Project Management

Karen Chovan, an expert in project management, discusses sustainability in many industrial fields. With a background in mining and corporate work, Chovan has worked to help more industries adopt cleaner, more sustainable practices. She has encouraged many business to change their way of thinking and foresees a huge trend of sustainability in the future. Chovan […]

A website devoted to entrepreneurs has an account about why small businesses should outsource its payroll functions. The account details the particular tasks involved in payroll. It recommends using an outside company for a few reasons. One is that the job is complex due to tax laws. Another is that the executive is freed up

There is a way to build trust between your employees and freelancers. More and more companies are turning to external experts, on a project, or a temporary basis. They do this in order to tap into certain skill sets and experience that they might not be able to find in the market otherwise. Key Takeaways:

There are reasons why you should drop the Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop mentality and find success in your life. If you are dealing with this kind of situation and the boss gives you a motto like this one, then you need to find a way to get over that and beat it. The workplace can

There are 5 common scheduling mistakes that people make, but there are things you can do instead to avoid these mistakes. Not having enough milestones is the number one mistake. The number 2 mistake is not considering resource availability. Not using baselines is the number the mistake. Not keeping it current is another mistake. Key

Using external experts to accomplish tasks needed by companies on a temporary basis while more people are freelancing to do this work. Companies should take steps to ensure productivity doesn’t suffer if there is mistrust between employees and contractors. Keep an open line of communication, have employees help plan how the contractors will fit into

There is a way that project managers can succeed with procurement management. Procurement management is very critical to successful project management. The strange thing is that some project managers are intimidated by that process, or are just flat out unfamiliar with it. There are some basic things you need to know about it. Key Takeaways:

There are some very inspiring women in project management. Amy Hamilton is one of these women. She has been in the IT field for a very long time. Ever since she graduated from EMU, she has been in this field. She currently does IT work in Germany for the USA. She has done a lot

Getting ready for our next semester’s class, I asked my Teaching Assistant why I hadn’t seen the posters for our new class around campus. Hearing the litany of excuses that followed –“It was raining.” (The posters go inside the building.) “We still have time.” (We had agreed they were to go up a week ago)

Project management can be hard for some of us. There is often a lot to it if you want the project to be a success. It doesn’t help that not everyone has a managerial vent. This gives some good info so you can do a better job and can insure a good project outcome. Key

Business and real estate entrepreneur Jay Papasan recently cowrote a book with Gary Keller called The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results. “The ONE thing,” describes the important process of encouraging people to uncover their most effective action so they can accomplish their most important priority. The technique has spurred success in

This is a summation of the Project Management exam preparation courses available for your 2017 certification. Obviously some are more comprehensive than others and Elizabeth Harrin walks you through each one. Beginning with PMP®, CAPM®, PMI-ACP® certification appropriate coaching all the way to the less expensive and less comprehensive online training material which is gathered

Shortcuts in project management are really hard to come by. In a perfect world, there would be several ways for us to speed things up. Read on to learn some of the industries best time productive and efficient tips, as well as a bundle of free templates to make your job that much easier! Key

In his observation that good leaders define reality. Reality requires interpretation, and narrative work animates that effort. In this sense, your narrative should work to create reality. Our narratives may fail and, if they do, the stories that once galvanized a team can sow distrust, crippling the leaders who espoused them. If you want to

Project managers want to make the best decisions for themselves, the project, and the project team. In order to do so, project managers must be aware of biases. Based on experiences, people can come to different conclusions when presented with the same scenario and that’s where biases come into play. Key Takeaways: Project managers want

There are ways that you can take your questions from good to great. There are good questions as well as bad questions in the working world. Why are we doing this project now? That is one question you will want to as. Timing is a very important thing, so you want to make sure it

Project managers will be more successful if they work hard to avoid some common mistakes that most tend to make. The first mistake is forgetting the team. Engaging with stockholders is an important step in starting a new project. The second is lack of communication. Communication is the key to success, and lack of communication

Multitasking has been praised by many as the secret sauce to reaching success at record speeds, but sometimes this may not always be the answer. 7 reasons why this may not be the best case include causing people to lose focus, a decrease in memory since you are focusing on so much at once, and

To broaden your horizons as a Project Manager, you should attend different conferences within your specialty around the world. Not only does each Project Managment Conference offer different topics and types of people, but you can also discover other interests and new people. Why miss a Project Management Conference when there are so many out

