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How to fail well...

Failure Is the new success. Here are five ways that you can embrace...

5 Skills Needed To...

Why do projects fail? It's a question that invites a lot of interest and...

Embrace the change: Getting...

New IT systems for a growing business can be an exciting prospect and...

Does a Project Manager...

What makes a successful project manager is a combination of their academic abilities,...
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Managing Stakeholder Attitudes

This post will look at the various...

Ten Benefits of Good Project...

The benefits of good project management serve...

Project Management: How To Improve Your Leadership Skills

Every organization understands the importance of having a good project manager to supervise the achievement of organizational goals and objectives. If an organization achieves its aims through the process of project management, it can see marked changes in employee productivity. However, at the end of the day, a project manager has to be a good leader in order to successfully achieve the desired goals. A good project management process affects the overall productivity of the organization as well as helping in reaching an optimized balance in costs. The cost efficiency...

3 Must-Watch TED...

For years, TED (Technology, Entertainment and Design) has given the world access to thought- conversations from some of the greatest minds of our day....

Popular Opinion Says...

What’s the most common mistake that project managers make? The responses of 78 professionals who answered that question through my LinkedIn poll surprised me....

Reporting is not...

Reporting and communicating are not the same! Sending out information has very little to do with effective communication. Unfortunately, many project communication plans are...

Have we communicated?

Albert Einstein summarized the problem nicely: The major problem in communication is the illusion that it has occurred. Making a noise or sending emails...

Kill or cure:...

Contrary to common practise, project recovery is not about stopping everything to undertake a review and restructure, rather, it requires the right blend of...

Project Leadership Assessment...

Leadership in project management is ranked as the top competency for a project management professional today*. The challenge our industry now faces is just...

Stakeholders and Complexity

The greatest challenge facing project management in the 21st Century is managing the shift from the ‘command and control’ paradigm based in the theories...

Is PM a...

Given the final draft of ISO 21500, A Guide to Project Management will be voted on by the international community over the next couple...

What makes a...

Project success is directly linked to a project manager’s ability to effectively identify and manage stakeholder’s expectations. It’s therefore helpful to understand what makes...

Learn More About Project Management

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