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When taking a portfolio view, strategy drives projects. Projects are not stand-alone activities within an organization. Project management is a method of managing change within an organization to provide something…

Planning and managing a project involves many elements that cannot be all included in one article. However, they can be grouped into three major categories: Product, People, and Process. Product:…

Identifying available project management methodologies (PMM) is one thing; assessing which one works best for a particular project is much more complicated. While there is no “best” methodology that works…

One of the most important skills a business analyst should have is the ability to perform requirements elicitation/analysis. The requirements gathering and elicitation process should lead to the preparation of…

Mastering transformational change isn’t easy for any project manager, it takes intentional effort and coordination. Although change management and project management can be mutually exclusive disciplines, the combined efforts of…

Say the words project status report, and it conjures all kinds of images in the minds of project managers across the globe. These status reports have been developed and used…

In my years of teaching project management, I’ve noticed a pattern with students in my fundamentals class when it comes time to create a work breakdown structure (WBS). Without fail,…

There’s no shortage of project management software for mid-size and large businesses. Startups, though, have limited budgets and simply can’t afford high-priced project management tools. Here are seven affordable options.…

In recent years PMI has published statistics indicating that at the current rate, the number of seasoned project managers will dwindle drastically in coming years; leaving the profession looking for…

Here comes the dreaded project audit. How can we get out of this? We have all experienced this at one point or will. So, why do we fear the project…