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Category: Project Management
5 Ways to Avoid Scope Creep
It is a minor miracle when the scope of a project goes unchanged from conception to completion, but corporate America is not a place known for its miracles. Instead, it is up to us to see to it that scope creep does not seep into our projects, damaging the foundation and leaving us adrift. But [...]
What is Authentic Leadership?
Not all business leaders are created equal. While some leaders are able to carry their organization through troubles and challenges onto great success, other leaders do almost nothing and are leaders in name only. Kevin Kruse, contributor for Forbes, a truly authentic leader is hard to find. Kruse remembers a time when a CEO told [...]
IT Projects: Why You Need to Fail More Often
“You should fail more often” is not usually a phrase you hear in business. However, when it comes to IT projects, Toby Wolpe of TechRepublic suggests that failed projects can teach us invaluable lessons. Wolpe suggest that companies that have experienced more than their share of project failures are more likely to be willing to [...]
10 Tips for Project Management Prosperity
Being a project team member can be tricky, and trying to manage a project based on set rules can be even more challenging. The truth is, as one project differs from the next, the standards for completing the project differ as well. However, no matter how different your projects may be from each other, there [...]
The Perfect Project Status Report
In your mind, your project status report is a super computer filled to the brim with the brilliant assortment of data you have collected. Everything you need is always immediately within reach, and occasionally, you laugh maniacally just because such an incredible status report deserves a triumphant cackle now and then. But in reality, the [...]
20 Tips for Project Management Success (and 5 Tips for Project Disaster!)
Get work done right or on time. It should not be the case that you have to choose one or the other, but sometimes extenuating circumstances get in the way. Maybe your boss is an ogre, or maybe someone accidentally blew the budget by deciding to hire Frankie Valli to host the office Christmas party. [...]
When Passion Drives the Program
If you have a passion for something, you are bound to work hard at it. This should be as true in business as it is in our personal lives. According to an article by Roger Chou of The Project Management Institute, the passion you have for a project or product can be as important as [...]
5 Valuable Project Management Tips
Some project managers are worth their weight in gold, while others are not even worth the money it took to print their magnetic name tags. There are several variables that separate a good project manager from the bumbling, the incompetent, and the lazy project managers, and if you want to be sure you are standing [...]
Agile or Waterfall? 8 Tips to Help You Decide
Before you can even embark on a software project, you must decide with methodology to use. Those who prefer traditional methods will likely choose the waterfall approach, and those who have become tired of waterfall will chose the agile approach. Susanne Madsen recognizes in an article for PM Hut that many projects end up following [...]
11 Signs Your IT Project is Doomed
In IT, when things fail, they seriously fail. The truth is, as Roger A. Grimes points out in an article for InfoWorld, anyone who has ever been a part of a failing IT project can sense the impending doom well before it actually occurs. For those of you who still have trouble seeing the red [...]
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