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hansHans Jonasson, PMP, CBAP, founder of JTC Unlimited, has over 25 years of experience in the areas of project management, business analysis and professional development training. Hans started his career with Volvo LTD in Gothenburg, Sweden, in 1980 as a systems analyst/programmer. In 1984 he moved to United States to work on new development projects for EDS and General Motors. He has managed all aspects of software development projects varying from $100,000 to $10 Million for the automotive industry. He has been a Project Management Professional (PMP®) and member of the Project Management Institute (PMI®) since 1996. He is a member of the Great Lakes Chapter of PMI® and the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBATM), and a Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAPTM). He has authored his first book titled Determining Project Requirements which was published in October 2007.

Creative Project Management

This week I was part of a development program for high potential people in a large European company. They had worked together for about a year on a program with a mix of training and actual project work. And now it was time for a review of the result with sponsors and other key stakeholders. A review of both the training aspect and the project results. It was one of those occasions where normally you listen to a nice presentation with a bunch of obvious statements designed to showcase the participants, the trainers and the program design people. Where you listen for a couple of hours, slightly bored at best, and then walk away remembering nothing of the event.

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New Year's Resolutions

This year I promise to do what I know should be done. Which is what I tell other people to do when I teach project managements classes.

I will seek to understand the need of the customer before I define the product. Even when it appears that the customer is clueless.

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What will Santa Bring Your Project Team?

As I start writing this blog I notice that it will be published not long before Christmas. Don't really want to think about Christmas yet, but Christmas, like a project deadline, is sure to arrive regardless of what I want to think about.

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Really, Should You Be a Project Manager?

How do you know if you are the type of person who should be a project manager? Are you a reactive, fly-by-night, last minute, kind of disorganized person? Or do you obsess with upcoming deadlines, keep a to-do list, get your stuff done ahead of time kind of person? Do you even know?

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Only the Certifiable Gets Certified?

Not real sure what that heading means but I liked the sound of it. I get a lot of questions in the classroom about the value of PMI certification. And since it is a big undertaking for most people to get certified, it is a question worth thinking about. Normally I tell people that if you think you may be looking for a job in the near future or if your company puts a great value on it, then it is a no-brainer, just do. However, if neither of those reasons is true, it is a tougher call.

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