What is a virtual team?
Learn what makes a team virtual – it’s not what you might think! Location and technology shape how virtual teams come together to do great work.
Glossary
A collection of blog articles about common terms and topics in project management.
Expected Monetary Value (EMV): A Project Manager’s Guide
Learn what Expected Monetary Value is and how to apply it in project management. Spoiler: It’s not that hard as techniques go!
Your Strategy Planning Meeting Agenda (with Template)
Have you been asked to pull together a strategy planning meeting agenda? And you’re wondering what other people do in their strategic planning sessions… I’ve been there! In this article, I’ll explain what a strategic planning meeting can cover and share a sample agenda you can customize for your strategy sessions. Strategy planning doesn’t just…
How to do Rolling Wave Planning
Rolling wave planning, also known as progressive elaboration, is an iterative planning technique to use when it’s difficult (or pointless) to schedule too far ahead. The APM Planning, Scheduling, Monitoring and Control Guide (2015) defines rolling wave planning as ‘the planning density that is achieved at different moments in time. Primarily more detailed planning in…
The 7-S Framework: Project Management Remix
When you’ve got a lot to do, ensuring that your project is aligned to your organisational goals becomes even more important – it’s too easy to let slip that strategic alignment that we have heard so much about in the project management press over the past year or so.
7 Ethics Tips For Project Managers
Learn why ethics in project management is important and how to make sure you are working in an ethical way.
Capacity Planning: The Secret to Successful Projects
Learn why capacity planning for project resources could be your secret weapon for ensuring an on time, low stress delivery.
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.
Project Forecasting 101
William W. Davis, forecasting superhero, joins us again to help explain project forecasting and how to make it easier.
The Ultimate Guide to Project Dependencies and Constraints
Demystify project dependencies and constraints with this comprehensive guide. Learn why they are important and how they relate to your project.
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.
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.