Category: Role of the Project Manager
The Yin and Yang Of Project Management and Business Analysis By Juliet Alters of O’Melveny & Myers LLP In recent years, there has been increasing recognition of the important roles business analysts (BAs) and...
Project Management Process – Phase 1 – Initiating – Select and Brief Project Planning Team (#6 in the Hut Project Management Process) By John Filicetti Description Before you gather the project requirements, you need...
Legitimizing the Project Manager Role By Jason Becker For openers, let’s look at the meaning of the term “Legitimize”. Merriam-Webster says “To make legitimate.” Enough said, right? If it were, then this would be...
The Role Of Project Managers By Tony Jacowski The tasks to be handled by a project manager to successfully manage a project include: Integration Management- This is developing and managing the direction of the...
Why Project Management Matters By Andrew Wicklander When I tell people that I’m a Project Manager, I often get an initial “Oh….neat!” response which is usually followed by a comment that is something along...
Healthy Tension-building Between Project Managers and Architects By Robert McIlree A gentleman on my blogroll inquired about numerous topics, and since the issue of IT governance generally gives me a headache and temporarily causes...
Schedule Game #4: Hope is Our Most Important Strategy (#4 in the series Schedule Game) By Johanna Rothman A few years ago, a senior manager called me. “We have a project in trouble. We...
Project Management Excellence – Beyond Colourful Status Reports Demands Much More By Amy Nutt Project management excellence goes beyond producing project charters, detailed schedules and colourful status reports. Today’s project managers must acquire the...
The Project Manager’s Job Title And Role In An Organization By John Reynolds When a company organization is searched to find a project manager, the first results may be fruitless because no one with...