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October 15, 2008 Report

Managing Outsourced Relationships -

More and more companies are outsourcing everything from IT to call centers to facilities management.  Measuring the effectiveness of the outsourcer is crucial and can mitigate tons of downstream issues for both companies.  Consider the following to help you better measure outsourcer effectiveness...
http://www.project-management-articles.com/Blogs/ManagingOutsourcedRelationships.htm

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Making Sense of Calendars in Microsoft Project-

As one of my heroes Spiderman says, "with great power comes great responsibility". As a project manager, you can exploit some of the cool capabilities with Microsoft Project calendars, but beware, you could really tie your shorts up in a knot if you start getting too fancy with project calendars...
http://www.projectmanagementadvisor.com/projectmanagementsoftware/MS_Project_Calendars.htm

Surviving an Aneurysm

"It was cold, snowy day on January 28, 1988, a day that would change my life forever. I was being rushed to the hospital, only knowing that I had so much pressure in my head that I thought it would explode. I was initially diagnosed by the ER doctor with having a migraine and a sprained neck, but the ER nurses knew better. After some testing, their thoughts were confirmed. I had a ruptured brain aneurysm which statistically has a 10% survival rate. There was nothing that they could do. I was bleeding into my brain and there was a good chance that I would be gone by morning…” 

A truly inspirational read about one woman's fight from certain death to successful small business entrepreneur.
http://www.aneurysmsurvivor.com/

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