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Project management is one of the very best skill-sets that a person can learn in modern business. The basic principles of project management can be applied to almost any sector, industry or area and are essential in helping businesses to develop…

There’s no denying that the Project Manager is the leader of the project and usually the most visible member of the delivery project team.  They are the primary customer-facing individual and replacing them is like replacing the coach on an NFL…

Something that is rarely talked about with project management but is all too common is the need for project managers to look after multiple concurrent projects. When an organization has invested in the skills of a project manager and they prove…

Information Technology (IT) projects are usually run by project managers who use processes such as scope, schedule, budget and quality management to get the job done. These skills are indeed prerequisite to success in completing a project, but…

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…

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…

Projects sometimes fail because team members don’t focus on the right activities and drift into tasks that don’t contribute to project success. A way to mitigate this is to organize the IT project as a set of milestones and related deliverables. Deliverables may be things like documents, code deliverables, or configured environments.

Each deliverable should have associated acceptance criteria and a sign-off process. The project thus consists only of producing the deliverables. This…

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…