What is the purpose of your project or project justification? Are you able to build a strong business case for your next project? Life is difficult. People make it more …
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Understanding stakeholder’s attitudes towards risk is key to managing project risks
Risk-like beauty is very much in the eye of the beholder. For every stakeholder taking part in your project or being asked to contribute in some way, each will come …
Why the structure of your Project Management Office (PMO) matters
Project Management Offices (PMO) are not new, but how we look at them has evolved like everything else in project management. In recent years, a push, mostly in Europe, towards …
4 Essential tips for creating a project charter
Creating a project charter (following the PMI standard) is one of the first two things that you should accomplish during the initiating phase of the project lifecycle. Identifying your stakeholders …
Program Managers stay organized | Project Manager
Ever wonder how project or program managers stay organized all of the time (or most of it)? As a project or program manager, how do you stay organized and ensure …
Effective communication helps a project manager lead with a structured approach
For project managers looking to lead with a structured approach, effective communication is key. When people refer to the discipline of project management, they usually refer to the tools and …
The Power of Project Leadership: Podcast
In this podcast, Cornelius Fichtner interviews Susanne Madsen for the second time about her book The Power of Project Leadership. He first interviewed her in 2015 in episode 309, in …
Don’t get in the way of your own project management career
Trying to decide on a career in project management? Maybe you’re already a project manager wondering what lies ahead in your project management career path? Is that voice inside your …
Why every project manager must understand change management
Being effective in project management requires project managers to understand change management. If you are a Project Manager right now looking for the next course or discipline to pursue, I …
6 Simple steps to add projects to your project portfolio
The success of knowing how to add projects to a portfolio requires some steps. Is your project portfolio in a spreadsheet, disconnected from the business value it is intended to …