Blogs

An important part of project success is effectively communicating status of the project to internal stakeholders. These project briefings are important whether you are the only one working on the project or when you are part of a team, and…

A motivated project team can bring a project to life. It can give the project the momentum it needs during its toughest hours and spur people on to reaching the end. Great management is the key to getting…

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…

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…

Managing your team should be easy because you’re dealing with trained professionals, right?  But that's not to say there won’t be difficult personalities along the way.  Our project resources are skilled professionals…with egos.  Each has their…

Although some people treat the terms management and leadership as synonyms, the two should be distinguished. As a matter of fact, there can be leaders of completely unorganized groups. On the other hand, there can be managers, as conceived here,…

Someone starts a meeting by saying, "Let's talk about the project budget."

And you groan because you know what's about to happen next: hours of aimless discussion without resolving anything. Why?

First, everyone knows that an agenda…

The overwhelming number of projects fail to deliver. In my view, here are 5 common reasons why your projects are going over schedule, over budget, and generally under expectations of quality.

1. Overextending on your…

Project management is generally thought of as a business or organizational term, and it is true to say that project management techniques are normally applied to “major” projects within an organization. For example, the installation of a new…

Any project can only be successful if the people behind the project implements proper project management skills or hire a reputable and dependable project management group.

Project management may sound like a complicated term and it really…

Though there is no perfect solution to these inevitable outcomes, it's important to take a look back on the cornerstones that define effective and success-prone project management.

Ultimately project management like most disciplines,…