Elimination is a good strategy for increasing productivity. The first rule of elimination is to identify the most important goal. The first goal is often obtaining more money. Brainstorm 10 elimination ideas by judging quality over quantity. Ideas of things to eliminate include unsubscribing from unneeded email lists and magazines, and automating one bill payment

There is a huge variety of project management applications out there. Most are general purpose apps, not aimed at any one industry. But there is a growing number of project management apps aimed specifically at one industry or another. Applications geared to creative types are becoming more readily available, and some of the offerings are

Natalie Warnert did not let being too young stop her from running a successful campaign for the Invisible Children project In this talk, she calls on young people everywhere not to let age stop them from changing the world. At 18, Natalie Warnert’s work with the Invisible Children movement made her a hero for young

Managing offshore software development projects can easily overwhelm US project managers who are new to offshoring. Treading through the intricacy of handling teams across time zones, different cultural and language nuances compounded by the lack of face to face interaction and managing the logistics of a dispersed delivery organization adds a magnitude of complexity to

From the challenging stakeholder who wants to undermine the project’s success to a disagreement about a feature of a deliverable, project work lends itself to workplace conflict situations. In all of these examples, you are going to be able to think up your situations where conflict might arise based on what you see on your

When your to-do list becomes a monster, and an item next to a checkbox will actually take a long time and multiple people to complete, you need more than a checklist to keep track of it. What you really have is a project, and you need a tool designed to manage them. Speaking as someone

If your project plan and the payroll system had a baby, it would be capacity planning. Capacity planning is at the junction of knowing the demand for resource and the supply. In my experience, even when your project management software does have resource pool features like Microsoft Project, they feel complicated to set up and

Complex projects need not be synonymous with difficult projects, by recognizing the necessity of five important skills. First, when things are complex, meaning that many parts are being combined into one, adaptability is key. Second, collaboration with others, and the ability to do so well, will go along way to a successful outcome. This goes

When a teams’ workload is unbalanced, frustration, dissatisfaction and team conflicts can result, as well as production issues such as under-productivity by some, over-productivity by others and missed deadlines. In some cases, mental and physical stresses caused by an unbalanced workload can cause illness. To prevent these issues, rebalance the workload on a regular basis

In project management there is a never ending battle between process and progress, so what can be done about that? In theory, process is there to help with progress. Balance is the key, making lists and mitigating risks will help with determining when processes are out of control and too much and are actually keeping

Erica Pepitone, PMP, has a lot to say both about being a project manager in NYC, but also about making the switch from project coordinator to being a project manager. As a coordinator, you have lots of opportunity to do project management tasks and projects allowing you to get some experience before you apply for

In today’s world of endless productivity apps, sometimes a good old fashioned paper planner can be just the ticket to get your life organized and back on track. The Productivity Planner by Intelligent Change is a great way to get started. With its simple design, guided start and built in breaks, this planner has been

In many cases, new project managers sit down to consider the specifics of a project and don’t allow for mushrooming, which big projects tend to do. It can be scary, of course, but in the end, breaking the project up into manageable chunks and sticking to your goals ensures project success. As a new project

Taking over responsibility on a project as the new project manager can be a feat, even more so sometimes than being the one to start the project from the beginning. When taking over the position be sure to track down all you will need in the handover process, while making sure to speak to the

Many times when a project fails, it was because the people involved jumped into the task too fast. Taking on any job takes time and planning before beginning to work on it. The very first thing that should be defined for any project is the scope. This tells us what the intended outcome is for

When everyone on a project team keeps open lines of communication and makes sure everyone is on the same page, up to 80% of projects are completed successfully and within the original allocated budget. Adjusting spoken and written communication styles are also important when working with a project team, especially when you’re trying to communicate

Through 2016, I have reported on outstanding projects and professionals in the field for Project Management.com. Saladis also played a key role in starting International Project Management Day over a decade ago, an annual tradition that draws participation from project managers around the world. In this Project Management.com webinar Lessons From An Award Winning Project,

It is all too easy to get your head down and focus on the project, but remember that your client is the driving force behind the project for you. The next thing a new project manager needs to focus on is the project hierarchy. So your next focus, as a new project manager, is people.

When your project is sliding sideways, you need your project stakeholders clients, customers, sponsor to work with you to help put things right. You’ll investigate what sort of communication works best for them, and you’ll be tailoring it to ways that you think will work best for them. It’s not enough to just manage our

There has been some recent insight that has been given into some particular lessons from insurance and airports themselves. In more detail these particular lessons in general are associated with building a vendor management office. In particular when it comes to this the companies drive to modernize vendor management is a part of a broader