Being a project manager requires various skills to get the project done successfully in the allotted timeframe. Project managers need effective project sponsorship to ensure proper funding. Each sponsor will wish to discuss the project’s budget and other crucial factors, but project managers should first ask these 10 questions to retain the right sponsors. 1. […]
Basically, a Project Management Framework is used to define roles, responsibilities and a common lifecycle that can be applied to all the projects pertaining to a single organization. But, why use Project Management Framework? There are 6 reasons, which also called the 6Cs of why Project Management Framework needs to be used: • Consistency; • […]
Some project managers train specifically for a professional role in project management right from the start, whilst others progress through their organization in different roles, and at some point identify project management as a role they would like to take on. Sometimes it is a role that you fall into by accident or one that […]
It’s a relief that we are finally seeing signs of economic recovery on both sides of the Atlantic but the challenge now is whether companies that responded quickly and cut back in the hard times can respond equally quickly to meet the demands of a growing economy. When the recession hit in 2007/2008 many companies […]
Updated Edition of Project Management Essentials Authors: William P. Athayde, J.D., PMP; Ruth Elswick, PMP; and Paul Lombard, PMP, CQM New project managers, unofficial project managers, or project team members can all learn something from Project Management Essentials, Third Edition. It is one of the quickest and easiest ways to learn how to manage projects […]
A project health check is a learning opportunity, a quick glance at the status of a project to see which areas need a little improvement and which are going according to plan. Very often, those closest to a project are the ones that have difficulty in seeing the progress that a project is, or is […]
In tough difficult times for companies, often one of the default methods of improving the bottom line is to cut budgets and reduces the overall cost of running the company. When slashing budgets, the training budget is often the first to go, but this can actually end up doing harm to the business. One such […]
Call for Papers for 1st IPMA Research Conference in Berlin – November 2013 The first research conference co-organised by the German Project Management Association (GPM), the Swiss Project Management Association (SPM) and the International Project Management Association (IPMA) have issued a Call for Papers for the conference, which is being held in Berlin, Germany on […]
I have often discussed whether as a project manager you need specific business or industry knowledge and experience in order to manage a project in that business/industry. Specific business knowledge can enable the project manager to talk the same “language” as project team members and to understand issues (particularly technical ones) in more depth. And yet project management as a discipline can be used in any type of business and the fundamentals of good project management apply to every industry so a professional project manager should be adaptable enough to manage any type of team.
Describe 5 difficulties that a project Mgr. may experience when working in a matrix environment and give examples of things they might do to alleviate these. I would need some advices on the examples to alleviate the difficulties of working in matrix environment.
Have you been exploring project management for your next career? There are many good reasons to pursue this career path, including the fact that an average of 1.2 million project management positions will need to be filled each year through 2016, according to a study published by the Anderson Economic Group. While categories like financial […]
1) One way in which a project manager can motivate a team is by having a clear vision for the project that inspires the project team. This is important because if people can see the project has a purpose beyond the here and now they will be more motivated to deliver. An example of this […]
When you are running a large corporate company, planning plays a huge role in the success of your business. This fact simply exists because without a clear plan for implementation of strategic objectives a organisation can get lost with too many initiatives completing for too few resources. Interestingly this happens to organisations that are growing […]
Schedule Metrics Schedule Performance Index (SPI) SPI = earned value / plan value Schedule Variance (SV) SV = earned value – plan value Schedule Variance (time) SV(t)= Earned schedule – Actual time Schedule Performance Index (time) SPI(t)= Earned schedule / Actual time Revised Estimated Duration = Original planned duration / SPI(t) Also used for target […]
Getting success as a project manager can be a very rewarding experience. It is basically planning, organizing and managing in order to complete any project successfully. Depending upon the assignment, the projects can range from small to medium business project to large consolidation projects. A career as a project manager involves the use of proper […]
1) The programme manager can co-ordinate the project to deliver strategic benefit for the organisation. This can be difficult for individual projects because they do not have a communication route to the senior management team or a way in which the projects can be co-ordinated. An example of this would be the London 2012 Olympic […]
1) The programme manager can co-ordinate the project to deliver strategic benefit for the organisation. This can be difficult for individual projects because they do not have a communication route to the senior management team or a way in which the projects can be co-ordinated. An example of this would be the London 2012 Olympic Games in which programme management played a critical part in the success of the project.
Paul, could you please provide feedback on the below; Explain five reasons why change control is important for projects. Plan 1. Purpose, 2. The cost of change curve figure58, 3. counterproductive to have uncontrolled change, 4. cost is fully considered, 5. proper authorisation The change control process is required to make sure that the […]