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Some people constantly multitask in meetings, which disrupts attendees’ attention and prevents important information from getting to the audience. This Project Pointer offers some recommendations to get people to pay attention.

I learned that pathology from surgery showed stray carcinoma cancer cells in my body. After the shock wore off, the project manager in me took charge. Now that this ordeal is over, I can’t imagine handling it without project management. This Project Pointer describes what I did to make it through.

People’s (especially management’s) expectations for estimation accuracy are usually unrealistic. You’re expected to produce estimates with little project information and then are challenged when you adjust your estimates. In this Project Pointer, Bob McGannon and I present an approach to make estimating less controversial with an added benefit of educating management and team members on the realities of estimating.

Requirements are supposed to represent business needs, but sometimes, stakeholders sneak in solutions. For a project to create value, you need to make sure requirements convey business needs not solutions. This Project Pointer describes some techniques for scrubbing solutions from your project requirements.

Contractors and other vendors can be a great option if you need more people or people with specific skills. But the cost goes beyond their hourly rate and vendors introduce risks to your project. This Project Pointer explains what you need to consider before bringing on vendor personnel.