Project Management

Do you really need a project sponsor? I mean, do you really? Can’t a great project stand on its own? Can’t a good project manager communicate the project’s value to company stakeholders without the need for a middleman?  Do you really need that guy in the suit, bossing you around in one...Read More >

Project Managers become more successful by learning to manage stakeholder relationships in a productive and collaborative way. This interactive presentation highlights several important keys that will help transform stakeholder relationships. Learning Objectives for Some Successful Keys to...Read More >

If Agile were around in the ‘60s, it’d be wearing tie dye and long hair. Yes, I said it. Agile is the new hippie, and I don’t just mean because most of the Agilists I know don’t wear a tie.  For those of you who are unfamiliar, Agile is a term that started out as a philosophy of software...Read More >

Submitted by recent Solarity student, Kevin Martin Immediately after graduating from college, I began a long career in the IT industry. That was a quick twenty-seven years ago. Being one who likes to lead, my natural progression was to go into management. So eighteen years ago I became a project...Read More >

PMI Bluegrass - 2015 Professional Development Day This year's PMI Bluegrass Chapter Professional Development Day is scheduled for  September 25th, 8 AM - 5 PM .   The event will be held at the  Clarion Hotel , 1950 Newtown Pike in Lexington.  Current Line-up of Speakers: SPEAKER...Read More >

I recently had a colleague ask me "How do I effectively hold people accountable to their assigned tasks when they’re repeat offenders of not getting them done?  Especially when they have a key skill-set and are vital to the project and we HAVE to have them on board and working."  This is a...Read More >