# gordontechnology.ca > AI-optimized mirror of gordontechnology.ca containing 16 pages totalling 5,584 words of clean markdown content, structured data, and semantic HTML. Original source: https://gordontechnology.ca/. Last updated: 2026-06-15T04:50:50.565Z. Each page is available as HTML (with JSON-LD structured data) and Markdown (text-only, ideal for LLMs and RAG). ## Homepage - [site-root.html](/content/site-root.html) (1 words) ## Articles & Blog Posts - [category/article/index.html](/content/category/article/index.html) (1 words) - [Rock-solid Fundamentals](/content/2016/03/05/what-makes-a-great-project-manager/index.html): These are the hallmarks of great project managers. They are not what great managers do, they are ways in which they get things done. Seven habits that separate the good from the great. (796 words) - [Why I’m no longer drinking the PMP® Kool Aid – Gordon Technology Inc.](/content/2016/08/26/why-im-no-longer-drinking-the-pmp-kool-aid/index.html): PMI and PMP certification may offer some benefit to newcomers to the project management profession, but they offer little to good and experienced project managers. And given that I only look for good and experience project managers I will no longer value seeing PMP certification on a resume. (731 words) - [General Electric’s recent acquisitions will revolutionize Asset Performance Management – Gordon Technology Inc.](/content/2016/11/21/general-electrics-recent-acquisitions-will-revolutionize-asset-performance-management.html): These technologies – Big Data, IIoT and AI for the jargonista – will revolutionize the field of Asset Performance Management. (529 words) - [Success through the accomplishments of others.](/content/2024/06/05/empowering-teams-for-success/index.html): I’ve spent over 25 years in the IT industry, mostly in project leadership roles. I’ve had the pleasure of working alongside many great leaders, watching their work up close. Successful leaders often possess great technical skills, a keen intellect, creativity and many other skills, but it's their ability to foster a culture where teams can… (547 words) - [Scale – what got you here, won’t get you there – Gordon Technology Inc.](/content/2019/05/15/scale-what-got-you-here-wont-get-you-there/index.html): Entrepreneurship is hard. Having a great idea is hard. Throwing away great ideas and having better ideas is hard. Finding others to help you to develop your ideas is hard. Raising capital or bootstrapping is hard. Acquiring customers is hard. But the greatest challenge to face an entrepreneur is often "scale". As your startup approaches… (664 words) - [Zen and the art of Business Case writing – Gordon Technology Inc.](/content/2017/11/14/zen-and-the-art-of-business-case-writing/index.html): Writing a great business case is easy. It just takes a little discipline. (466 words) - [IT project estimation is much more than math – Gordon Technology Inc.](/content/2026/01/07/it-project-estimation-is-much-more-than-math/index.html): Estimating is about math. But great estimating is about much more than that. (470 words) - [Design is pervasive – Gordon Technology Inc.](/content/2026/05/20/design-is-pervasive/index.html): In this post I share the third of my top three learnings from art college. Design is pervasive The top-level design of any system has a pervasive effect on the design of everything within it. Consider a modern North American city like Vancouver. The top-level design (or city plan) is that of a grid: perpendicular… (398 words) - [Framing](/content/2026/02/17/framing/index.html): In this post I share the second of my top three learnings from art college. Framing Framing is the way you define the problem you are trying to solve. In industrial and product design the problem might be something like: how to remove pet hair from a carpet; or how to hold a single rose,… (340 words) - [Fail forward faster – Gordon Technology Inc.](/content/2026/02/03/fail-forward-faster/index.html): A few years ago I went to art college. OK, I didn’t really go to art college. Not in the cool jeans-covered-in-paint, Gauloises-smoking sense. I took a few courses in design at the Emily Carr University of Art and Design in Vancouver. I took the courses for pleasure but, surprisingly, I learned a few things… (380 words) - [Gordon Technology Services](/content/about/index.html): Gordon Technology provides technology leadership services, including: Leadership of professional services, project delivery, and customer success teams Helping technology companies scale Hands-on project management of technology projects of all sizes from $50K to $20M+ Project definition, business case development, and detailed planning Delivery using Waterfall, Agile, and hybrid methodologies Team leadership, coaching and mentoring Implementation… (147 words) - [Gordon Technology](/content/contact/index.html): Gordon Technology is led by Roth Niven. Roth is a senior program and project manager with the energy and motivation to lead teams. He has great soft skills such as acumen, agency, influence, communication and relationship-building. He specializes in all aspects of program and project management. Contact Roth here: E: rothniven@gordontechnology.ca M: +1 (778) 628-6613… (111 words) - [news-sitemap-xml.html](/content/news-sitemap-xml.html) (1 words) - [Design is Pervasive](/content/sitemap-xml.html) (2 words) ## Resources - [Full Page Index](/index.html): Browse all cached pages with rich metadata - [About This Cache](/content/about.html): Methodology, technical details, and usage guidelines - [XML Sitemap](/sitemap.xml): Machine-readable sitemap for crawler discovery - [Robots.txt](/robots.txt): Crawler directives