How to Become a Project Manager in 2022: 3 Ways to Get A Job (with examples)
Learn how to become a project manager in this article where I’ll explain three routes to entering the profession.
How To
Project management ‘how to’ guides from Elizabeth Harrin. Want to learn how to get something done? Check out these guides for a step-by-step overview.
Understanding RAG in Project Management
Have you seen project status reports with colored boxes in different shades of green, amber, and red? Or project names written in those colors where the rest of the text is black? That’s the RAG status of the project. According to PMI, 11.4% of investment is wasted due to poor project performance. RAG reporting is…
How to Use the SCARF Framework to Manage Change on Projects
Carole Osterweil explains the SCARF model as a way understand and respond to behaviour – both from yourself and others.
How To Improve Your Projects In An Hour
Found yourself with an hour to spare? Here are 5 practical things that you can do to improve your projects in 60 minutes (or thereabouts). From getting your To Do list in order to taking photos, here’s how to do something useful with the time to keep your projects in great shape.
How to Add Projects in LinkedIn: A Step-by-Step Guide
Did you know that you can add projects to your LinkedIn profile? Yes, you can add a different section to your LinkedIn page that talks about your professional profile in a new way: via the projects you worked on. And you definitely should. Let’s find out why and how you can use this powerful feature…
The Ultimate Guide to Getting People to Take Responsibility At Work
If you find yourself chasing your team all the time, you need to read the ultimate guide to getting people to take responsibility at work. Find out why your team aren’t taking responsibility for their own tasks and learn how to help them step up. These tips will help you develop your team and set everyone up for success.
How to create a project budget
In this article we’ll look at how to segment costs, how to find out the cost of things, and then how to structure your project budget.
How to Ask for Part-Time Hours
In this article I’ll share some tips on how I asked for part-time hours and how you can do the same.
Zombie Projects and How to Kill Them
Learn how to kill off those projects that never seem to end! These tips will help you define and scope the rest of the work and get it finished or cancel the project completely. Includes a case study.
Project Assumptions: A Complete Guide
What happens when you are putting together your project plan and you don’t have all the answers? One way to deal with that is to use assumptions: an educated guess. An assumption is a way to simplify or otherwise fill in missing pieces of a project. Those gaps happen for a variety of reasons, and…
Project Budgeting: An Interview with Sol Benady
Sol Benady is a management consultant, Fintech entrepreneur, and program manager working in the banking sector. He started his career as an auditor in London, trained with E&Y where he qualified as an accountant, and then moved into consulting for retail and investment banking for a wide range of projects and clients. In 2015 he…
How to Track Percent Complete
Take a look at 3 methods to track percent complete. This is helpful information for all project managers.