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Breaking News…

Gary Heerkens’ First Column Slated to Appear in the PM Network® Magazine in March

Be on the lookout for a new columnist in the March edition of the Project Management Institute’s magazine, PM Network®. Management Solutions Group president Gary Heerkens will begin contributing a quarterly column to the magazine called “The Business of Projects”.

Each article will deal with the critical interface (and interaction!) that exists between the world of project management and the world of business. The business side of projects is one of the main focus areas of MSG’s training and consulting practice.

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From the Tip File…

(a regular offering of helpful tips from one of our popular workshops)

When you are presenting results from an alternative analysis study you've done, limit the presentation of your results and conclusions to three options:

(1) what you have determined to be the best alternative;

(2) the alternative that came in “second place” (solves the problem, but not optimally);

(3) the “do-nothing” or “business-as-usual” alternative.

Presenting these three particular alternatives will proactively address what is likely to be two burning questions in the minds of your senior managers and executives:

(1) What’s the difference between doing something and doing nothing; and

(2) What exactly makes the best alternative the best?

The fact that you have anticipated the important considerations of your management will be very impressive to them.