(Part 1 – Overview) Communication with Stakeholders is one of the most important pieces to managing the project puzzle. Get this right and you have just passed a major hurdle! In this first post, we are going to give an overview of each type of stakeholder and then We will follow with three posts that … Read more
Why is Project Kick-off important? Project kick-off is one of the most important events in the project course. However very frequently underestimated and even more not organized. Project kick-off is the real start of the project. Everything before is just preparation and warm up. Project kick-off should be recognised as the real start of the … Read more
I came across some discussions about what should be a proper Project Management Approach. Whether the Project Management should be focused on managing people, and the team, without the need to understand the project content. Another approach is to understand the project content and participate in even leading the project content creation. Project Management … Read more
Project Audit What is a project audit? A project audit is something somebody is doing, somebody loves, and somebody hates. A project audit, basically speaking, is an activity to review project status, vitality, and probability of delivery. It’s the informal part. Or it could be focused on more formal attributes like how the project is … Read more
Start of a Project There are several things to consider before you start a project, especially if you’re relatively new to the company. It’s important to put project management in its proper context because without a frame of reference to start with, you can easily get lost. You’d be really surprised, and we’re all guilty … Read more
After almost 1000s of answers from more than 400 project managers from around the world, the conclusion “answer” — the biggest problem project management is facing is that seemingly no one can agree on what project management is. Certainly, almost of all us would agree that a project is a “unique endeavor” constrained by scope, … Read more
Let’s look at some of the pressing problems and challenges that PMOs face, and what they can do about it. 1. How much work is really going on? “All of my resources are busy, but is it on the right things?” There is a tremendous amount of activity that is going on at any given … Read more
Project Management Software Determining the total cost of ownership of Project Management Software reminds me of a time, many years ago, when I decided to purchase my first car. I looked in the paper and went by local dealerships to see what they had on their lot. I stopped and looked at the cars that … Read more
I am not someone to leave things to the last minute but I have lost count of a number of times that by the end of the week I still haven’t made it through my task list. It’s not that I procrastinate (much!) but it’s hard to get everything done. The main problem I have … Read more
Everyone agrees it takes work to be part of a team. All the drills, coaching, practices, training, playing experiences that go into making a winning team are hard work. And when the team is pulling together, awesome things happen. Collaboration is teamwork, too. And like teamwork, collaboration gets better with training, practice, coaching, and playing … Read more
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