The 7-S Framework: Project Management Remix
Learn more about the 7-S framework and how it can help your projects stay aligned with your organization’s goals.
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What Should a New Project Manager Focus On?
Dr. Mike Clayton offers some sage advice to new project managers and what they should focus on. Very helpful information for both the new project manager and the seasoned one.
How to Improve Problem Solving with Lessons Learned
Expand your problem solving toolkit by using your lessons learned log to uncover potential problems.
10 Tips for Presenting at Work
Presenting in meetings or to your boss is always a bit nerve-wracking. Here are 10 tips for giving a fantastic work presentation.
How agile is your team (and what you can do about it!)
This is a guest article by David Daly. Did you know, one survey found that the most common reason to adopt agile is to be able to deliver products more quickly? Yet the same survey found that 75% of people did not believe their organisation had a culture that supported agile ways of working. This…
How To Solve Issues The Sherlock Holmes Way
Find out why resolving issues on projects is like the work Sherlock Holmes does in the Conan Doyle stories. Learn how you can use the techniques of the great detective to sort out problems on your projects quickly.
What It Means To Balance Work And Family
I shared some really personal issues about my role as a project manager and so many of you reached out to let me know that I am not alone. Here is some of your thoughts and advice.
Best PMI-ACP Exam Prep Books
Short on time? Pick one book to supplement your PMI-ACP studies. I would suggest it’s User Stories Applied: For Agile Software Development by Mike Cohn. Are you aiming to achieve your PMI Agile Certified Professional (PMI-ACP)®? The most successful students also include reading a range of PMI-ACP books in their exam prep, as well as…
Best PMI-ACP Study Guides
Short on time? The best PMI-ACP exam prep book is PMI-ACP Exam Prep by Mike Griffiths. You’re here because you are planning to take your PMI Agile Certified Professional (PMI-ACP)® exam. Well, you’re in the right place! As well as a PMI-ACP training course, the most successful students also include a study guide in their…
How I Do It: Communication Tools & Tips
Find out how I manage project stakeholder communications on my projects. These are my tried-and-tested techniques. Are there ideas here that you could use on your projects? Let me know if you put my tips into action!
6 Barriers to customer centricity
This is an edited extract from Customer-Centric Project Management by Elizabeth Harrin and Phil Peplow (Gower/Routledge, 2012). It would be great to think that project-based organizations and PMOs would jump at the opportunity to improve stakeholder engagement and project communication by demonstrating customer centricity (not sure what that is in the context of project management?…
Business Analysis & Leadership
Business analysis has come of age. If change programs are to be successful, then problem solving, stakeholder engagement, business cases and situational analysis are essential. So comes in the BA role to “challenge, lead and influence” according to Debra Paul in the Foreword to this book. Edited by Penny Pullan and James Archer, Business Analysis…