January 11, 2012 If you've been unemployed for a while, you may find that you have to make a number of adjustments when returning to the workforce. Following are some tips that can be helpful in getting back into the routine of a job: Work on building up your confidence. Even before … [Read more...]
The art of project leadership
December 15, 2011 What’s missing in contemporary project management methodologies? Why do so many projects continue to fail, despite the plethora of training and management approaches? Project management is both an art and a science. Contemporary project management methodologies focus … [Read more...]
Winning project stakeholders to your side and keeping them there
November 21, 2011 To keep key stakeholders onside and supportive of a project, then all communication with them needs to be in a language and format designed to continue to engage them. To do this you will need to identify the “consequences” of the project to them. In sales, you are taught … [Read more...]
A few tips for first time project managers
November 18, 2011 You've just started your first project management job and you have one thing in common with most other managers: it's your first week on the job and you have no idea what to do now! Managing other workers requires, in many ways, an entirely different set of skills than being … [Read more...]
Building support for your business project
November 16, 2011 Stakeholders often require a convincing argument before they throw their support behind a business project. If you need to convince stakeholders to support your project, you must first design a logical and acceptable business case. Think about what messages to include in your … [Read more...]
What makes a good project manager?
November 12, 2011 Most people who gravitate towards project management do so because they are born with a number of the personal traits required to succeed in this field. However, it’s unusual for someone to start out straight away as a project manager; project management is usually a natural … [Read more...]
The most common reasons for project failure can all be attributed to people
November 12, 2011 There are many reasons for project failure such as poor planning and scope definition, failure to adequately capture the customer's requirements, and misused methodologies. The root cause of all these issues, however, comes down to people: good planning and scope definition … [Read more...]