Project managers are rarely in direct control of their project team members. Team members are seconded on to the project, or loaned from another department. If you aren’t their direct boss, how do you get them to do anything?
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5 Myths About Using Social Media On Projects
Everyone is talking about using social media at work. There are still some barriers to adopting new technologies though. Today we are going to look at 5 myths about using social media on projects.
The Problem of Co-Sponsorship
Problems with Co-Sponsors From time to time, we come across projects that have two sponsors, often called co-sponsors. It’s rare to have more than two executives sponsoring a project, but even having two can cause problems. A project to launch new software for the sales force, for example, could be sponsored by the IT Director, […]
Dealing With Conflict On Projects
Wouldn’t it be great if everyone got on? If projects had no points of conflict? Well, if you have ever worked on a project where everything was perfect all the time and no conflict arose, give us a call. We want to know how you did it.
5 Tips for Successful Status Meetings
5 Tips for Successful Status Meetings Meeting your project team or key stakeholders to discuss status is a critical part of managing a project. But everyone hates attending a meeting for the sake of it. Here are 5 tips for making your status meetings as good as possible, and completely painless. 1. Be Prepared It […]
Protecting Your Project’s Reputation (and your own)
Need to protect your project reputation? Here at Ten Six we blog. We also have an email newsletter and we’re on facebook and Twitter. We appreciate that these channels give us the opportunity to interact more effectively with customers and people. People who are interested in enterprise project management system implementations and earned value management. […]
Ten Six Consulting Predicts the Hot Topics for Project Management in 2012
Jon Swain, President of Ten Six Consulting, predicts that cloud computing, outsourcing, the economy, Agile leadership and change management will drive project management during 2012.
Kinley Consulting Announces Top 5 Trends for 2012
As a Ten Six’s strategic European partner, Kinley Consulting’s Managing Director Janet Parkin predicts the top 5 project trends for 2012. These include virtual teams, social technology, green projects, project value and PMOs will be the trending topics for project management in 2012. With the Olympics just around the corner, 2012 is going to be […]
Improvising in Project Management
Letting your project team improvise on projects sounds a little unconventional. After all, the point of having a plan and good change control procedure is so that the team knows where it is headed and stays on track.
Diverse Teams Mean Better Project Results
“If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got,” goes the saying. If you think in the same way as you always have, you will find it difficult to come up with new solutions to problems. Add a few new people to the project team, and you’ll have a […]