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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

Back To Basics with 007
Project Management, Watermark Learning

Back To Basics with 007

James Bond’s Troubled Project Recovery I wasn’t consulted about the inclusion of the latest James Bond movie, Skyfall, on the list of contenders for an Academy Award for Best Picture, but if I had been I would have been most enthusiastically supportive. It’s a troubled project recovery adventure like none I’ve ever managed!  This Bond

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

Trivia Question - What was the first-ever text message
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Trivia Question: What was the First-Ever Text Message?

Watermark Learning was founded in 1992. Besides our founding, a lot was going on that year. Here are some noted firsts and other happenings in December of 1992. Text messaging as we now know it was used for the first time December 3, 1992, when Neil Papworth, a test engineer for Sema Group in the United

Beware the Unchartered Project
Project Management, Watermark Learning

Beware the Unchartered Project

An unchartered project is an oxymoron to most project managers.  Kind of like the unsponsored project.  It just doesn’t compute.  No sponsor, no project.  No charter, no project. But take a look at the mountain of stuff on your desk.  How many unchartered projects are in there?  After all, it’s not like there’s a magic threshold

Ten Millionth Cell Phone Activated
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Ten Millionth Cell Phone Activated

Watermark Learning was founded in 1992. Besides our founding, a lot was going on that year. Here are some noted firsts and other happenings in November of 1992. November 23, 1992, marked the day the ten millionth cell phone was activated. It was a Nokia Model 1011, and its model number referred to its launch