How to Be a Proactive Project Manager
How to Be a Proactive Project Manager By Johanna Rothman How can you be a proactive project manager? Here are some suggestions for being more proactive: Measure fault feedback ratio (ratio of bad fixes...
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Just for Today – Yearnings of a Project Manager
Just for Today – Yearnings of a Project Manager By Susan Peterson Just for today. . . I will have the courage and the intestinal fortitude: To not accept that a project has to...
Objectives of Modern Project Management
Objectives of Modern Project Management By Dr.Russell Archibald The objectives of Project Management are two-fold: To assure that each project, when initially conceived and authorized, supports the organization’s approved higher level strategic objectives and...
The Project Definition Rating Index (PDRI) for Building Projects
The Project Definition Rating Index (PDRI) for Building Projects (#12 in the Hut Project Management for Construction) By Chris Hendrickson The Construction Industry Institute has developed rating indexes for different types of projects to...
Conducting a Project Brainstorming Session
Conducting a Project Brainstorming Session By Shea Heaver A good brainstorming session is a great way to kickstart or infuse a project, idea, dormant product etc… When humans openly meet face-to-face, ideas happen. A...
Pre-Project Planning in Construction Project Management
Pre-Project Planning in Construction Project Management (#11 in the Hut Project Management for Construction) By Chris Hendrickson Even before design and construction processes begin, there is a stage of “pre-project planning” that can be...
3 Steps to Proactive Project Risk Management
3 Steps to Proactive Project Risk Management By Oakleigh Consulting Ltd Project Risk Management needs to be seen as a positive rather than an annoying extra burden. It should be part of everyday good...
Comparing Lean and Scrum – What’s the Difference?
Comparing Lean and Scrum – What’s the Difference? By Johan Nordin What’s the main difference between Lean software development and agile methods like Scrum? Until recently, that question has not bothered me at all...
How Often Do You Talk to Your Team?
How Often Do You Talk to Your Team? (#3 in the series Three Questions that Separate a Good PM from a Great One) By Didier Thizy The answers to this question tell you a...
Bottom Fed Failures – Ailment #4 Leading to Project Failure
Bottom Fed Failures – Ailment #4 Leading to Project Failure (#6 in the series Decoding the DNA of Failed Technology Projects) By Robert Goatham The $5.6 billion dollar fiasco at Her Majesty’s Revenue Collection...
