EDITOR'S PICK 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 Rykun 30 Dec 2019
Collaboration Collaboration Within Project Management Increases... In this article, I'll go into detail about 3 of my favorite ways in which increased collaboration within project management aids in increasing business success. Read the full article. By PMTips15 Mar 2018
Collaboration 5 Tips for Distributed Teams Don’t dive straight in to the project. Make sure that you have fully understood the problem and what it is that you are trying to achieve. By PMTips19 Jun 2015
Collaboration 10 Collaboration Tips for International Teams If you didn’t work that well as an international project team last year then now is the time to do something about it. By Elizabeth Harrin03 Jan 2015
Collaboration 5 Easy Ways to Collaborate If you’ve been working as a project manager for some time, you’ll probably remember the days when all your project team sat together in the same office. In fact, you may still have that, especially if you work in an Agile environment.... By Elizabeth Harrin21 Nov 2013
Collaboration 3 Ways to Improve Team Collaboration Your project team doesn’t collaborate, the business users don’t know what’s going on and the project is still being reported as ‘green’ with no issues. By Elizabeth Harrin15 Oct 2013
Collaboration Being Creative with Your Existing Project Resources On a technical project, it would be nice to think that we could swap out resources at any point in the project to meet whatever need arises on our engagement. By Brad Egeland29 Aug 2013
Collaboration 3 Innovative Ways to Turn Around a Failing Project No project manager likes to be on a failing project or to take over a failing project - unless they like the Superman complex of coming in to try to save the day. By Brad Egeland23 Jul 2013
Collaboration The Trouble with Two Sponsors “How many sponsors does your project have?” Most project managers will answer the question by saying that they only have one project sponsor. This is a great answer – and it is far easier to manage a project with only one... By Elizabeth Harrin21 May 2013
Collaboration What does a Business Analyst do? Many project managers work with Business Analysts (a BA) on their projects. It can be a very useful role to have on the project team, but the role itself can be quite a mystery to the uninitiated. So, if you have never worked with a BA before,... By Elizabeth Harrin19 Feb 2013
EDITOR'S PICK ARTICLES Productivity 5 Time Management Strategies to Improve Your Work Quality When it comes to project management, time management plays a crucial role in helping teams accomplish more in a shorter period of time. Time management leads to improved productivity and less stress, as you execute and manage your day and attain... By Brandi Marcene08 Dec 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 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 Harrin07 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 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 8 Ways on How to Write a Great Project Management Plan Every good project begins with a great project management plan. Without a plan, you don’t know where the project is going to lead, and what the steps are going to be to get there. A good plan is like a road map to the end goal of the... By Michael Dehoyos16 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 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
EDITOR'S PICK ARTICLES Project Planning Closing the Project Deal Do you really believe that to be the case? I probably did at some point, but that has definitely changed over the years. The key is to ask the right questions upfront that will help you gauge the level of solution knowledge your customer has when... By PMtips14 Mar 2019