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September 2009 Archives

Another Agile Project Management Blawg

By Paul C. Easton on September 30, 2009 5:12 PM | Comments | No TrackBacks
Yesterday, I introduced The Rosetta Brief, authored by  by Regina Mullen, CEO of a company called Dialexia, which is a founding partner of the Agile Lawyers Association. I failed to note, however, that the Agile Lawyers Association has its own blawg, titled: Raising The...

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Fios Webinar Promotes Project Management in E-discovery

By Paul C. Easton on September 30, 2009 4:14 AM | Comments | 2 TrackBacks
I think I may be the first Internet stalker of legal project management gurus and Matt Lane is my hapless victim.  It seems there isn't a Webinar he gives that I don't attend, a White Paper he authors that I...

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Project Management for, uh, Managers

By Paul C. Easton on September 30, 2009 3:23 AM | Comments | 1 TrackBack
Today in SmartPlanet's Pure Genius blog, Vince Thompson interviews Michael Bender, CEO and Founder of Ally Business Developers about his new book A Manager's Guide to Project Management. [1]  The title isn't as redundant as it sounds.  The book does not tell...

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Dialexia Throws Down the Gauntlet: Agile versus the EDRM and PMI PMBOK

By Paul C. Easton on September 29, 2009 10:39 PM | Comments | 1 TrackBack
I just discovered a new blog, The Rosetta Brief, which is authored by Regina Mullen, CEO of a company called Dialexia, which is a founding partner of the Agile Lawyers Association and plans to debut the first Agile Document Review...

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LPM the Talk of the Blawgosphere

By Paul C. Easton on September 28, 2009 12:58 PM | Comments | 1 TrackBack
Usually I can go a week or so without hitting my Google Reader account and not miss much about legal project management (LPM). September, however, has been a busy month. Steven Levy and I have been having an ongoing discussion...

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Project Management Tools in the Legal Environment: Can Old Dogs be Taught New Tricks?

By Paul C. Easton on September 26, 2009 2:46 PM | Comment | 3 TrackBacks
A few days ago Steven Levy wrote a toughtful and thought-provoking response to my post "Buying a Lathe Does Not Make You a Carpenter" in his Lexician blog. Steven B. Levy, Rethinking Legal Project Management Tools, Lexician, Sept. 21, 2009,...

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The Lawyerification of Litigation Support: Is a Legal Education a Benefit or Just Baggage for an E-discovery Project Manager?

By Paul C. Easton on September 25, 2009 11:41 PM | Comments | 8 TrackBacks
If you have a legal discovery project that will cost you hundreds of thousands of dollars for data collection and processing, document review, and production; in a litigation with millions of dollars at stake; who do you want managing the...

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Buying a Lathe Does Not Make You a Carpenter: Setting Realistic Expectations for Legal Project Management Software

By Paul C. Easton on September 21, 2009 4:38 PM | Comment | 4 TrackBacks
Rees Morrison brings up an important point in a recent post to his Law Department Management blog and touches on one of my pet peeves with many who discuss "project management" in the legal environment. The title of his post...

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Reframing Law Firms' "Five Imperitives" with Project Management

By Paul C. Easton on September 18, 2009 1:56 AM | Comments | No TrackBacks
A blog I've just recently discovered and am enjoying a great deal is Steven Levy's "No Secret."  Steven Levy recently left his job as a Senior Director of Microsoft, where he led the company's legal technology business team. He is...

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Law Firm PM Watch: Seyfarth Shaw's Six Sigma program highlighted in the ABA Journal

By Paul C. Easton on September 17, 2009 3:57 PM | Comment | 2 TrackBacks
Seyfarth Shaw's Six Sigma program, "Seyfarth Lean", has been getting a lot of press recently. Following on a mention in BusinessWeek, the law firm's Six Sigma program was highlighted in a recent article in the ABA Journal.  Debra Cassens Weiss, Seyfarth...

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Do You Have What it Takes to be an E-discovery Project Manager?

By Paul C. Easton on September 15, 2009 2:13 PM | Comments | 8 TrackBacks
In this month's issue of ALSP Update, Brett Tar, General Counsel of Emag Solutions discusses what he sees as the new breed of electronic discovery project managers. Brett Tar, Skills, Savvy and More: The New E-Discovery PM, ALSP Update, Sept....

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Share your Organization's Experiences with Legal Project Management

By Paul C. Easton on September 3, 2009 2:36 PM | Comments | 1 TrackBack
Does your law firm, litigation support bureau, or legal support services company employ project management standards or methodologies? If so, I would love to hear about it!One of my on-going series of posts is on "Law Firm PM Watch" where...

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Making the Case for e-Discovery Project Management « Electronic Discovery Project Management

By Paul C. Easton on September 3, 2009 12:29 PM | Comments | 1 TrackBack
Do you need to make a case for Project Management in your firm? Erika Santiago (@lsptrainer on Twitter) has put together a list of must-visit resources on the Web.  I'm honored to see this blog linked to in a list...

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