Category: Miscellaneous

Waterfall Versus Cyclical Project Management (#18 in the Hut Project Management Handbook) By Wouter Baars The six-phase model is a waterfall model. In other words, the phases take place in succession. Just as it...

PMI Proves the Value of Project Management – Part II (#2 in the series PMI Proves the Value of Project Management) By Lynda Bourne The PMI study, ‘Researching the Value of Project Management’ has...

A Corporate Project Selection Process By William Thom In my last article, The Corporate Advantages of a Project Management Process, I mentioned that there are Project Management solutions to alleviate some of the pains...

The Benefit Of Frameworks By Barry Otterholt The hardest part of a problem is understanding it. Once you understand it, you are much more apt to solve it. But many problems are unfamiliar; you’ve...

Factors Leading to The Increased Use of Project Management By Phil de Kock There are several factors leading to the increased use/adoption of Project Management. These factors include: Compression of the product life cycle...

Elements in Successful Decision Making in Project Management (#9 in the series Decoding the DNA of Failed Technology Projects) By Robert Goatham Perhaps the most critical question those leading projects need to ask themselves...

Three Basic Project Management Principles By Dr.Russell Archibald One way to look at the project management discipline is to view it as consisting of these three basic principles: Assignment of integrative project responsibilities—the key...

9 Good Reasons To Reveal Your Project Budget Up Front By Vjekoslav Babić How often do customers reveal their project budgets before the consultants bid? From my personal experience—not too often. And it’s a...

Reasons for not Having the Right Project Sponsorship (#3 in the series Project Management Mistake – We Didn’t Have The Right Sponsorship) By Lonnie Pacelli The project sponsor was either too high or too...