Joshua Ramirez

Josh Ramirez, PMP, MSM-PM, is a consultant at Evanclaer and is experienced in business operations management, project management, and project controls. He has worked at several national laboratories and other projects throughout the Department of Energy and is pursuing a Ph.D. in business psychology. He has a Masters’ degree in project management, is an adjunct professor of project management and conducts training courses that integrate the behavioral sciences with project management. Josh writes about culture and behavior, as well as Metrics and KPIs.

Organizational Culture
Joshua RamirezSeptember 2, 2020
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De-biasing project management
Have you had one of those folks on your project team that seemed to be eternally optimistic, and then the project team struggled to meet an unrealistic deadline because of it, with the inevitable failure to meet the schedule in…
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Organizational Culture
Joshua RamirezAugust 11, 2020
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Behavioral project management: 3 reasons you may not recognize when you are stuck
Ever wonder why some folks just seem to be blind to a problem or fail to see an issue for long periods of time, and when they finally do they resist the idea of changing? So did I! There are…
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Organizational Culture
Joshua RamirezJune 22, 2020
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Thinking versus feeling in project management
How do you feel about reading this article right now? Do you think you’ll learn anything? I know that sometimes I get emotional about things, and projects may frustrate me. I may have a team member that just irritates me…
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Organizational Culture
Joshua RamirezMay 27, 2020
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ReTHINKING the time constraint
There’s more to time constraint than meets the eye… …and I’ve got a feeling the research is going to change project management forever. (Yeah right, you say. But that’s okay, just hang in there with me a bit). First, there’s…
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Performance Metrics and KPIs
Joshua RamirezAugust 13, 2018
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Active project corrections vs. passive project corrections
This article is about changing the project performance paradigm from passive corrections to more active ones. The approach is based in behavioral and neuroscience, toward implementing behavioral project management practices to actively improve project outcomes, planning, and forecasting. First, before…
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Organizational Culture
Joshua RamirezJune 25, 2018
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If project management were a person, I’d say…
If the project management discipline were a person, I would sit them down and have a very serious conversation with them. All across project management social platforms, feeds, training, and certifications, we are stuck in a huge rut with no…
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De-biasing project management

Behavioral project management: 3 reasons you may not recognize when you are stuck

Thinking versus feeling in project management

ReTHINKING the time constraint

Active project corrections vs. passive project corrections

If project management were a person, I’d say…