A lot of the time, Project managers don’t have the project team working directly for them. That means that we have to find alternative ways to involve the team, motivate them, and lead them towards the end of the project.
Do You Need To Be A Subject Matter Expert To Run A Project?
There are two schools of thought about specialized project managers. On the one hand, you could argue that it is necessary for a project manager to have deep domain knowledge. On the other, a project manager’s skills can be said to transfer between projects, regardless of
Practice Makes Permanent
Whether you are an experienced project management professional, or a more junior member of a Program Management Office (PMO) team, you need to practice your skills to get
How To Avoid Unplanned Expenditure
Once your budget is signed off, your project sponsor should let you manage the project finances how you see fit, as long as you are within your agreed tolerances. In general, sponsors and other senior
Integrating 360 Assessment Findings into a Project Managers Development
Project Managers typically look for projects where they can perform well to continue their advancement. How though can they leverage their experience from project to project and build learning and
How Much Contingency Is Enough?
Contingency is resources set aside at the start of the project to be used in case the project needs them. Typically, project managers allocate a contingency fund in the budget planning, and contingency
IT Portfolio Management For Effective Governance
IT Portfolio Management helps IT executives establish effective governance over both strategy and execution. The key is increasing visibility and improving decision-making techniques while enabling a dynamic budgeting process
Why You Should Have Project Managers Do 360 Assessments
As a manager, are you experiencing these challenges with your Project Managers and their teams?
Video – Primavera P6 Professional Fill Down In Action
We’ve had such a great response to a recent blog on using Primavera P6 Professional’s Fill Down feature that we thought we would augment it with a video showing it in action
The Benefits Of Portfolio And Project Management For New Product Development
Over the past decade or so, intense competition, shorter product life-cycles, changing customer expectations, high development cost and rapidly changing technology trends are putting tremendous pressure