Six Characteristics of High Performing Teams

While a great manager can carry a lot on their shoulders, in reality very little can be achieved without a high performing team to help them achieve project success. To paraphrase the saying: no manager is an island. But what does a high performing team look like and what are the team characteristics that you...

Projektphase vs. Projektlebenszyklus: Gibt es einen Unterschied?

When talking about project management, various definitions are used to explain several stages and procedures. Take for instance, Project Phases vs Project Life Cycle. Is there any difference between these two singular definitions and if so, what are their distinctive characteristics? A project is more or less like a person. We tend to measure the...

Brexit Set to Upset UK Employment Law

Among the many fields of disagreement during and after Britain’s Brexit referendum in 2016 was the primacy of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). Those in favor of leaving the EU argued that it lessened Britain’s sovereignty, while those who wished to remain stated that it was necessary to ensure that legal...

Ist es an der Zeit, das traditionelle Portfoliomanagement zu überdenken? [Infografik]

Werden Ihre Bemühungen, agiler zu werden, durch traditionelle Portfoliomanagement-Praktiken gebremst? Viele Unternehmen befinden sich an einem Scheideweg, gefangen zwischen einer unbeständigen, wettbewerbsintensiven Landschaft, die Dynamik erfordert, und Praktiken, die die Stabilität aufrechterhalten, oft auf Kosten der Agilität. Um einen konstanten Kundennutzen zu schaffen (ein Kennzeichen von Agilität), müssen Unternehmen...

Nixing Repetitive Tasks Boosts Productivity – Here’s How to Actually Do It

There’s no question that reducing repetitive work boosts productivity for organizations. Even as the digital transformation increases complexity for businesses, it’s also driving the elimination of repetitive work across many industries through wider use of automation, which increases overall productivity, efficiency and even morale. So how exactly can you start cutting down on repetitive work...

Zusammenarbeit im Bauprojektmanagement

As a project manager in the construction industry, you must be able to track multiple deadlines and manage the inevitable changes in the field—it’s like a complex puzzle with numerous moving parts. On top of that, the stakes are high. One minor setback on infrastructure or building projects could cost tens of millions of dollars....

Can a Project Have Two Critical Paths and Other CP Questions

The critical path method is a common and extremely useful method for calculating the optimum order of completion of vital interdependent tasks. As projects can be large and critical paths unwieldy, a question that’s often asked of the method is can a project have two critical paths? In fact, it can have even more than...

Bereiten Sie Ihr Team auf die Unberechenbarkeit der Technologie vor

Technological advances are certainly changing everything about the way things are done in the world, whether that’s a good or bad thing is a matter of personal opinion. For project managers however, it is simply not possible to avoid incorporating technology in the workplace, just as it’s not possible to go back to smoking in...

3 Schritte, um das PMO für das agile Unternehmen zu werden

Das Ende der traditionellen Welt des Projektportfoliomanagements (PPM) ist nahe. Es wird vorausgesagt, dass agile Programme und Produktmanagement bis 2023 das Projektmanagement als vorherrschenden Ansatz für effektive Unternehmensveränderungen und -ergebnisse ablösen werden. Darüber hinaus haben 80 Prozent der Unternehmen ein unternehmensweites PMO, das sich auf die Integration von Produkten und Programmen in...

Was ist ein Marketing Business Case?

Making a business case for something involves creating a plan that will solve an issue that your organization currently faces. It basically goes along these lines: The problem/opportunity: Describing what can be changed Analysis of the solutions: A run-through of how it can be changed Recommendation: The option you believe is best to deliver the...