EDITOR'S PICK Project Management 3 Reasons Why Projects Fail While we’d all love our projects to deliver something amazing, all the time, in reality, projects do fail. Even if you have delivered the work you said you would, on time, on budget and to the required scope, sometimes the end result is... By Elizabeth Harrin 28 Oct 2019
Strategy Millennials to Gen-Z: 4 Ways to Tackle Generation... When it comes to collaborating or co-working, such as for training purposes and project management, the generation gap can lead to a communication gap and even conflicts. By PMtips31 Jul 2019
Strategy Project success: what is it – and more importantly,... 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
Strategy 3 Benefits of Using Project Management Methodologies In many ways, your methodology becomes mandated by the Project Management Office (PMO), or is just the way you do things. You follow the processes prescribed because you know they work and they represent good practice. You might do things that... By Elizabeth Harrin14 May 2019
Strategy What is the Relation Between Project Management and... In this blog post, we explain the relationship between project management and customer satisfaction. By PMTips03 May 2019
Strategy 7 Goals Every Project Manager Should Aspire To... This year is your year to shine as a project management professional. See 7 goals every project manager should aspire to achieve in 2019. By PMTips22 Apr 2019
Strategy How to Turn Down Projects but Retain the Customers A client comes to you with a need or a problem to resolve or work that just needs to be done. They may be a past client or they may be a completely new potential project customer. At any rate, for the focus of this article let’s... By Anonym15 Mar 2019
Strategy 4 Steps to Take to Avoid Trouble with Customer... Maybe they just don't have the funds to pay now and they know signoff approval means payment. Or maybe they just are that picky. Or maybe the deliverable is really that bad. Things happen. But to move on with the project, you must get past... By Anonym14 Mar 2019
Strategy 7 Steps to Follow for Creating a Successful Project There are seven general keys or steps to create a successful project. The seven keys to success are: Use an effective project management methodology. Invest in project planning. Engage the customer. Make the project manageable. Develop the team.... By Anonym14 Mar 2019
Strategy 5 Steps of Strategic Planning Strategic planning is the basis for everything we do productively in the organization – or at least it should be. It is the process of formulating and implementing decisions about an organization’s future direction. By Kristina Gjorgievska14 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 5 Reasons to Baseline Your Plan These days, project teams have to deal with emerging requirements on projects because our world simply doesn’t stand still. By PMTips05 Sep 2018
EDITOR'S PICK ARTICLES Project Planning 3 Reasons Why You Should Plan Your Testing Phase Experienced project managers know that testing is one of the project phases that gets squeezed at the last minute, especially on projects being managed in a waterfall environment. By PMTips31 Jul 2018
EDITOR'S PICK ARTICLES Project Management Project Dashboards 101 Did you know that the term ‘dashboard’ comes from the part of a horse-drawn cart that stopped the driver being splashed with mud from the horses’ hooves? Today, you’ll have a dashboard in your car and you may also have one... By PMTips26 May 2016
EDITOR'S PICK ARTICLES Resource Management 3 Types of Essential Resources For Your Project When you start your project you need to consider what resources are required to get it done. By PMTips18 May 2016
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 Management 3 Reasons Why Projects Fail While we’d all love our projects to deliver something amazing, all the time, in reality, projects do fail. Even if you have delivered the work you said you would, on time, on budget and to the required scope, sometimes the end result is... By Elizabeth Harrin28 Oct 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 Tips on How to Successfully Pass the PMP® Exam PMP® Certification is the gold standard and every project manager has always aspired to acquire it. It is a proven record that PMPs speak and understand the global language of project management. The benefits that you would find in a PMP®... By Jaime Alonso Candau29 Aug 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 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 PMTips28 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
EDITOR'S PICK ARTICLES Project Planning The Construction PM Life Cycle A quick overview of a construction project life cycle to allow us to compare it in our heads to what we normally see on a daily basis in our IT engagements. Read the full article. By PMTips14 Mar 2019