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About Dina Garfinkel

Dina is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) with more than 6 years experience in web application project management. She has spearheaded projects in many areas of concentration, such as iPhone applications, web calendar, multimedia and a highly customized Content Management System (CMS).

Before becoming a project manager, she worked as a web applications developer for two digital media startups and at an academic institution programming online courses.

After earning a degree in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Princeton University, Dina spent two and a half years traveling, studying and working in Israel.

Outside of the Horn Group, Dina keeps busy with her three children and enjoys being an active member of the project management blogger community.

Email vs. The Stream for Optimal Project Team Communication

Posted by Dina Garfinkel on June 29, 2010 | 3 Comments

Posted in:  Technology Trends

I spotted this interesting post by Dennis Stevenson titled "Why would you abandon e-mail for Streaming tools?", which was a reaction to an article by Stowe Boyd "The Business Case For Streams versus Email". Both are worth a read, and got me thinking about how we communicate and how our messages... Read full post »

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No More Fear of Failure...

Posted by Dina Garfinkel on April 19, 2010 | 0 Comments

Posted in:  Technology Trends

Last week I went to the first FAILfaire NYC, organized by MobileActive.org. I was first turned on to the event when I saw a tweet about it from another project manager that I’m connected with through the “Project Managers on Twitter” (#PMOT) group. Now, failure is nothing new to project managers,... Read full post »

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"If you don't have time to do it right, when do you have time to do it over?"

Posted by Dina Garfinkel on March 31, 2009 | 0 Comments

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I've been thinking a lot about project requirements lately, both because I've been working on them and reading about them. Requirements are what you want your product to do, and the more time you can spend identifying the requirements, the more successful your project will be. Here at the Interactive Services... Read full post »

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Getting the Word Out, about the After School Art Class and Project Tasks

Posted by Dina Garfinkel on January 14, 2009 | 0 Comments

Posted in:  Design & Development , Technology Trends

I’ve been thinking a lot about communication lately, both because I’m a project manager and well…that’s what project managers are supposed to do, and because I’ve had my share of frustration with my older daughter’s preschool and their process of sharing information. It’s funny to me that professionally I try to... Read full post »

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