10 Must-Have Gadgets for Project Managers
Looking for gadgets for project managers and in need of a gift idea? Here are 11 must have gadgets that they will love.
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Inspiring Women in Project Management: Traci Duez
Traci Duez has been inspiring women at work for years with her public speaking and consultancy work. Now she comes on to GirlsGuideToPM.com to talk about her journey into project management and beyond, and how her slightly unconventional career path was carved out as the perfect one for her. Traci also shares her tips for getting what you want from your career – go for it!
Successful Stakeholder Management Needs Teams
This is a guest article by Isidora Roskic. Behind good companies lie great stakeholder relations. In a nutshell, stakeholders are individuals or groups that have interest in a company and are directly impacted by its decisions. Owners, employees, suppliers, creditors, directions and many more all fall under the category of stakeholders. Some companies may prioritise…
Inspiring Women in Project Management: Sarah Coleman
Sarah Coleman’s work on project leadership has been inspirational. In this interview for my Inspiring Women in Project Management series, she shares her thoughts on how leadership has changed project management forever.
How I Do It: Engaging Stakeholders
Learn my tips for engaging and ‘managing’ stakeholders on a projejct. From the communication you do, to the informal chats you have about project requirements, it all counts towards relationship building. Working successfully with stakeholders is critical if you want to get a quality result at the end of your project because they are the ones that decide what quality means.
A Practical Guide To Dealing With Difficult Stakeholders
How can you deal with difficult people at work? The kind that block your projects and don’t turn up to meetings? This book has the answer. I pick out some of the highlights to share with you with the aim of making your working day just that little bit easier.
The Reality of Difficult Stakeholders [Interview]
Learn what managing stakeholders is really like and why the training courses don’t tell you what you need to know in this expert interview with Roger Joby. Roger is co-author of A Practical Guide to Dealing with Difficult Stakeholders from Gower.
The Career Questions Nobody Can Answer For You
I’m often asked questions about people’s career paths that I simply can’t answer. Find out why I refuse to answer questions with what the person hopes to hear, and why it’s better for their career longer term that I do. These are the answers to difficult career questions that you didn’t want to hear.
The Biggest Challenge Facing Project Managers Today
Learn about the biggest challenge facing project managers worldwide, but especially in the UK. The choice of professional bodies, credentials and certificates makes it difficult for individuals and employers to know where to turn for advice and information. What are we going to do about it? Answers on a postcard please!
Make the Vision Real: Scope Your Next Project with User Story Mapping
Find out how to do user story mapping on your next project. Learn the benefits and how to get everyone engaged with this simple technique for understanding project scope.
20 Resources to Make Your Projects Easier
Every project manager has resources and tools that they use to simplify their projects. Here are 20 resources that I use to make it easier to manage my projects.
Project Management Answers: Interview with author Jeff Furman
The PMBOK® Guide v5 refresh introduced new topics for students taking the PMP exam. Jeff Furman, author of The Project Management Answer Book, has just released a second edition of his book, covering all that and more. It’s a weighty book to support students preparing for the PMP exam and also more generally in their…