Dealing with Invisible Project Sponsors By Kiron D. Bondale It’s hard to argue that effective project sponsorship is a critical success factor. Whether it is through providing funding for the project, exerting influence to...
Project Management – What Can Go Wrong, and How to Avoid It! By John R Wade How many projects fail? Depends on where you look… There’s a common perception that most projects fail –...
Inspiration from a Winning Coach By Susan Peterson In recent years the annual phenomenon known as “March Madness”, aka the NCAA basketball championships, has often concluded in April. As I watch these games, I...
Politics and Project Management By Merrie Barron and Andrew R. Barron Many times, project stakeholders have conflicting interests. It’s the project manager’s responsibility to understand these conflicts and try to resolve them. It’s also...
What Is Project Success? By Barney Austen Project management success can mean different things for different people depending on their participation in the project. For a software developer it could be: The on-time delivery...
Stuck Inside the Project Comfort Zone By John Gough A project is a temporary organization, established to fulfill a specific remit. Projects are usually formed inside bigger organizations, where they nestle like small Russian...
March Madness and Project Management By Ty Kiisel It’s hard not to get excited about NCAA basketball and March Madness this year. Of course it doesn’t hurt that Brigham Young’s Cougars are ranked #3...
Validating PMI Board Participation By Ray W. Frohnhoefer Back around 2003, before PMI had an online registry of PMI credential holders, a recruiter contacted me as a local Board member to help them determine...
Is the PgMP® Credential Right For Me? By Gary Hamilton, Gareth Byatt, Jeff Hodgkinson, and Brian Grafsgaard Gareth, Gary, Jeff, and Brian are PgMP (Program Management Professional)® credentialed through the Project Management Institute (PMI)®....
A Reminder on Delivering Successful IT Projects By Richard Morreale In all of my audits and reviews of Information Technology (IT) project failures – large and small, we have found that the top reason...
