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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. […]

Yes, Project Managers Need Leadership Skills!

Yes – if you are a project manager you really need leadership skills! Today’s project managers must have leadership skills in order to effectively perform their roles in the organization and stand out from the crowd of other project managers. Something must make you distinct from the others – especially if you are currently job […]

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 […]

Poll Question: Measuring Project Success

Often I run into organizations where project teams are not measuring success consistently. For example, one project team might believe a project is successful if they stayed within the budget; however, the customer was unhappy with the project because their expectations weren’t met. Another project team might feel the project was successful because they kept […]