This is a guest post by Dave Gordon. One of the most common causes for IT projects to slip into “troubled” status is missed requirements. In many cases, this is because the subject matter experts don’t think of all at the functional requirements at the beginning of the design stage. In other cases, technical requirements…
It often seems too complicated to put in place time management tips into practice so we abandon any attempt to try or give up before any new approach becomes a habit. You can manage your time more effectively, even if you haven’t been that successful before. Here are 7 simple tips.
In 2012, I went to Las Vegas for the Pink Elephant ITSM conference. I took some time out of the conference to meet Dave Gordon, author and the project management expert behind The Practicing IT Project Manager website, which has sadly since been taken offline as I believe Dave has now retired. We discussed IT…
Find out what I do in a day to try to keep my work/life balance in healthy check and fit everything in. How similar is this to what you do in a normal working day, balancing the needs of your family and your colleagues?
Here’s my must-read books for collaboration on projects with some great pointers on the skills, process and experience of engaging people and working together, whether your job is to lead or to follow. Twelve excellent books to add to your project management bookshelf.
Are you wondering how to build a better relationship with your project sponsor? I spoke to the authors of Strategies for Project Sponsorship, a book about how to sponsor projects, and reading it from a project manager’s perspective is a great way to improve how you interact and engage with your project sponsor. Peter Taylor…
Find out more about project management and time tracking app Paymo. Perfectly designed for small businesses and client-facing organisations, it could be the management software for you.
Learn how to deal with gossip at work and how we can use it to improve productivity and solve problems.
“What is above all needed is to let the meaning choose the word, and not the other way about.” George Orwell George Orwell’s essay, Politics and the English Language, is the last essay in his wonderful Penguin Book called Why I Write. In the essay, he castigates writers of his time for using ready-made phrases…
Learn how to write a quality plan and why you should write one. Includes a quality plans template that you can use.
Learn how to be an estimating superhero in this interview with William W. Davis of Statistical PERT. This will definitely make your job easier!
Learn how you can check meeting notes off your list in my Otter review that breaks down all of the features and how to best use it.