EDITOR'S PICK Career Advice 40 Job Interview Questions for Project Managers Whether you are preparing for an interview as a candidate or an interviewer, you’ll be thinking about questions. What are they going to ask me? What are the questions I should ask? Here are 40 job interview questions for project managers... By Elizabeth Harrin 07 Oct 2019
Approaches 3 Ways of Approaching Conflict on Projects Part of your role as a project manager is to resolve conflicts on the team, or at least help people find a way through them. I’m going to cover three practical ways that you can tackle conflict in your team: diffuse, agree and... By Anonym27 Mar 2019
Approaches How to Ensure a Successful Project Recovery Contrary to common practise , project recovery is not about stopping everything to undertake a review and restructure, rather, it requires the right blend of corrective-action and current focus to maintain momentum, but can only be initiated once... By Kristina Gjorgievska15 Mar 2019
Approaches Project Management: Walking into a Trainwreck You know the scenario. You sign up a client, have some initial discussions and are handed some high-level requirements for what it is the client wants you to lead or implement for them. Now it’s time to meet with the end users... By Kristina Gjorgievska15 Mar 2019
Approaches 4 Reasons to Shut Down a Project No one seeks out to be part of a failing project. No project manager in their right mind says, “I hope this project tanks.” It’s just not part of our human nature. By Kristina Gjorgievska15 Mar 2019
Approaches What are The Knowledge Areas of Project Management The Guide to the PMBOK classifies the processes that make up each project management process group into nine Project Management Knowledge Areas. These groupings, or knowledge areas, bring together processes that have things in common. By Kristina Gjorgievska14 Mar 2019
Approaches 12 Statements to Explore Customer Opinion on... Let's look at the process to explore customer opinion on the project results and how your team performed. Remember, don't be too defensive ... go into it as positively as possible. Here are 12 statements you could include on the... By Anonym13 Mar 2019
Approaches Ten Actions to Better Project Performance In this article, I'm sharing 10 actinable steps to improve our chances of project success going forward and avoid failures. Read the full article. By PMTips13 Mar 2019
Approaches Baker's 10 Dangerous Ideas and How to Address Them Ernest Baker, PMP, gave a presentation at the recent PMI Global Congress North America called ‘Ten troublesome project management ideas and how to combat them!’ I thought the content was worth sharing, as he had some good, practical... By Anonym09 Mar 2019
Approaches How to Overcome Common Project Issues Even when you organize and lead your projects well, there are still some common problems in the project management world that you may continue to run into on your engagements. Read the article to find out how to overcome 10 project management... By Darko Atanasov06 Mar 2019
EDITOR'S PICK ARTICLES Project Management Project Manager and Scrum Master – is one of them now redundant? There is real confusion and/or mis-understanding, (and unnecessarily so), when it comes to “roles” within the change environment (I am referring to organizational change initiatives in the main – projects and programmes), as... By Antony della Porta13 Nov 2019
EDITOR'S PICK ARTICLES Leadership 3 Approaches for Managing Difficult People When you see difficult people, it’s generally because their behavior is difficult. You don’t like how they respond to you or their work. And that is something you can deal with. Here are three situations where a person may come... By Elizabeth Harrin14 Oct 2019
EDITOR'S PICK ARTICLES Strategy Project success: what is it – and more importantly, WHEN is it? When is success measured? When? In fact, it could take months, years, and if you have a ‘sustainability hat’ on, it could take decades or centuries. We need to avoid having a “project management success”... By Rich Maltzman22 Jul 2019
EDITOR'S PICK ARTICLES Project Management The Ultimate Guide to the Project Life Cycle To ensure the success of a project, it is important for both managers and executives to get familiar with the DOs and DON'Ts of a project life cycle. They need to understand the definition, phases, principles, benefits, and potential... By Vartika Kashyap16 Sep 2019
EDITOR'S PICK ARTICLES Project Management Choosing an Approach for Your Change Initiatives There are a number of different approaches to delivering change initiatives available these days. However, some of the techniques are the same, but what is important is the different way these techniques are employed, which I will explain later... By Antony della Porta26 Aug 2019
EDITOR'S PICK ARTICLES Project Management 5 Ways To Earn Credibility As A Project Manager Credibility. Respect. Trust. These are all things we want as project managers! And you can’t simply ‘get’ them. They have to be earned. So what should you be doing as a matter of course to make sure that you are racking up... By Elizabeth Harrin10 Feb 2020
EDITOR'S PICK ARTICLES Project Management What Project Managers Need to Know About Cybersecurity Business owners aren’t the only ones who should invest in reforming the cybersecurity. Every team member shares the responsibility for data safety, but most importantly, project managers should pay careful attention to security threats and... By Anna Zvada14 Jan 2020
EDITOR'S PICK ARTICLES Project Management 2020 New Year Resolutions for Project Managers As a project manager, it can be rather difficult to entirely separate personal life from the job. Whether you want it or not, your mind is constantly pondering solutions for improving the work process of your team and getting better projects and... By Erika Rykun30 Dec 2019
EDITOR'S PICK ARTICLES Project Management 11 Great Ways Project Management Can Help Your Growing Business The main advantage of having a successful project management team is that your business will ultimately be able to manage product quality quickly and fairly. But there are other important ways in which project management can help your business... By Becky Holton29 Nov 2019
EDITOR'S PICK ARTICLES Project Management Project Manager and Scrum Master – is one of them now redundant? There is real confusion and/or mis-understanding, (and unnecessarily so), when it comes to “roles” within the change environment (I am referring to organizational change initiatives in the main – projects and programmes), as... By Antony della Porta13 Nov 2019
EDITOR'S PICK ARTICLES Project Planning 3 Types of Tools For Project Task Management One of the questions I get asked a lot is, “How can I stay on top of all my tasks?” When you are managing multiple projects, there are a lot of things to do… and it’s important not to lose sight of where you are with your... By Ana Mitevska17 Feb 2020
EDITOR'S PICK ARTICLES Project Planning Use your PM Abilities to Create a Christmas Shopping List Like a Pro Whether you’re shopping for gifts for your team or you are planning a surprise Christmas party for the entire office, this sort of project requires a lot of planning and tough decision-making. Luckily, these are part of your project... By Erika Rykun25 Nov 2019
EDITOR'S PICK ARTICLES Project Planning What is all this “fuss” around plans? Various quotes and phrase have been “aired” over the years about plans, usually quoting, or at least referring to, Dwight Eisenhower and not so well know one from Sir Winston Churchill, that go along the lines Plans are useless,... By Antony della Porta11 Nov 2019
EDITOR'S PICK ARTICLES Project Planning 5 Steps to a Data-driven Construction Project Are you a data-drive project manager? Moreover, are you work in construction? If so, you will like these 5 tips to a data-driven construction project. Read the article. By PMtips29 May 2019
EDITOR'S PICK ARTICLES Project Planning 5 Ways To Improve Project Testing Project magers usually struggle with project testing because usualy they don't allocate enough time on testing phase. This article reveal 5 useful tips for managing project testing. By Elizabeth Harrin28 May 2019