The First 100 Days of New Leadership
The First 100 Days of New Leadership By Mary Kelly “I don’t have time to spend with my employees,” the new vice president complained. “I am always running to a meeting or trying to...
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Profound “Aha’s” and “Duhhh’s”
Profound “Aha’s” and “Duhhh’s” By Ammar W. Mango Project Management practitioners call them lessons learned. These are lessons from things gone right and things gone not so right on the project. It is easy...
The Art of Giving Feedback
The Art of Giving Feedback By Lynda Bourne One of the key supervisory skills needed by every leader is the ability to give feedback to their team on individual performance. The reason is simple,...
Agile Planning – The 5 Scopes
Agile Planning – The 5 Scopes By Dovile Miseviciute The concept of planning within the agile methodology has often been misunderstood. Due to the commonly known statement “We value responding to change over following...
12 Sure-Fire Ways to Improve Project Risk Management
12 Sure-Fire Ways to Improve Project Risk Management By Harry Hall If you survey people involved in projects on the importance of risk management for achieving project objectives, a high percentage of the participants...
Keeping the Boat Afloat and Teamwork
Keeping the Boat Afloat and Teamwork By Kerry Wills In today’s corporate world most organizations are matrixed in different ways. This means that there are many handoffs and intersection points for most solutions and...
Planning for a Productive Retrospective – 4 Steps to Better Learning
Planning for a Productive Retrospective – 4 Steps to Better Learning By Zenkara We’ve all been there before – a project that hasn’t gone so well: over budget, late, not meeting everyone’s expectations (project...
Change Management for Project Managers
Change Management for Project Managers By Michelle Symonds Projects that focus on the needs of the customer generally have more successful outcomes than those that focus on the product itself. So the desire to...
PMI Certification Changes: What You Need to Know
PMI Certification Changes: What You Need to Know By Andrea Brockmeier There is no grass growing under the feet of folks at PMI. And that’s going to have most of us hopping this summer...
7 Proven Ways to Overcome False Expectations
7 Proven Ways to Overcome False Expectations By Eileen McDargh People have expectations. Individuals, teams, or organizations have a strong belief that something is going to happen in the future. Project sponsors expect projects...
