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Tactical? Strategic? Make it Both for Success!

I was talking with a client recently who is searching for some project management talent to join their staff. He was considering whether they needed more tactical project managers (people who roll up their sleeves and can get the work done, those who work on the details) or more strategic thinkers (people who can […]

Best Practices for Gathering Requirements from Your Stakeholders

Tips for keeping it simple!

Determining the appropriate stakeholders Conflict among the stakeholders as to what is needed Inaccurate or incomplete information provided by stakeholders Uncertainty among the stakeholders as to what the requirements should be Unrealistic expectations by stakeholders as to what is possible Lack of participation among some of the stakeholders Frequent […]

Training Project Team Members On The Job

Make the time! The benefits are many!

When are you providing training to your team members? Likely many of you do so on occasion throughout the year when there is no project going on and they can spend time out of the office. And sure…there is value to training outside of the office. However […]

You’re a New Project Manager on the Team – Now What??

A big challenge for project teams is when you join the team as a new project manager to lead the project. There may be many reasons why the previous project manager was replaced or left, but important for you as the new project manager is to take a few steps to ensure the team […]

Project Management is Strategic

Lately I have seen an increasing number of organizations who are interested in looking at project management as a strategic function within the organization. (Yes…project management is tactical; but it’s strategic too and it is time that organizations look at it from a strategic viewpoint.) When project management is seen as strategic, all projects are […]