CornerThought: Lessons Learned Database
Looking for a lessons learned software that has a way of finding the right lessons at the right time? CornerThought is the right tool for your projects.
Author: Elizabeth Harrin
Elizabeth Harrin is a Fellow of the Association for Project Management in the UK. She holds degrees from the University of York and Roehampton University, and several project management certifications including APM PMQ. She first took her PRINCE2 Practitioner exam in 2004 and has worked extensively in project delivery for over 20 years.
Elizabeth is also the founder of the Project Management Rebels community, a mentoring group for professionals. She's written several books for project managers including Managing Multiple Projects.
50 Quick Project Management Tips
No suprises, spend time on contract management and other great tips for an easier life as a project manager. These are the things you’ll wish you had remembered when the project starts to go wobbly. Thanks to Jim Hurst for sharing the list.
5 Common Scheduling Mistakes (And What To Do Instead)
In my experience, there are some very common reasons for project schedules turning out to be unreliable. Here are 5.
How to Overcome Imposter Syndrome
What is Imposter Syndrome? Imposter Syndrome is not a medical condition. It is a term for the feeling you have when you believe that you do not really know what you are doing. It is self-doubt. You know how you feel when you get a new project or a whole lot more responsibility and suddenly…
15 Awesome Tools I Use To Manage My Projects
Everyone has their favourite tools that they return to time and time again. Here are my top 15: a mixture of software tools and lower tech tools that I use to get the job done on every project. Plus links to free project management templates!
How to Delegate Tasks
Learn how to delegate with this complete guide to delegating tasks. I show you why effective delegation is part of your job and how your team comes into it. I’ll explain the Skill and Will model that you can use to work out how much support a team member needs once you’ve delegated the work to them. Then I’ll walk you through an example of how to delegate something so that it’s a pleasant experience for both of you. Be warned, it’s a long article!
Lessons Learned Agenda Template
Download a free agenda template for a lessons learned or post-implementation meeting. Great time-saver for your project closure work and it’s also something you can use as you go through your project to make sure you are regularly discussing and documenting the lessons you are learning along the way.
ROWE: The Results-Based Culture that Supercharges Team Accountability
Learn what ROWE is and how it can shape your team into something where truly exceptional results and high accountability are possible.
How to Get Into Project Management: 5 Project Managers Share Their Stories
I share 5 stories from my book, Project Manager. Each project manager talks about their career journey and how they got into project management.
What Makes a Brilliant Project Leader?
A brilliant project leader will have solid project management expertise and be able to plan and deliver their projects with confidence and assurance.
7 Most Important Leadership Behaviors for Female Project Managers
While I was researching my book, Customer-Centric Project Management, I came across a piece of research in the Project Management Journal about women’s leadership skills. ‘Project Management Leadership Behaviors and Frequency of Use by Female Project Managers’ by Charlotte Neuhauser, PMP, looks at what women think are the most important leadership characteristics and then whether…
Managing All The Things Webinar
In this webinar for PMI Phoenix Chapter, I talk about how to reframe your work and stay on top of your To Do list with creative strategies for managing everything — even when it feels like everything is a priority. Project managers are busier than ever. We need smart tactics for workload management and different…