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Poll Question: What is the Most Difficult Part of Pulling Together a Project Team

Gathering together a project team is not the easiest job in the world! Some project managers are able to pick their own teams (lucky you!); others get a team assigned to them (OK – so here you can say, “Hey…not my fault – I didn’t choose the team members!”).

Sometimes a project is ready to […]

Article: 20 Things That Every Project Manager Should Know… and Do

Chances are if you’re reading this, you’re a project manager or interested in becoming one. So, just for you, here is a quick, handy, up-to-date list of “must-haves” for all project managers-aspiring, novices and experienced alike. Pin it to your cork board, hang it on the fridge and send it to your colleagues – either […]

Poll Question: Getting a New Project Team Introduced To Each Other

Project managers I speak with tell me they have limited time to get their project team introduced to each other prior to the actual start of the project. It is important to ensure the team has a chance to meet and get to know each other and each other’s skills/expertise before the actual kick-off date. […]

One Central Resource – Getting Started Slowly in Rolling Out Your Organization-Wide Project Management Best Practice and Processes

In the previous posting, we discussed the importance of communication around the value add of having an organization-wide project management best practice and processes. Additionally, we provided a few options for doing so.

In this posting, we will discuss how to go about slowly rolling out the organization-wide project management best practice and new processes. […]

Communicating the Value Add of a Project Management Best Practice

In the last posting, we discussed the growing interest in establishing best practices around project management and discussed generally how to get started. In this posting, we are going to focus on how to communicate the value add to the organization of having a project management best practice.

Without significant buy-in throughout the organization, it […]