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Project teams are formed in organizations around the world each day. And most of those teams flounder unnecessarily for too long and some flounder forever). There is one simple practice that can improve the results of most any team, whether…

Sometimes, a project manager must deal with a disgruntled client. They may be unhappy with one thing or many things, but if their feelings are strong enough to make a complaint then that complaint needs to be properly and fairly dealt…

Over the course of the last several years, many organizations have decided to move their IT development offshore to reduce costs and increase competitiveness. Work has been sent to places such as India, China and Russia. The cost savings in these…

Managing a project can be daunting. Whether planning your wedding, developing a new website or building your dream house by the sea, you need to employ project management techniques to help you succeed. Here's a summary of the top 7 best…

Managing a project using Agile methodology has become the latest in project fashion. Agile has a compelling argument: faster delivery of products, rapid turnaround on changes, minimal documentation. It is no surprise that many project managers…

To keep key stakeholders onside and supportive of a project then all communication with them needs to be in a language and format designed to continue to engage them.

To do this you will need to identify the “consequences” of the project…

Project management is an extremely powerful discipline and skill-set that can make significant improvements to a business. It achieves this  through creating new products and services, improving how businesses do things and reducing the possible…

One of the key objectives during the planning phase of all projects is to determine the scope. This entails reaching an agreement on what will be delivered as part of the project and what will be excluded. However, many project managers find…

Here’s the thing about project plans—they won’t necessarily stop things from going awry.

With over 350+ project management systems on the market, it can be hard to know what distinguishes one system from another and which is right for you.

To help you better understand how the most popular project management systems stack up…

You know how the old saying goes.  “The customer is always right!”  How many times have you heard that expressed over and over again by a disgruntled customer or friend who feels they received less than a fair deal from some vendor?  Now think about that in terms of a project engagement where tens of thousands of dollars and possibly even millions of dollars are at stake.  How do you think that paying customer feels about service and being told they’re not always right?

Usually the…

Project Management 2.0 is a different take on project management that was come into thought based on technology that enables a thriving remote work environment.  What does it mean?  Is it different than what you’ve been doing?  Do I care about it?  What are the pros and cons?  Those are some of the usual questions that arise when this concept is presented.  Let’s discuss.

What is it?

Project Management 2.0 isn't really that significant of a change from regular…