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		<title>Project procurement &#8211; select a supplier</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 10:06:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michèle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most of the project leaders are coming to a point in their project, where they have to provide initiate a process to select a suppliersupplier selection process.
What are the responsibilities of the project leader? What role is he playing himself in the decision making? What are the instruments, criteria he should consider?
Overall process to select [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Story telling and Project Management</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2010 15:04:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michèle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last February 8th, I attended a conference organised by Rezonance  in Geneva.  The topic was &#8220;The Art of Storytelling: becoming a leader through stories&#8221; by John Sadowsky.
The main idea is to recognise that the human being loves stories, that he identifies better to a mission, an objective, if it is linked to a coherent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>homepic</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:23:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michèle</dc:creator>
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		<title>Strengths or areas to improve?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 15:42:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michèle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal Development]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[More than 10 years ago &#8211; time goes so fast &#8211; I heard about Peter Drucker talking about focussing on our and other people strengths instead of weaknesses &#8211; nowadays called &#8220;areas to improve&#8221;.  One of his quote, among many, says:
&#8220;It takes far less energy to move from first-rate performance to excellence than it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Simulation tool to learn Project Management</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 05:45:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michèle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Learning tools]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I would like to share with you my discovery of a very interesting tool to help people learn and improve their project management skills.

The tool is called "SIMULTRAIN" and is produced by STS.]]></description>
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		<title>On coaching</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 16:18:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michèle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Learning tools]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Coaching as something that is done off the sports field is something that we have known for about 15 years.  As with any new discipline, the boundaries are not yet fully standardised and their application might vary dramatically from one coach to another.
At Marakoudja, we follow the guidance laid down by the International Coaching Federation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Project meetings &#8211; an interesting classification</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2009 05:50:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michèle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Methods / Approaches]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Between April 15-16, I attended the &#8220;Congrès du management de projet&#8221; organised by the Project Management Institute (PMI) and the Société Suisse de management de projet (SMP) in Lausanne.  It was a very interesting seminar and I would like to share with you a few things that I learned.  I will do this in a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The 15% dogma</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 16:08:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michèle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Methods / Approaches]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Project management effort should not be over 15% of overall project effort &#8230; is that true? 
Whenever you provide project estimates, you often face the apparently sacrosanct rule of 15% for project management effort. Even if it is not clear where this figure comes from, it is around and is often presented as a fact, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Becoming a PMP &#8211; is it worth the effort?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 08:21:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michèle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As most of you already know, I have formed a partnership with 3PMExperts (Alexander Matthey) to offer you excellent PMP Exam Preparation Classes.   Since many people might not be aware of what is needed to become a certified PMP, I have started free webinar information sessions on that topic.   If you are interested, please [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boost your project team(s) with &#8220;Appreciative Inquiry&#8221;</title>
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		<comments>http://www.marakoudja.com/?p=203?&amp;lang=en#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 08:34:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michèle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Methods / Approaches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Team building]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago, I participated to a conference titled &#8220;Innovate in change management&#8221; given by Pascal Buyck from PMC. I discovered an approach founded in 1980 by David L. Cooperrider called &#8220;Appreciative Inquiry&#8221;.
The general idea is to build on things an organisation is doing good to improve and achieve better results.   If you inquire [...]]]></description>
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