Project Management Is a Broad Human Practice – Not Merely a Profession By Michael Greer Figure 1: Profession vs practice iceberg In a recent article on PM Hut titled Defending the Project Management Profession...
My Plea to Project Sponsors By Ron Rosenhead Project manager (PM) – So you are asking me to deliver this project by 30 January 2013? (This is after a 30 minute discussion about the...
Project Steward By Terry Bunio I’ve written before in regards to how I dislike the term Project Manager. I feel the definition implies that the Project Manager is above the team and that the...
Is Your Project a Real Project? By The Grumpy Project Manager When a project manager is offered a project or is nominated to run a project the first thing to do is to check...
The Carpenter Project Management Theory By Jignesh Bhatt Lately I have been getting a lot of work done from my local carpenter and I realized there are stark similarities between project management process followed...
IT Projects and The Art of Scapegoating By Sarah Runge Have you or someone you know ever been the scapegoat for a failed IT project? If so read on. This may give you a...
Smaller is Better and More Effective By Susan Peterson It seems as if everything comes in larger and larger sizes – including projects. While a giant pizza or a super-sized drink may be refreshing,...
Project Management Is Really Work Management By Ty Kiisel The lines between what we call work and what we call projects is starting to blur. Last spring I attended the Gartner PPM summit where...
Project Management as Problem-Solver By KJ Koch One of my favorite quotations associated with projects and project management is a passage in author James P. Lewis’ book, “Fundamentals of Project Management, Developing Core Competencies...
Reinvent Your Project Management Wheel By Dianne Davenport How many times were you told that it is not a good idea to reinvent the wheel? Social media drives change to this philosophy, and we...
