Trois signes précurseurs de l'épuisement de vos chefs de projet

As noted by Psychology Today, burnout is a state of chronic stress that leads to: physical and emotional exhaustion; cynicism and detachment; and feelings of ineffectiveness and lack of accomplishment. Obviously, it’s both compassionate and strategic for enterprises to have a clearer picture of project managers who are at-risk of burning out — or have...

The Best Industries to Work in As a Project Manager

Deciding to become a full-time project manager comes with plenty of perks. Project management is a field that offers tons of opportunity and flexibility in terms of job outlook, salary and locating, and it’s a career that keeps most everyone on their toes. That said, figuring out which industry to work in can be stressful,...

The basic components of enterprise project management

For many new or aspiring project managers, enterprise project management is the “big show.” Managing large, complex projects for a huge organization is exciting and rewarding in a way that smaller-scale project management can’t quite match. At the same time, managing projects at the enterprise level is also highly demanding, regardless of the methodology. If...

Four things you should do whenever someone leaves your project

As a project manager, you invest a significant amount of time selecting the right team members for your projects, and getting those team members up to speed on the specific requirements of each project. As the project continues, you work with team members on a regular basis to make sure that they are getting their...

How to Make Agile Work for Anything – Not Just Software

Scrums are great for creating software, but the Agile approach was never intended just for developers. Forged by innovators who wanted to unburden the creative process, Agile makes it easier to adapt in the fast-moving technical age. And since Agile was introduced in 2001, flexibility has become all the more critical. Industries across the world...

Les nombreuses méthodes de gestion des projets informatiques

When beginning a new project, one of the most important questions an IT project manager must answer is which methodology the project will follow. There are many different project management methods to choose from, and each one requires a different approach to planning, team structure and communication. Here’s a look at today’s most popular project...

How to Spot Communication Issues in Your Team

The last thing a project manager wants to hear is that their team is lacking or losing communication. A breakdown of a team talking is generally the first sign of project failure. There’s no way you can accomplish tasks if your team is headed for total dysfunction and once you are there, it is a...

Five Tactics to Prioritize What’s Important

Prioritizing involves two steps: identifying the most important work to be done and making the time to do it. Organizations that fail to empower individuals to set priorities and act on them risk squandering their teams’ creative potential. Take these steps to ensure your people can get their most meaningful work done. 1. Eliminate interruptions...

Four ways to gracefully kill a project

Not every project makes its way to the finish line, and not every project should. As a project manager, you’re almost certain to find yourself, at some point in your career, running a project that has no chance of success, or that should never have been initiated in the first place. Sometimes the fault lies...

Dealing with Change Requests and Issue Management

Ask any project manager and they will probably tell you they aren’t a huge fan of change. Change to a project means the potential for resource relocation, budget mishaps and delayed deliverables. Project managers spend a lot of time allocating these pieces of a project and having to rework the plan can be messy and...