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Project Management
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PM involves the application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to direct activities that will help meet the requirements of a project. There are five main processes involved in project management, they are initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling, and finally closing.
There are ten areas of knowledge PM relies on integration, scope, time, cost, quality, procurement, human resources, communications, risk management, and stakeholder management.
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How to effectively execute organizational strategies
Today, companies are constantly under pressure to innovate and grow. To reach these objectives, they need to find an efficient way to implement their strategies. Organizations execute their strategies through …
Explaining the difference between projects and programs?
The difference between projects and programs has been confused by many people. Here are some of the differences between projects and programs and the benefits they provide organizations. Patrick Weaver’s …
Emotional intelligence (EQ) in the un-emotional workplace
While technical skills are very important, emotional intelligence (EQ) skills are just as much if not more important in the people-process-oriented world of project management, otherwise known as “soft skills.” …
Social Intelligence for Project Managers: Podcast
In this podcast, Cornelius Fichtner interviews Kim Wasson about social intelligence (the connections part of emotional intelligence). They discuss how social intelligence can help you connect with your team and …
The power of using facilitation for your project meetings
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 …
Facilitating a project planning meeting: Podcast
In this podcast, Cornelius Fichtner interviews Rich Maltzman and Jim Stewart. They discuss the importance of facilitating a project planning meeting. This is where the book How to Facilitate Productive Project …
Develop better products faster with the Nexus framework
Today, more than ever, organizations need to build products that add higher value to customers and the business. To be more competitive, companies need to develop products in a faster …
Techniques to make project scope management more manageable
Project scope management is always a challenge. Here’s how I effectively manage scope without appearing rigid or inflexible and get the change requestor’s skin in the game. When I set …
Examining the link between project management, change, and risk
No organization is immune to change or risk. Especially during the last few years, it seems that change has picked up momentum. It seems at every turn, we face something …