, but how much of your day is spent working with others with whom you have little or no face time. Frankly, this can appeal to our less-industrious selves.  How often, when we could take the opportunity for face-to-face communications, do we resort to something

7 Trends in Business Analysis and Project Management to Watch for in 2012
Agile, Business Analysis, Consulting Skills, Elicitation, Enterprise Analysis, Influencing and Consulting, Organizational Change Mgmt., Planning, Project Management, Requirements Analysis, Scrum, Stakeholders, Use Cases, Virtual Teams, Watermark Learning

7 Trends in Business Analysis and Project Management to Watch for in 2012

The close of one year tends to make one reflect on what has occurred in the past year and ponder the future. Here we ponder some trends in the Project Management and Business Analysis fields for 2012. Here are our top seven predictions for business analysts (BAs) and project managers (PMs) in 2012. 1. Divergence