Managing in Complex Project Environments
Carole Osterweil shares how to manage in complex project environments and talks about her book Project Delivery, Uncertainty and Neuroscience in this interview.
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Best Leadership Books for Project Managers
What are the best leadership books for project managers? Well, ask 10 leaders and you’ll probably get 10 different lists. Here’s mine! These are books I have read over the years that I turn to time and time again for inspiration and because I know the strategies in them work. You can watch me talk…
Backlog Review (Nulab – 2020)
Backlog (from Nulab) is a project management tool for prioritising and tracking work. Backlog Software Review: Overview Name: Backlog Vendor: Nulab Languages: English or Japanese Hosting options: Online and enterprise version which is self-hosted Backlog Pricing & Free Trial There’s a full free trial for 30 days, and a free plan (1 project, 10 users,…
Easy Project Dashboards: The Ultimate Guide
This guide will show how you can make the best use of dashboards on your project to track metrics and project health, and help with status reporting.
The Glass Cliff in Project Management
Women working in project management have come a long way in shattering glass ceilings and revolutionizing the workforce. But there is always more work to be done. Once high-performing women in project management are introduced to the glass ceiling, they are likely to meet the glass cliff. They break through the glass ceiling and get…
How to Succeed as a Project Manager Webinar
This webinar is based on my book, Project Manager. What it takes to be a successful project manager is more than understanding a management framework or methodology, or even being able to tailor it to your environment. In this presentation, I discuss how to be successful as a project manager. You’ll learn: 7 essential skills…
GamePlan Project Management Software Review
A review of GamePlan project management software, a virtual whiteboard for planning your projects.
Project Leadership In Uncertain Environments with Carole Osterweil
It seems like more and more of the projects we’re working on as project managers are tricky in non-conventional ways. The environment is shifting as we’re trying to do the work. Or the political situation changes. Suddenly what you thought you were delivering is actually not that after all. It’s not just me feeling like…
How to Manage a Construction Project
Construction project management has similarities to managing projects in other industries: ultimately, you’re aiming to get something delivered on time, on budget and to the required scope with an acceptable degree of quality. The role of a construction project manager is to make that happen. The infographic below shares some common problems with construction projects…
The PMI-SP Certification & uCertify Training Course Review
A review of the uCertify PMI-SP® training course.
Decision Making Tools for Group Decisions
Learn how to help your team make decisions as a group. Edoardo Binda Zane shares some great techniques for facilitating decision-making. You can use them with face-to-face teams or virtual teams and you’ll get more buy in if people had a say in the decision.
Why There’s No Such Thing as a Bad Decision
Management – and project management – is a series of small (and sometimes big) decisions. At work recently I had cause to question one of my decisions. I had made a decision that affected other people (as most decisions do). I communicated the decision, replanned accordingly and updated my risk log. I documented the decision…