How to Deal with Difficult Sponsors
How to Deal with Difficult Sponsors By Dana Brownlee Part of the challenge that the Project Manager faces is the reality of having to serve so many different stakeholders and sometimes being pulled in...
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Project Management Leadership: Why Management by Consensus Does Not Work
Project Management Leadership: Why Management by Consensus Does Not Work By Diane Ellis You only have to look at the recent Climate Summit in Copenhagen to realise that management by consensus is not the...
Strategic Issues Management
Strategic Issues Management By Demian Entrekin Definition A “strategic issue” is an issue in a project or initiative where key stakeholder expectations are substantially out of line with each other or with the stated...
Project Audits
Project Audits By Dave Nielsen Most of the processes your organization uses have audits and so should your project management processes. It’s just as important to audit your projects as it is to audit...
How to Choose a Project Portfolio Management Tool?
How to Choose a Project Portfolio Management Tool? By Miley W. Merkhofer Tools are good. Tools for project portfolio management can help organizations improve the selection and management of their project portfolios. This can...
Top 11 Causes of Delays in IT Projects
Top 11 Causes of Delays in IT Projects By Wouter Baars This article contains a description of the eleven most common causes of delays in projects. For a detailed analysis of these and other...
Project Management: Using Data to Increase Profitability and Reduce Risks
Project Management: Using Data to Increase Profitability and Reduce Risks By Curt Finch Project management data – which is obtained from time tracking information – is often an area that could be improved in...
A Minimalist’s Approach to Project Metrics
A Minimalist’s Approach to Project Metrics By Owen Head What project metrics do you keep? A simple question, right? Perhaps, but there are so many ways to get wound around the axle in the...
How to Control Changes to The Project
How to Control Changes to The Project (#5 in the series How to Control a Project) By Michael D. Taylor Changes to the project management plan are inevitable. Rarely does a project manager finish...
Root Cause Analysis in Project Management
Root Cause Analysis in Project Management By Dave Nielsen Root Cause Analysis (RCA) is typically associated with operational activities, but there is no reason that the practices that make this tool so effective in...
