Mechanic: Resurrection - Movie Review

Now playing Mechanic: Resurrection at a theater near you.  

The movie is 1 hour & 39 minutes with Jason Statham and Jessica Alba. The story of a master assassin brought out of retirement after the woman he loves is kidnapped by an old enemy. His enemy directs him to assassinate three powerful gangsters that live in different parts of the world. He must make the assassinations look like accidents. If he can pull it off his girlfriend will be released to him. There is a big twist in the plot after the second successful assassination. 

I give it (3.5) ***

It's action packed with with the typical Jason Statham fight scenes. Jessica Alba delivers an eye candy performance. I had a good time watching this movie. This movie is full of violence with a love story inserted into it. It's worth watching if you like Jason and Jessica. 

The Project Management Office Dashboard

Project Portfolio Management (PPM) - Reporting

Having the ability to have real time status reporting of all the projects in the organization is a goal that the Project Management Office (PMO) should undertake. The reporting will be dashboards displayed in the PMO on a large LCD monitor. Project teams will be directed to update their tasks throughout the day to give the PMO the ability to have fresh data on their dashboards. There might be resistance if the teams update their status weekly. Just give it time and it will become part of the team's daily routine. To accomplish your reporting you will need a robust project management software that supports PPM.

The Live Dashboard

Hang a large LCD monitor in the PMO in a good location to be viewed. The dashboard will give you a glance at how all the projects are doing. Why wait for weekly, on request and monthly reports to find out good or bad news. Daily monitoring of a dashboard will ensure that projects are on track within the budget. Define various dashboard views of your project metrics to display throughout the day. A large visual view with the colors of Green, Yellow and Red to highlight important information will make an impact on how you monitor your project portfolio. Call it the Project Command Center Dashboard.

Sample Dashboard 

Big Brother is Watching

The main objectives for the PMO dashboards is budgets and project timelines. It's all about being proactive to address potential problems in the early stages. If a budget keeps increasing the project could go way over the approved budget. Missing milestones could be a resource issue. Just naming a few issues that you can detect on a well designed dashboard. Your dashboard is a work in progress. You should always look for ways to keep improving your dashboards with valuable metrics. 

Have a Meet and Greet 

Invite stakeholders, executive management, managers, project managers and project teams to see your dashboards in action on the big screen. Ask for feedback on how you can improve your dashboards reporting. Give it a try and drop me a note how it worked out for your organization. 

Let's get together gang

Coordinating a get together using technology

It should be a piece of cake with the neat technology at our disposal on our smartphones and digital devices to round up the gang. Well that's what I thought. Reality check time what year is it? It's 2016! I assumed everyone knew how to use their smartphones and the apps. Wait, what is an app? Just joking. The technology is not being embraced on our smart devices. That's the problem. The games are what these devices are used for the most. Smartphones and apps keep getting better and better, but the users are not even tapping 30% of their capabilities. The mainstream users are just not ready yet for all this technology. 

Schedule an event on Facebook

Facebook for scheduling events

Facebook let's you create an event to invite people to attend. It's easy creating events on Facebook. The invited people will be notified and all they need to do is read about the event and respond to the event by selecting one of the three choices (Going, Maybe and Can't Go). Simple and to the point end of story. They can post comments on the event to ask questions or make suggestions. Very simple and efficient way to coordinate events. Sending text messages back and forth is not the way to go. 

Good to see all of you

War Dogs - Movie Review

Now playing War Dogs at a theater near you.  

The movie is 1 hour & 54 minutes with Jonah Hill and Miles Teller. They will keep you engaged throughout the movie. I had a good time watching this movie. It's based on a true story of a successful bid by two young international arms dealers for a $300 million dollar contract to supply arms to Afghan forces. There is drama, comedy and violence in this movie so it's action packed. Go see it. 

I give it (5) *****

A Hawaii Summer Sunset in August

Summer sunsets are spectacular to watch from Waikiki. Find a bench or sit on a mat and enjoy the beauty of natures colors that will grace the evening sky after the sun goes down.

Get your cameras ready to capture some precious memories.  

The view from the beach near the Hale Koa Hotel

Sausage Party - Movie Review

Now playing Sausage Party at a theater near you.  

****** Warning Warning Warning  ****** 

Do not bring children to this movie it's very very inappropriate. 

If you are offended by crude humor don't see this raunchy animated movie.

Now where do I start? I had a good time watching this movie. You have to see it. It's action packed with humor and violence. This movie is politically incorrect and that's what makes it work. The lines in the movie will have you laughing. The sausage Frank (Seth Rogen) and his crush on Brenda the sexy hot dog bun (Kristen Wiig) give a hilarious performance with an all star supporting cast.

The plot is simple. The food in a grocery store dream about a good life when they get purchased and leave the store. It's a dream because they don't realize they will be eaten when they leave the store. I'll leave it for you to find out what happens.

Very entertaining movie. Go see it with a hot dog to snack on.

I give it (5) *****

Nine Lives - Movie Review

Now playing Nine Lives at a theater near you. 

I recommend seeing this movie. It was very entertaining. A classic story about a businessman married to his company neglecting his family. He gets a second chance in life to appreciate his family after a near death experience in the presence of a cat that he just bought for his daughter's birthday gift. His body in a comma and his mind in the cat now. 

Dad in the cat will observe his family and bond with his daughter. He also has to watch an attempt of a hostile takeover of his company due to his condition. He will use his cat skills to stop the takeover.

Very entertaining movie. Go see it!

I give it (5) *****

Get Outside it's Summer Time in Hawaii

Enjoy the hot summer days with the extended daylight. It's hot out there reaching the low to mid 90 degrees in fahrenheit so do put on some sunscreen lotion to protect your skin. For Hawaii standards anything over 89 degrees fahrenheit is hot. 

I remember a conversation with a good friend that I worked with about having a good day at work. I said if the sun is still up when you leave work it was a good day. I'm an Information Technology professional so you have those days that you leave work and the moon is shining on you. 

I live in Hawaii and I don't take this beauty for granted. I'm blessed to live in one of the most beautiful places in the world. 

Visit Hawaii and experience this beauty in person and make some priceless awesome memories with your loved ones. If you live in Hawaii what are you waiting for? Get out there! 

Hilton Hawaiian Village

Outrigger Reef Waikiki Beach Resort

Outrigger Reef Waikiki Beach Resort

Hilton Hawaiian Village

Bad Moms - Movie Review

Now playing Bad Moms at a theater near you. 

I highly recommend seeing this movie. I feel it's not just a chick flick, it's for everyone to see. I enjoyed watching this movie it was very entertaining. It gives you a look at what moms have to go through raising their kids in a fast paced world that we live in.

I give it (5) * * * * *