Payson Hall

Payson Hall

Payson Hall
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Company: 
Catalysis Group, Inc
Username: 
Payson
Job Function: 
Consulting

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Member For: 
12 years 1 month
Interests: 
Business Analysis
Leadership
Process Improvement
Project Management
Quality Assurance
Requirements
Software Testing
Personal Bio: 

Payson Hall is a consulting project manager for Catalysis Group, Inc. in Sacramento, California. Payson consults on project management issues and teaches project management. Email Payson at [email protected]. Follow him on twitter at @paysonhall.

My Contributions

Prevent Disaster by Righting Cultural Dysfunction on Your Team
Are You Ready for Go-Live? 8 Essential Questions
Lessons from Optimizing Computer Systems Applied to Human Teams
Communicating Effectively in Agile Development Projects
A Primer on Negotiation Skills
Decision Making and Decision Management
Why You Need a Sense of Urgency to Be an Effective Project Manager
Helpful Advice for New Project Managers
An Adult Conversation about Project Risk Management
Reading the Tea Leaves: Predicting a Project's Future
Supporting Sound Business Decisions: Separating the Clerks from the Project Managers
An Obvious and Profound Idea about IT Business Case Evaluation
From One Expert to Another: Dale Emery
Twenty-One Tips to Be an Effective Leader
Risk Management in Hindsight: A Simple Tool for Focused Problem Solving in a Project Retrospective
Seven (Terrible) Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Manage Risks, and Thoughtful Responses to Each of Them
What to Review If You Can’t Review Everything
Perception Management: (And Why You Should Leave It to Magicians)
When the Project Isn’t Going According to Contract
A Recipe for Increased Productivity
Testing Tradeoffs and Project Risk: A Case Study
How Technical Support Is Like a Pain in the Neck
Heard and Valued: Three Short and Useful Bits of Advice for Improving Your Leadership Skills
Software Project Managers: Know Your Business Case
Who Defines “Success” for Your Project?
A Maestro’s Inspiration About Change
Project Priorities and Funding: Don't Go Halfway to the Moon
Effective Leadership Communication
Reducing Surprise: Another Feature of Good Project Management
Sometimes Perception Is the Problem
Work Product Definitions Are Your Friends
Don't Vaccinate Your Organization Against Success
What Is a Good Project Manager?
A Business Argument Against Multitasking Human Work
Wrecking a Project
Project Time Reporting
Lava Lessons in Project Management
Career Development for Computing Nerds
Three Pounds of Manure in a Two-Pound Sack
The Heart of the Argument
Simple Summaries Of Complex Projects
Alpha Project Status
Reducing Friction
Preparing for Resource-Constrained Times
Project Negotiations and the Iron Triangle
Pine Needles and Better Communication
Business Case-Driven Decision Making
Tending Communication Paths
Sequencing the Software Product Build-Out
Lost in Translation
Analysis Paralysis and the Law of Imperfect Plans
Exploring Project Priorities
Changing the Hand You're Dealt: Better Designs Through Problem Redefinition
Modeling Uncertainty
Review Secrets: Asking Better Questions
Honesty Is the Best Policy
Communication During a Crisis
Done and DONE-done
Unintended Consequences: The Case for a Business Case
Endangered Business Analysts
Before 'Z' -- A Simple Secret for Process Improvement
Stale Plans Are the Devil's Workshop
The Eye of the Beholder
Knowing the Odds
A Calculated Gamble
Escaping the Clutches of Zombie Projects
Avoiding Project Failure

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