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A stakeholder’s desire to increase project scope

A mini case study

You are working on a project to implement an online benefits management portal to enable employees to have a “one stop” location to view their health and dental benefits, get answers to benefits-related questions, and enable for changes to be made to health benefit coverage. Requirements were gathered over a two […]

Getting the Group to Work as a Team

A mini case study

Martha has been assigned a team of 10 people to help her plan a major customer appreciation event. They have been working together for over a month now and they just haven’t really come together as a team. They get tasks completed, but don’t seem concerned with the others on the […]

Helping employees further grow in their role

A mini case study

One of Jack’s employees, Samantha, is one of his best. She always goes above and beyond to meet the customer’s needs and Jack frequently gets compliments about her from her co-workers, his peers and manager, as well as from customers. However, Jack is worried. Samantha lately has been talking about the […]

Engaging Others in Change

A mini case study

Jamie is responsible for changing a process within customer service. The process involves inputting data into an application when a customer calls about a problem with the product. Currently the process, as outlined, takes 8 – 10 minutes to complete. The goal is the reduce the process to no more than […]

Project Manager = Problem Solver

Project management = project solving. The best project managers I have met are problem solvers. Projects are, after all, problems to be solved. A new application to support a growing customer basis, the release of a new product to compete more effectively, opening a new office, or launching a new process within the organization to […]