Comments on: Killing off a vampire project. http://www.hooversbiz.com/2008/11/25/killing-off-a-vampire-project/ Individuals — Companies — Industries: How We Work Now. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:31:45 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Kelley Mitchell http://www.hooversbiz.com/2008/11/25/killing-off-a-vampire-project/comment-page-1/#comment-15820 Kelley Mitchell Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:17:17 +0000 http://www.hooversbiz.com/?p=1188#comment-15820 Avoiding them is definitely a skill I've acquired after only having suffered through many vampire projects. I'm also been trying to apply this awareness of vampire time-sucking concept to other areas of work and life, and this post has been a great reminder. Avoiding them is definitely a skill I’ve acquired after only having suffered through many vampire projects.

I’m also been trying to apply this awareness of vampire time-sucking concept to other areas of work and life, and this post has been a great reminder.

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]]> By: Kelley Mitchell http://www.hooversbiz.com/2008/11/25/killing-off-a-vampire-project/comment-page-1/#comment-15817 Kelley Mitchell Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:53:04 +0000 http://www.hooversbiz.com/?p=1188#comment-15817 I absolutely hate vampire projects and have a good idea of what they look like before I start them, so I do what I can to avoid them to begin with. I absolutely hate vampire projects and have a good idea of what they look like before I start them, so I do what I can to avoid them to begin with.

]]> By: Where are the golems in your organization? -- Hoover’s Business Insight Zone http://www.hooversbiz.com/2008/11/25/killing-off-a-vampire-project/comment-page-1/#comment-14361 Where are the golems in your organization? -- Hoover’s Business Insight Zone Tue, 07 Apr 2009 21:28:26 +0000 http://www.hooversbiz.com/?p=1188#comment-14361 [...] It riffs, in turn, on an item of my own from a while back about killing off vampire projects. [...] [...] It riffs, in turn, on an item of my own from a while back about killing off vampire projects. [...]

]]> By: Real SMB IT, And Vampires? « A Dime a Dozen Small Business, Tech and Talk http://www.hooversbiz.com/2008/11/25/killing-off-a-vampire-project/comment-page-1/#comment-14351 Real SMB IT, And Vampires? « A Dime a Dozen Small Business, Tech and Talk Sat, 04 Apr 2009 12:24:22 +0000 http://www.hooversbiz.com/?p=1188#comment-14351 [...] OK, OK, the title is borrowed from this excellent post by Tim Walker at Hoovers Business titled; Killing Off A Vampire Project. [...] [...] OK, OK, the title is borrowed from this excellent post by Tim Walker at Hoovers Business titled; Killing Off A Vampire Project. [...]

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