How to make time for professional development
The best project managers invest time in professional development. Here are ways to make time for professional development in your working week.
Latest Project Management Articles
6 Ways to Create Effective Working Relationships
These 6 tips will help you create effective working relationships with your colleagues. Learn how to connect with and influence others, creating social capital for long-lasting, trusting relationships at work.
A Beginner’s Guide To Backup For Project Managers
Everything you ever wanted to know about backing up your project files but were afraid to ask.
Office Timeline Review: The Pro Timeline Maker
Do you need a timeline maker for project communications or to create executive briefings? In this review of Office Timeline Pro, I’ll share the pros and cons of the PowerPoint plugin.
PMP Exam Changes: Why you should consider taking the exam now
The PMP Exam is changing on January 2, 2020 which leaves you just enough time to study and take the exam before it does. Find out why you want to.
Why I Opted Out of a Senior Project Management Job
There’s plenty written on why women don’t get the top jobs in project leadership – but there’s an assumption there that they want those jobs. I know many women do want to take senior jobs, and we do need to work at eradicating the reasons that cause talented, dedicated, knowledgeable women to miss out on…
Unito App Review: The Sync Solution for Your Systems
Are you struggling with teams that use lots of different tools? Are some of your stakeholders into Asana and others need Jira to work? In this review of Unito, I’ll share the pros and cons of this automated sync tool that is the answer to all your too-many-tools problems.
Managing Up: How to Manage Your Boss
One of the questions I’m often asked is: “How do I get taken seriously at work?” And over my career I have asked myself that question as well. One way to build credibility in the workplace was explained by Dr Lynda Bourne at a presentation she gave at the PMI Global Congress EMEA in Dublin…
How Do You Use Collaboration Tools? Survey Results
The results of the 2015 collaboration tools and project management survey are in! Find out how your colleagues use technology on their projects, what they report as the benefits and the most popular tools in use today.
The Death of Project Management
This is a guest post by Bryan Barrow. After several years we seem, at last, to be over our fixation with zombies. Again. It’s not the first time and it won’t be the last time that the zombie movie genre comes around, each time bringing a new generation into its cold, dead clutches. I am…
12 Ways to Create A Positive Work Culture
This is a guest post by Anna Erdmanska, PMP. Do you love your job? I assume yes – if you are reading this blog about doing work, you probably are committed to doing your job to the best possible level and that’s because you enjoy it. Projects are about people and the fact that you…
The 5-step plan to ask to work remotely
Learn 5 steps to convincing your boss that not being in the office is a good idea along with examples to use in your proposal.