Articles by Project Solvers of America

The Project Solvers of America, Inc. is a project management consulting and education provider headquartered in Rochester, NY and has faithfully served its growing customer base since 2004. Some of our clients include Eastman Kodak Co, Fuji, Constellation Brands, Delco, ASB, and BMC, LLC among others. We provide company on-site consulting, placement of experienced PMP-certified Project Managers, consultation on a wide range of project management issues, and delivery of public and private seminars.

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We’re moving!

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As our friend Angelo says, “We’re getting ourselves out of a pickle”. A pickle factory that is! The Project Solvers  is moving our office from The Pickle Factory in Pittsford effective May 1st to The Piano Works Mall in East Rochester, NY. Our new address is: 349 W Commercial St Suite 2320 East Rochester, NY [...]

PDU Instruction Submission for AM/PM and for PMI PDU submission

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http://www.projectsolversofamerica.com/resources/Articles/Report PDU for PMI.pdf This is the link to the instruction on submission of a PDU for AM/PM or any PDU submission for PMI. You must have your PMP or CAPM  to submit a submission. Filed under: General Information Tagged: PDU

Pictures from AM/PM February 10, 2012 Bruce Benton-Communicatons

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Filed under: AM on PM Summaries, Communications Management, Events Tagged: AM/PM Pictures

Al’s Angle February 2012

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February 2012 Al’s Angle  –Communications Channels Communications affects performance. Where have you heard that before?? We all know this to be true but yet we fail as Project Managers to effectively communicate to our team, stakeholders and to management. A successful PM typically have good communications skills that include being able to present the issues, [...]

AM/PM January 13, 2012 Photo’s France MacDonald PMP, MS

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Filed under: AM on PM Summaries, Communications Management Tagged: AM/PM 01/13/12

Four Types of Project Managers

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HAPPY NEW YEAR!! This month we are addressing project manager and team personalities. I  found this article by R. Max Wideman, FPMI, AEW Services, Vancouver, BC, Canada. In his article he breaks down project managers into four types: The Explorer, Driver, Coordinator and finally the Administrator. “The Explorer – Explorer or entrepreneur type project leaders [...]

AM/PM Pictures from 12-9-11

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Filed under: AM on PM Summaries, Events, Risk Management

Life is as fleeting as a shooting star

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I write this today with a heavy heart and with the hope that it will have some type of a cathartic effect on me and perhaps those in our small community in Webster, NY. As many are now aware, Michael Pilato, a 10th grader at the same high school that both my daughters attend, is [...]

Pictures from 11-11-11 AM/PM Workshop

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Here are the pictures from the AM/PM workshop held on 11/11/11 at Medialle College. Filed under: AM on PM Summaries, Events, Project Management Tagged: AM/PM 11/11/11, Microsoft Project

Enterprise Risk Management, The You Need to Knows

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The word risk brings fear to the hearts of Project Managers and to the general population. Risk brings to mind bad things and negative responses, especially when you discuss risk in the broad sense as an “enterprise” rather than as a project or assignment. While a project risk can affect just one component , enterprise [...]

October AM on PM Summary: the 4P’s for Project Success

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Our speaker at our October 14th AM on PM was Don Pillittere, MBA, Subcontract Program Manager at ITT and author of the book, “Are we there yet? Diary of a project manager”. Don discussed his four “P’s” of project success; People, Process, Parts, and Phenomena and how the application of these can either hurt or [...]

Ten Rules to Manage Project Risk

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Everyone knows by now (especially if  you have a PMP/CAPM) that the benefits of risk management in projects are huge. You can gain a lot of money and time if you deal with uncertain project events in a proactive manner. The result will be that you minimize the impact of project threats and seize the [...]

October Forum – Are we there yet?

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Click the heading for event pictures. Click a picture to enlarge it, use browser back button to return. Click here to read a summary of the event. .       Don talked about the Four P’s of project success: People, Process, Parts, and Phenomena Filed under: Events Tagged: AM on PM

The Leadership Style of Steve Jobs

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Earlier this year I wrote a paper on the leadership style of Steve Jobs as part of my coursework for Boston University. Now that Steve’s no longer with us I thought more would be interested in learning about what he was like as a leader. Was he a transactional leader? A transformational leader? Download to read [...]

Pictures from 10-12-11 PMP Class

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Here are the pictures from the PMP class held on 10-12-11 at Medialle College. Filed under: Uncategorized

Project Integration Management: a Key Skill

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This month we are addressing project Integration Management (IM), in my opinion the most important of the knowledge areas. First a quick review: Project Integration Management includes the processes and activities needed to identify, define, combine, unify, and coordinate the various processes and project management activities within the Project Management function. This is the only [...]

Summary on September’s Forum on Decision-Making

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Another great session today! Great turnout and excellent speaker and discussion. We had Anthony (Tony) Ciero, PM at National Grid, walk us through a tool he created to enable data-driven decisions for the company. In particular the tool facilitated project selection through a prioritization scheme that takes key attributes into account. Total cost, expenditures to [...]

Consensus can be counterproductive; make the decision!

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This month it is all about how project managers make decisions.  Pondering this issue I came across the interview with Dick Cheney on the decision to go in to Iraq when George W. Bush was president.  The president tells the story that he made the decision with assistance from his advisors and Cheney says the [...]

August’s Forum Summary on Negotiating

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We had a really great event today with a wonderful speaker and over two dozen people in attendance! I walked away with a number of tips that I can use in the future for better negotiations. Michael Shacket, President of Corner Office Consulting provided us with Eight Tips for Successful Negotiations and he did so [...]

Ten Tips That Could Save Washington (or your project!)

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This August will prove to be one of the most trying times for the economy of the U.S. and its citizens.  We have a government that finds itself unable to negotiate within itself and to reach compromise. After all legislation is nothing more than a negotiation and a contract. Since this month is all about [...]

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