In this podcast, Cornelius Fichtner interviews Sara Gallagher about how to maximize the first 21 days of your projects to avoid project failures. The ink isn’t even dry on your …
Project Management
Project Management (PM) | All content on this page relates to the topic of PM. To find out more on this topic check out PMWorld 360 Magazine!
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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Agile organizations: Steps to developing agility
Here’s how agile organizations excel at developing agility. With the rapid changes that are occurring in the world today, businesses must be able to respond quickly. This has created a …
Organizational structure as a project and program success enabler/disabler
This article explains organizational structure as a project and program success enabler/disabler. At the beginning of May 2019, I organized the first Project Management Offices (PMO) Summit in Istanbul, Turkey. …
9 tips for a rock-star Project Management Office (PMO)
In my career, I’ve been fortunate to maximize my value on both sides of the project management office (PMO) solution space. As a project/program/portfolio manager, I am a customer because …
Project phases – Planning sets the foundation for a successful initiative
“Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning.”– Winston Churchill The planning phase – What are the key subcomponents or activities? The planning phase in project management is where …
What information should be included when documenting project changes
In this PMWorld 360 video, Alison Mills-Long discusses how to document project changes. She details some of the basic information that should be included in the documentation. Documentation of project …
Contingency planning: How well are you prepared?
How well are you prepared for contingency planning? They say that you often learn a lot of lessons from other people’s misdeeds or mishaps. Let me tell you about the …
The best approach to project portfolio management: Methodology mixology
There is one approach that is the best approach for managing project portfolios: the one that best delivers its strategy. Rarely is one methodology the only one needed for success; …
4 Key components of a scope management plan
Want to find out what’s included in a scope management plan? You’ve come to the right place. “A fixed deadline and a flexible scope are the crucial combination.”– Jason Fried …
How to Complete Your Projects 50% Faster
In this podcast, Cornelius Fichtner interviews Douglas Knutzen about how to complete your projects 50% faster. They discuss techniques (that can be applied to almost any type of project) that helped …