The project management experts, Steve Lauck and Jon M. Quigley, provide an excellent overview of the most crucial warning signs of a bad boss or manager in the article that follows.

Risk management is different for any organization or industry: what one organization can tolerate, another organization will not accept. Read the article that follows to find relatively easy-to-follow risk management approaches.

It is incumbent of the project manager to help the team retain a sense of balance and perspective. A loss of perspective or balance can make all other dependent interactions difficult. Unresolved conflict, or inadequately resolved conflict will...

The foundation of capturing Lessons Learned is – capturing lessons starting on day one of the project. It started with a template. Identify what should be recorded. One place to start to develop one is look at past projects within your...

Lean is an approach to the work that focuses on the value added – or the value the customer receives from the product.  A lean approach coupled with a Kaizen (continuous improvement) approach, results in reduced costs of the...

The Project Charter is the document that many firms use as the official beginning of the work. It can be any format but it’s usually a document that provides the mandate for the work to begin and gives the project manager the authority to...

Reporting is part of what project managers do, and unfortunately, many companies still expect project managers to produce reports manually as project management software dashboards are not quite perfect for the information they want to receive....

Product managers are a key part of project teams, but their role doesn’t end when the project wraps up. Let’s look at the difference between the product life cycle and the project life cycle.

There is no perfect approach to managing a project. You might choose agile or iterative methods, or take the best of both of those for a hybrid approach. Let’s look at what hybrid project life cycles are.

There are more and more project management certifications available. Does the level of choice dilute the relevance of having one at all?

This article discusses productive ways to quickly adapt to last-minute changes or issues during a project phase. Key points include effectively communicating as a leader and utilizing your team when situations become difficult.