Fundamentals of Project Planning and Management: UVA Darden Course Review
The Fundamentals of Project Planning and Management is a great course you can do in a day. Read my review to see if it’s a good fit for you.
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Project management articles, updates and reviews from Elizabeth Harrin.
Wicked Problem Solving Course Review (PMI)
Learn more about this training course in my PMI Wicked Problem Solving review.
3 Myths About Managing Multiple Projects That Are Blocking Your Promotion
Watch my free webinar training on the 3 critical skills you need to manage multiple projects. Learn the skills you really need to juggle all your work! Managers promote people who are a safe pair of hands, who know how to get the job done and can work efficiently at all levels of the organization….
The Skills You Need to be a Top Communicator
“The successful project communicator is a good networker and builds effective working relationships within the project, across the wider organization of which the project is a part and sometimes externally,” writes Ann Pilkington in her book, Communicating Projects. You need good communication skills in order to be able to do that, but what are ‘good…
Gate Reviews: What Project Managers Need To Know
Project governance is an important part of project management processes – even if it’s not the most exciting part of getting work done. As a project manager, part of your role is shepherding the work through the project lifecycle. That means moving it on from idea to done and keeping it all on track as…
Chpokify Scrum Poker Review
Chpokify is your essential sprint planning kit. I looked specifically at the planning poker® element but the tool does more than that. Read on to find out how it could help your agile team set effective sprint goals through better planning and estimating. Summary Product: Chpokify Cost and plans: Free account gives you 10 users…
Understanding Agile
Agile Projects is an alternative to traditional project management. This guest article by Isidora Roskic explains how agile projects are different and how to make the switch.
6 Challenges in project management today
PMI has released its Global Megatrends 2022 report, which is an analysis of the global forces significantly impacting society and the project management profession today. The report helps project professionals understand the world’s rapid transformation and the global context in which they work so they can use projects to solve complex problems. “The world continues…
Project Management and Leadership – can you have one without the other?
This is a guest post by Andy Trainer of Silicon Beach Training. Project management is a field that is becoming increasingly valued within both large and small organizations – our project management training has never been so much in demand! It’s now widely recognized that having employees with great project management skills leads to more…
Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) Estimate and How to Calculate It (with example)
What is a ROM estimate used for? A rough order of magnitude estimate is used to give you a very high level view of potential project costs. Ideally, you’d be able to provide a definitive estimate, carefully created from loads of input from subject matter experts and plenty of research on past projects and their…
Introducing: Mastering Multiple Projects
Last week’s webinar was awesome! I truly appreciate every question, comment and social media shout out. I knew this would be a popular topic – but this really blew me away! (As you can see by the ridiculous smile on my face when I look at the chat and see all of your comments!) I…
What does it take to launch agile software? Q&A with Jordan Husney, CEO and Founder of Parabol
I interviewed Jordan Husney of Parabol to find out more about the state of Agile software tools and what it takes to launch one.