Managing Testing Resources: Five Suggestions for the Project Manager – Don’t Make These Scheduling Mistakes (#5 in the series Managing Testing Resources: Five Suggestions for the Project Manager) By Cem Kaner and Johanna Rothman...
Keeping Meetings on Track: “Over-time Offender” Stereotypes By Kailash Awati Don’t know about you, but I’ve wasted way too much time in meetings that have meandered on and on. I have nothing against a...
SDLC vs. Project Execution Process By Jason Becker No-Brainer This one seems like such a no-brainer that we don’t even need to discuss it. So, why post it then? Because I still encouter people...
Resourcing Project Managers By Gina Lijoi Ironically, although resourcing production team members is a significant part of a Project Manager’s role, very little focus is placed on resourcing the Project Managers themselves. Because of...
Project Management and ITIL – IT Project Failures (#5 in the series Implementing ITIL® using the PMBOK® Guide in Four Repeatable Steps) By Lawrence Cooper, PMP, CPM, ITIL Service Manager Anyone who has ever...
The Purpose of a Project Plan (#26 in the Hut A Project Management Primer) By Nick Jenkins The purpose of a project plan is to maintain control of a project. As a complicated process,...
The Ishikawa Diagram By SmartDraw.com Originally developed by Kaoru Ishikawa to visualize the causes of a specific event, it has become know by several names: Cause and Effect, Fishbone, or Ishikawa diagram. It is...
Dear Project Manager: What Have Your Thoughts Done With You Today? By Phil de Kock I have a friend and associate who have a wonderful question about thoughts – ‘what have your thoughts done...
Approval and Sign-off By Keith Mathis – PM Expert Live Gaining approvals for the project is different in each organization. In some organizational cultures, asking for approvals might not even work. However, most project...
Project Management and ITIL – A BoK Comparison (#4 in the series Implementing ITIL® using the PMBOK® Guide in Four Repeatable Steps) By Lawrence Cooper, PMP, CPM, ITIL Service Manager The table below provides...
