There are countless situations in the lifecycle of a project where it is not beneficial or recommended for a Project Manager to lead their own project meetings, focus groups, or …
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How NOT to Work 60-Hour Weeks
Work Smarter Not Hard: In this podcast, Cornelius Fichtner interviews Kim Wasson about how to work smarter, not harder so you don’t have to work 60 hours a week. The …
How can you deliver a successful project with a team you didn’t plan for?
With traditional project management, the focus is on the plan and the work that needs to get done. There is some comfort in managing a plan. It is definable, real, …
Is your software development project really Agile?
Since the authors of the “Manifesto for Agile Software Development” developed “an alternative to documentation-driven, heavyweight software development processes,” project management practitioners have adopted elements of Agile frameworks, but many …
Starting the New Year with a few new PM goals
It’s hard to believe that we started yet another year and, with it, another countdown to the next. Year after year, if you look at it, an indefinite loop or …
2 Key tools for stakeholder analysis
The importance of identifying your stakeholders (Stakeholder Analysis) at the beginning of your project is something all project managers can resonate with. A stakeholder, by definition, is anyone who is …
Lean-Agile PMO
In today’s “right now” business environment, “hurry up and wait” annual planning cycles won’t do! To be fit for purpose, PMO processes deliver value faster than the competition—continuously, and certainly …
How to plan a complex program
As a program is a group of related projects, planning a complex program requires the planning of all projects that compose the program. It is important to have a process …
Find the purpose of your project with three simple questions
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 …
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 …