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Category: Project Management
5 Things Traveling Taught Me About Project Management
Traveling, like project management, can teach us plenty about first impressions, expectations, and how to get from point A to point B efficiently. From his own experience, Robert Bell has compiled 5 things that traveling has taught him: Avoid Preconceptions First Impressions Are Usually Wrong It’s Not All About Work You Aren’t In Control of [...]
Thinking Lean: Lean Projects Are Defined by Lean Behaviors
Lean is a mindset, not a rule set. It is a methodology that emphasizes a constant focus on learning from everything that happens on an everyday basis. Hal Macomber recognizes at his blog that lean means shifting from tools to tool users, and it is the development of people that leads to success with lean. [...]
5 Tips for Keeping Your Project Under Budget
Project managers are often tasked with keeping to a budget that they had no hand in creating, and although the world of IT may not always be fair, there are ways to balance the odds back in your favor. Keith Mathis writes for the PM Hut five tips for keeping the project under budget: Revise [...]
Quality Objectives in Project Management – Beauty is in The Eye of the Beholder
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, even when it comes to project management. Quality objectives will differ depending on who the end user is. However, as James Clements explains in his article for PM Hut, some projects benefit many different people. Even if there is only one project, all of the different end [...]
3 Key Principles to Reduce Project Failure
A failed project is not the end of the world, but it is no cause for celebration either. Studies place failure rates of projects somewhere between 40% and 70%, which equates to tremendous amounts of time and money lost over time. Understanding why failure occurs is the first step toward remedying this problem, and an [...]
Project Management: Tackle Big Projects One Bite At A Time
How do you eat a 12 pound cheeseburger? One bite at a time. The same can be said of project management. How do you deal with a large project? One task at a time. Julius Solaris believes even the most daunting project can be completed by breaking down tasks into day by day chunks. Making [...]
5 Tips for Efficient Budgeting Within Project Management
When the cost of your IT project starts to swell and resemble the budget for constructing the new Yankee Stadium, maybe it is time to take a second look at the way you manage your projects. A recent article from the PM Hut addresses the need for efficient budgeting, recognizing that organizations today face increasing [...]
Prima Donna PM
Do you scoff when people try to give you instruction? Do you sneer when people offer you compliments? Have you ever ignored the advice of a more experienced manager? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you might be a prima donna project manager—and no, you should not be proud of it. Fear [...]
Stick to Project Management Basics
It’s easy to lose sight of the basics. After working for years in any field it’s possible to forget the most simple of processes and procedures. This post by Jim De Piante, PMP, discusses the value of sticking with the basics of project management ““ and how hard that can truly be when every day [...]
Defining the Project Charter
Project charters are often overlooked on well established, trusted teams. While this is a typical situation, it doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s a good situation. Not surprisingly, there are a fair amount of project managers and executive level IT management who are unfamiliar with what exactly a project charter is and how it can benefit [...]
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