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advice on how to tackle the challenges before you. Whether you are a dedicated project manager or are simply curious, you’ll benefit from the personal development tips regarding communications, meeting management and external training opportunities. Many thanks to our contributors and to all of the project managers working behind the scenes to ensure the success of their teams and organizations. Kate Cain Manager of Business Intelligence Winston & Strawn LLP VP, ILTA’s Professional Services Peer Group 24 BACK TO SCHOOL: ARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS WORTHWHILE? by Donna Payne of PayneGroup, Inc. You can go back to school with Web-based learning and other alternatives, and many well-known universities are offering Project Management Master Certification programs that can help you stand apart from your peers — or at least understand most, if not all, of the acronyms bandied about in project management meetings. 28 E-DISCOVERY PROJECT MANAGEMENT: BRINGING PROCESS TO PRACTICE by Randal Girouard of Haynes and Boone, LLP and Sarah Brown of Exterro, Inc. Litigators who want to succeed in today’s economy must recognize that discovery is at least as much about controlling the process as it is about practicing the art of law. The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP), recent case law, and corporate management’s increasingly vocal discomfort with the cost of e-discovery all make this point painfully clear.department to leverage their corporate information to work smarter, more efficiently and more cost-effectively. 34 IMPLEMENT “START, STOP AND CONTINUE” MEETINGS TO IMPROVE YOUR OPERATIONS by Larry Port of Rocket Matter We in the legal profession often deal with unpredictable matters and projects, and we’re learning that change management techniques aren’t confined to the software development industry. One such tool is Agile Project Management’s “Retrospective,” a.k.a. the “Start, Stop and Continue” meeting, which law firms can embrace to improve processes over time. 38 IMPROVE YOUR WRITING TO IMPROVE YOUR PROJECT OUTCOMES by Nathan Smith of McKee, Voorhees & Sease, P.L.C. Good communication is a cornerstone of working effectively, and good project management depends heavily on the ability of those involved to write effectively. We all need to communicate to be clear on what we are working together to achieve. www.iltanet.org Project Management 5