I touched on the subject of the fundamentally different types of communication needed to create a successful project outcome in a post earlier this month. The amount of feedback the post received, many people misunderstanding one of the key ideas and some reflection suggest a focused article is needed. One of the concepts underpinning the […]
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Knowledge workers lie at the heart of many businesses. They have high degrees of experience, expertise, as well as education. Their jobs mostly involve the application, distribution, and creation of knowledge. But, when someone’s line of work requires them to “think for a living,” they cannot simply apply the same techniques used for managing more
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As a tech leader, you’re responsible for leading a development team. Thus you’re in control of all the technology deliverables that contribute to achieving the overall vision or strategy of your company. However, as you will be handling multiple demands and projects most of the time, you need to know the right project management strategies
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The professional environment for a modern project manager is a diverse, multi-disciplined landscape. This complex fusion of information maintenance, personnel leadership, cost containment, and safety management calls for a wide-ranging set of skills. The need for soft skills like leadership, tact, organization, and personal communication will not change. What has changed and will continue to
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Every project, simple or complex, is vulnerable to delays regardless of how well planned the schedule is. This is a jarring reality in the project management landscape. More often than not, when delays surface, they cripple the workflow process and lead to project failure. Consequently, they leave us agonizing over the causes, and, in most
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One of the insights from this year’s AXELOS PPM benchmark report was that poor communication continues to be the biggest challenge hampering projects and programmes. Even with the availability of a vast choice of communication technology many project teams fail to communicate effectively. So, it might not be too much of a surprise that 35%
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Are you familiar with the TV show “It’ll Be Alright In The Night?” It’s a TV bloopers show, presented nowadays by Griff Rhys Jones, where the mistakes of the great and the good of the acting and television world are broadcast for a laugh. This last few weeks alone I’ve come across so many IT
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Originally published on PMToday.co.uk I took a train to London recently. Train journeys are like being given the gift of time. Once settled, I like to work, read the newspaper, take in the latest blogs from CIO.com or chew over the latest insight from the PMI. Then, other times, I like to just close my
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I just witnessed an IT Project team undergo a massive positive transformation … all thanks to a video camera and an innovative CIO. The team was going through one of phases. You ever have these? Nothing was wrong … but nothing felt right. They were delivering IT Projects on time but not feeling proud of
There’s a common misconception that tight deadlines are the central driver to improve productivity. In reality, forcing short delivery times onto your team can have adverse effects on the workers’ engagement and job satisfaction There is a broad spectrum of methods that will considerably enhance the output of your team without making them unhappy and
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