Work Breakdown Structure (WBS): Top-down or Bottom-up? By Samuel Prasad Project Managers are always talking about Work Breakdown Structure (WBS). What is WBS and why is it needed? Simply put it is a hierarchical...
How to Become a Project Manager – Selecting Your First Project By Margaret Cato-Smith Having completed your project management studies you may feel well equipped to take on anything, no matter how challenging. However,...
How to Become a Project Manager: Can You Learn by Watching? By Margaret Cato-Smith Going on a formal project management course is a must for an aspiring project manager. However, there are a number...
Functional and Non-Functional Requirements: A Primer By Ben Snyder, CEO of Systemation What does it do and how does it work? These two questions should be top of mind for every business analyst embarking...
What Is the Silver Lining for Projects? By Marge Tam The proverb “For every cloud there is a silver lining” can be interpreted as for every difficult situation there is some good to it....
Project Management Foundations By Marge Tam As a professional Project Manager, what would the most fundamental sound advise that one would provide to fellow Project Managers at all different levels – entry level, mid-level,...
Risk Management… The What, Why, and How By Michael Stanleigh What Is Risk Management? Risk Management is the process of identifying, analyzing and responding to risk factors throughout the life of a project and...
Key Project Management Methodologies – PRINCE2, PER, NPI, RAD, Scrum and Waterfall By Michelle Symonds When you invest in project management training you will become familiar with key project management methodologies. Learning about these...
Prince of Planning – Part 1: The Art of Managing Your Writing Project By Helen Treharne In addition to holding down a full time job, blogging, writing my first book and generally “living”, I’ve...
The Five Phases of a Project By Michelle Symonds Project management techniques have undergone a bit of a shakeup over recent years. With agile still featuring heavily in many spheres and cascade still hanging...
