Prince of Planning – Part 1: The Art of Managing Your Writing Project By Helen Treharne In addition to holding down a full time job, blogging, writing my first book and generally “living”, I’ve...
Five Soft Skills to Aid Your Project Management Career By Rhona Aylward In a recent discussion in a LinkedIn project management group, someone asked: “What 5 soft skills should a project manager have?” This...
Understanding The Efficient Frontier in Project Portfolio Investment Decision Making By Eduardo Levenfeld It’s common when companies are approving project proposals, ordering by priority and then selecting one by one till reach the budget...
Project Post-Mortem By Deanna Chaney For two decades, I worked as both a technical writer and an instructional designer in the IT industry. My projects always supported a hardware or software rollout, rather than...
Scrum: Theory By Alexander Boden Scrum is based on empirical process control theory. This immediately makes it sound complex: however, if we break this down we’ll see why this is actually easy to use,...
Reflections on the Soft Side of Project Management By Harry Hall There is much debate about the importance of soft skills and hard skills for project managers. I believe PMs need both! Many PMs...
Managing Expectations: The Myth of the Non-Existent Timeline By Donald F. Lee III If you live and work on planet Earth then you’ve experienced something like this: Joe: Hey Suzie, can you get me...
To WBS or Not To WBS By Bob Overstreet To WBS or not to WBS, that is the question Whether ’tis nobler in the project to suffer The slings and arrows of precise task...
What Does It Take to Be an Incredible Project Manager? By Michelle Symonds We all know managers are nature’s ultimate multitaskers, but what characteristics do truly outstanding project managers need to have? If you’re...
People Power – Your Business Runs on Teamwork By John McDonald Whether it is in your personal life or in business, people are the most important part of our lives. Relationships are essential, teamwork...
