Bill Holmes
How Much Should We Trust Experts?
“Having the data is not the same as having the expertise to look through the data - if it were, everybody with a smartphone would be a...
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Bill Holmes
- Nov 25, 2022
- 2 min
The Process Groups Practice Guide replaces the predictive portion of the PMBOK® 6th Edition
“There are only two options: make progress or make excuses.” Tony Robbins “Progress is man’s ability to complicate simplicity.” Thor...
Bill Holmes
- Oct 19, 2022
- 3 min
Time for a "Master Project Manager" Certification?
“No one learns as much about a subject as one who is forced to teach it.” Peter Drucker “No man ever reached to excellence in any one...
Bill Holmes
- Oct 4, 2022
- 2 min
What will PMI® do with the 6th Edition of the PMBOK®?
“The sales department isn’t the whole company, but the whole company better be the sales department.” Philip Kotler “I am not a product...
Bill Holmes
- Sep 3, 2022
- 3 min
How I Overcame Writer’s Block
“Don’t waste time waiting for inspiration. Begin, and inspiration will find you.” H. Jackson Brown Jr. “Writing about a writer’s block...
Bill Holmes
- May 1, 2022
- 3 min
Scoring my COVID Predictions Part 2 – Remote Medicine
“Doctors are great–as long as you don’t need them.” Edward E. Rosenbaum “Don’t misinform your doctor nor your lawyer.” Unknown As I...
Bill Holmes
- Apr 10, 2022
- 3 min
Scoring my COVID Predictions Part 1 – The Rise of the Remote Worker
“I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.” Michael Jordan “We like to give people the freedom...
Bill Holmes
- Jan 16, 2022
- 3 min
My Experience with COVID-19
“I'm just a little bit sicker than the average individual I think.” Eminem “The wolf was sick, he vowed a monk to be - But when he got...
Bill Holmes
- Jan 6, 2022
- 3 min
The Science of the Trashcan Fire
“He who works with his hands is a laborer. He who works with his hands and his head is a craftsman. He who works with his hands and his...
Bill Holmes
- Jul 2, 2021
- 3 min
Project Management Basics – Chapter 15 – Agile Rituals – Shu Ha Ri
“Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.” Bruce Lee “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is...
Bill Holmes
- Jun 19, 2021
- 3 min
Project Management Basics – Chapter 14 – Agile Rituals – The Daily Scrum
“The human soul can always use a new tradition. Sometimes we require them.” Pat Conroy, The Lords of Discipline “We are our culture and...
Bill Holmes
- Mar 28, 2021
- 3 min
Project Management Basics – Chapter 8 – Predictive, Iterative, Incremental, Adaptive
"Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning." Winston Churchill "Plans are worthless. Planning is essential." Dwight...
Bill Holmes
- Feb 28, 2021
- 3 min
Project Management Basics – Chapter 6 – The Benefits Management Plan
“Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.” Sun Tzu “Strategy is a...
Bill Holmes
- Feb 7, 2021
- 2 min
Project Management Basics – Chapter 4 – Product Metrics
“Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts” Albert Einstein “What gets measured, gets...
Bill Holmes
- Jul 31, 2020
- 2 min
Chaos isn’t a pit, it’s a ladder
“Chaos isn’t a pit. Chaos is the ladder, and the climb is all there is.” Petyr Baelish, Game of Thrones “In the midst of chaos, there is...
Bill Holmes
- Feb 21, 2020
- 3 min
The Importance of “framing” Part 5 – Getting it Wrong – The Challenger
“After the Challenger accident, NASA put in a lot of time to improve the safety of the space shuttle to fix the things that had gone...
Bill Holmes
- Jan 21, 2020
- 3 min
The importance of proper “framing” Part 1- What is framing?
The proper framing of an issue is more important than the facts!
Bill Holmes
- Dec 10, 2019
- 2 min
Friction changes things
“Friction changes everything” Scott Adams periscope broadcast “It's not the work which kills people, it's the worry. It's not the...
Bill Holmes
- Aug 14, 2019
- 4 min
Management Lessons from Movies, Chapter 7: Resident Evil
“You’re all going to die down here!” Red Queen “I'm not sure I want to remember what went on down here.” Alice Resident Evil is a 2002...
Bill Holmes
- Jan 25, 2019
- 4 min
Project Communications Part 2 – Assessing Key Stakeholders Temperament
“Invariably, micromanaging results in four problems: deceit, disloyalty, conflict, and communication problems.” John Rosemond “Team...
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