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Latest Project Management Articles
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Top 10 Must-Read Books on Collaboration on Projects
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.
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Top challenges for project sponsors
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…
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Software Review: Paymo
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.
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How To Deal With Gossip At Work
Learn how to deal with gossip at work and how we can use it to improve productivity and solve problems.
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What George Orwell Can Teach Us About Project Management
“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…
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Project Quality Plan: The Easiest Guide (With Template)
Learn how to write a quality plan and why you should write one. Includes a quality plans template that you can use.
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How To Be An Estimating Superhero
Learn how to be an estimating superhero in this interview with William W. Davis of Statistical PERT. This will definitely make your job easier!
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Otter Review
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.
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6 Ways to Manage Projects Like a Nordic
Learn how the Nordics can inspire you to be more organised as a project manager. These top tips will help you stay on top of your teams.
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Business Acumen for Project Managers [Free Checklist]
Business acumen is an important skill for a project manager to possess. Do you have it? Want to acquire it? Here are my tips and I’ve included a free checklist to boost your business acumen.
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Availability is Not a Skill Set! 5 Tips for Resource Allocation
Resource allocation is one of the trickier aspects of leading a high-performing project team. Here are my five tips for working out who is best placed to do the work.
