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.
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 the founder of RebelsGuideToPM.com and 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.
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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!
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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…
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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…
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10 Practical Time Management Tips For When Everything is a Priority
Learn 10 new time management tips to help you stay organised and focused even when everything is a priority at work. These ideas help me be productive and avoid burnout. Find out how to create a schedule that works, plan your tasks and squeeze every last moment out of your time so you have more of it for relaxing, family, and leisure!
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Change Management in Projects + 5 Tools to do it
In this article, we’ll look at what is different about change management now, how change management is defined, and why it is worth investing your time and effort into doing change management.
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How to maintain a positive attitude about work
Learn how to maintain a positive, cheerful attitude when working with team members or stakeholders who cast doubt on the project.
