I was responsible for kick-starting the social media profiles for the University I used to work for in order to “build an online presence” for the University. In my opinion, this should have been an initiative […]

It seems as though both methodology are fairly equally apt to fail if resources, leadership, vision, and scope are not clearly defined from the start. Regardless of the number or order of iterations (agile) or […]

Choosing CVS, my team focused on customers, technicians, and pharmacists as stakeholders. We found that even though the customers have fewer interactions and changes to their individual processes based on any […]

It was my new year’s resolution this year to integrate more cooking into my repertoire. Recently, I decided to make (for the first time – ever) scallops and spinach over risotto. I had no idea how many steps there […]

I think the most important factor of making a good decision re: project selection is a combination of ensuring there is a good fit for the project within the strategy or goals of the organization, and whether […]

Many of the common mistakes listed in this article actually result from not having an experienced project manager at the helm (#2). Without an experienced PM, changes to the scope of the project aren’t tracked, […]

Having worked with a team with a decentralized HR system, I found it very interesting that the Merck team decided to implement the ERP within the HR system first and in one fell swoop. Knowing that people have a […]

My Enterprise Management Consulting (EMC) client project last semester was riddled with unclear requirements and an overall sense of “too many cooks in the kitchen” when it came to stakeholder buy-in. In order to […]

I worked in a marketing office that relayed qualified leads to a call center. As the marketing outfit grew, so did the number of leads needed to pass through our system. To support this growth, we upgraded to a […]

As an avid Wawa customer, I would love to see Wawa expand the use of their kiosk technology, and I think by adding a payment system on the device itself the company could improve their customer service. By adding […]

When I worked on a University’s marketing team, I was responsible for managing all of the lead generation aggregators within our marketing mix. It was crucial to ensure that the flow of leads from the aggregators […]

Even though our team had some similar assumptions as to the overall intent and goal of the party, those of the team with stronger voices, stronger opinions, and more event planning experience seemed to win out […]