Category: Project Management

Common Project Manager Mistakes: #4 Murphy vs. Parkinson

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We all know Murphy’s Law: Anything that can go wrong will go wrong. It’s thanks to our deep and abiding faith in Murphy’s Law that many of us, and most of the folks on our teams, always add a bit of “padding” to our estimates. We’ve got to allow for Murphy’s impact. Though we joke a lot about Murphy’s Law, we have learned through consistent and often difficult experiences that something will not go as planned so we had better build in some safety to give us a chance to deal with the problems.

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A Look Back at 2014 Security Breaches

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This year has been a rocky year for computer security. There have been many large personal data breaches, including those of Sony, eBay, Michaels, Spec’s, Home Depot, Staples, Kmart, Dairy Queen, MBIA Inc., Jimmy John’s, Goodwill, P.F. Chang’s, California Department of Motor Vehicles, Sally Beauty Supply, and others. Many of these breaches took place over […]

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