Category: Miscellaneous

5 Deadly Risks In Project Management

5 Deadly Risks In Project Management By Anand Agarwal Any mission which can be divided into concrete tasks and needs human involvement to perform those tasks can be termed as a project. The human...

Throwing More Resources on Projects

Throwing More Resources on Projects By Bryan P. Has adding more resources to a project ever helped in speeding up the outcome? I have tried to think of all the projects and products that...

Traditional PM (PMP) vs Technical Lead/PM

Traditional PM (PMP) vs Technical Lead/PM By Transformatech I have seen many companies struggle with assigning the right Project Manager(s) (PM) to their projects to ensure the projects are completed successfully (on time, within...

Too Many Projects on Your Plate?

Too Many Projects on Your Plate? By Ben Snyder, CEO of Systemation It used to be that we would hear of people managing three or four projects at a time. Now we are hearing...

Why Projects Fail – Part II

Why Projects Fail – Part II By Steve Beshuk This is the second and final installment of Why Projects Fail. So far, we’ve covered two important points. First, sometimes projects fail simply because they...

Beware of the Entitlement Fungus

Beware of the Entitlement Fungus By Ben Snyder, CEO of Systemation Although this article is not about Project Management, it is important that Project Managers are aware of the entitlement issue among their team...

Project Success: What Is That?

Project Success: What Is That? By John Taylor I prefer to adopt an adaptive or agile approach to project management, but why is that better? I think it makes projects more successful, but what...

Managing in an Unsettled Environment

Managing in an Unsettled Environment By Scott J. Cameron, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Government service has historically been associated with a relatively stable work environment, at least when compared with private-sector organizations...