Your path to business agility
How do you know if your project is succeeding or failing? To those outside the world of project management, this might seem like an unnecessary question, but project managers understand that the line between success and failure is not always easy to see. The larger the project, the more difficult it becomes to get a...
The goal of a project, i.e. its overall purpose, is reached by achieving certain objectives. So, for a project manager, knowing how to identify project objectives and making them applicable for your team is essential for keeping the project on track and eventually achieving a successful result. At the beginning or planning phase of any...
Program manager, product manager and project manager are familiar terms to people in almost every industry, but what sets them apart from each other? It’s a common question, and an important one, especially if you are just entering the world of program in project management. Understanding the distinctions between these roles can help you navigate...
Welcome to Planview AdaptiveWork’s PMO Spotlight Blog series. These interview-style articles strive to highlight the individual project management professionals; their backgrounds, strategies and experiences which shape the use of our product. This piece features Aaron Nicholl, Director ePMO at the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC). Would you please share a bit of background...
Ask a project manager which project management planning phase in the project life cycle is the most important, and they might say something like “the phase my project is in right now.” It wouldn’t be a bad answer—after all, a breakdown in any of the five phases can set a project on the road to...
There are many different types of meetings, such as project kick-off meetings and weekly status updates but the project planning session is especially important. It is one of the centrepieces of the project planning phase in the project management life cycle and is the direct precursor to the project plan which will set out the...
While it may not be the most time-consuming element of a project manager’s job, developing project plans is generally considered to be the most important. A good plan will get a project off on the right foot and can steer project teams to success under the most challenging conditions. A poorly-constructed plan, on the other...
Milestone planning is one of the most important aspects of project planning, because project milestones are the most visible indicators of project progress. What are milestones and why are they important? Milestones typically mark critical decision points, the completion of major project tasks and the ends of various project phases. Senior stakeholders who are not...
Project managers are vital to any organization consistently achieving its objectives. They ensure that projects stay on track and within budget while meeting set deadlines. As well as the people management skills necessary to get the most out of their team, a key to the effectiveness of PMs is the creation, and following of, an...
There are a bunch of things that make project management tougher, riskier and (much) more stressful than it needs to be. I have a mental list of things that I could happily live without. Doubtless, you have one, too. Chances are that our lists are strikingly similar. However, there’s something out there that’s more infuriating,...
