posted Oct 27, 2011 6:49 PM by Christine Lambden
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Christine Lambden and Casey Conner share their own survival tricks and tips from too many years on the road in this excerpt from Everyday Practices of Extraordinary Consultants.
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About the Authors:
Christine Lambden and Casey Conner are the authors of two books that relate to consulting: Everyday Practices of Extraordinary Consultants (2008) and Extraordinary Interviews (2009). They are also the founders and primary instructors at ConsultingStance.com, an online community and training resource for consultants. They have a combined total of more than 35 years in the consulting industry and their advice is based on personal experience in the trenches as consultants, clients, and consulting firm owners. |
posted Oct 27, 2011 6:48 PM by Christine Lambden
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updated Oct 28, 2011 7:09 PM
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The project sponsor’s role in the project team is to provide resources, set expectations, hold people accountable and remove obstacles. Over time, working with many projects and project sponsors, we have identified ten strategies for project sponsors launching a new project to set the project team up for success.
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posted Oct 27, 2011 6:46 PM by Christine Lambden
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updated Oct 28, 2011 7:12 PM
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This is an example of the Action Items spreadsheet we used several years ago. The document was stored on a server that we all had access to so that everyone was responsible for maintaining it. (This really only works for teams of fewer than five people.)
Today, we are huge fans of Google Docs because any number of people can collaborate on one document and no one has to keep track of who has the document. No matter which tool you use, this template will give you a guideline for how to set up your Action Items tracking. |
posted Oct 27, 2011 6:45 PM by Christine Lambden
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Christine created this Design Guide for an application implementation project where each Business Analyst was responsible for creating the User Training materials for their application. This document provided the guidelines for development because most of the team members had never written a user training guide before and the project manager wanted them all to follow a common design. It was very well received. |
posted Oct 27, 2011 6:39 PM by Christine Lambden
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updated Oct 27, 2011 6:43 PM
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Download this excerpt from Everyday Practices of Extraordinary Consultants to learn some great tips and tactics to polish your presentation skills. Click here to read Tip #1. |
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