In this Edition

Note From the Editor: Project Success is All About People
Feature Article: Zen and the Art of Project Management
Events: Save The Date - Third Annual AtTask User Conference
Blog Posts: Project Management Superheroes
Just Give Them the Facts!
Diving into Successful Project Management
Working with Project Stakeholders: 3 Keys to Success

Note From the Editor

Whether it’s stakeholders, project team members, or other project managers, this week’s newsletter is focused on productive interactions with the “people” who are integral to project-based work. Technology should streamline and automate those processes that can be streamlined so project managers can focus on where the rubber hits the road—productive interactions with people. Once that happens, every project manager can become a project management super-hero.

Feature Article

Zen and the Art of Project Management

It’s easy to put our faith in the system, the technology, or the process—but ultimately, it’s the individual and how he or she relates to the work that produces what Pirsig describes as quality. “Real Quality isn’t something you lay on top of subjects and objects like tinsel on a Christmas tree,” argues Pirsig. “Real Quality must be the source of the subjects and objects, the cone from which the tree must start.”…

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Events

Save The Date - The Most Exciting AtTask User Conference Yet

AtTask User Conference 2011
February 7–10th, 2011
Salt Lake City, UT

Salt Lake City is the place to be February 7-10th, 2011 for the Third Annual AtTask User Conference. AtTask users and industry leaders from around the world will join together to develop relationships, share best practices, discuss new offerings, and generate new ideas.

Mark your calendars today by clicking here

You won’t want to miss this year’s conference—learn from your peers, AtTask experts, and industry thought leaders.

Watch your inbox in the coming weeks for more information and other registration details!

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Other Events

Blog Posts

Project Management Superheroes

Are there common characteristics successful project managers share? It is no secret that delivering projects on-time, on budget, and on spec are important, but here are six leadership skills that can take a “good” project manager and make them "super”…

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Just Give Them the Facts!

Whether they’re Dragnet’s crime scene investigator Joe Friday or they’re a project stakeholder, they don’t have time to waste with superfluous information – they only need the facts. Here are five suggestions that will make your project-status reporting run smoothly…

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Diving into Successful Project Management

Regardless of the particular work management methodology you choose, or even the project management software you use, if you are able to encourage some basic project management behaviors that have proven to produce successful projects, you'll likely become skilled at leading successful project teams. Here are six abilities that successful project managers should have…

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Working with Project Stakeholders: 3 Keys to Success

Much like a good caddie is critical to a successful tournament for a golfer, it is often the tough decisions made by stakeholders that make the difference between a successful project and one that fails. Here are three keys to success in working with project stakeholders…

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