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Whether scheduled, planned, or the current fire drill, getting work done is where the rubber hits the road for organizations. Sure, formal projects are all about ensuring on-time and on-budget delivery of an over-arching deliverable. But what about the day-to-day work activities and collaborative projects that don’t require a formal methodology and are not led...
I’ve got to admit—I love checklists. There’s something about the action of physically checking a task off that gives you a sense of accomplishment. Plus, when the list starts shrinking, and you get closer to a goal, or simply to the weekend, it’s pretty exciting. So, in the spirit of checklists, here is a special...
How often do you consider those in Human Resources project managers? Probably not often. But I am here to tell you we are. We are “accidental project managers”. From facilitating interviews during the hiring process, planning annual employee benefits and rollout, addressing employee concerns, to new-hire onboarding – Human Resources staff has their fair share...
As businesses grow and change, it’s not uncommon to find project managers suddenly saddled with more growth than they can handle. But for a great PM, managing growth is part of the job. When thinking about how to build a team and encourage the best from your team members, consider a few tips for keeping...
Today’s organizations are challenged to drive innovation and transformation like never before. Savvy PMOs and IT organizations realize that they must go beyond simply completing projects on time and on budget. They must create and drive these innovation and digital transformation initiatives – or at least deliver them – in line with business objectives. Yet,...
When enterprise architects focus on application and technology direction, they tend to keep business strategy front and center. The downside? It doesn’t end up driving significant business change. While these efforts can alter the technology landscape, it fails to translate strategy into the right investments or create real transformation across the enterprise. Why not embrace...
The 2016 Resource Management and Capacity Planning Benchmark Study revealed that increasingly more organisations understand the importance and value of capacity planning. The number one pain point year over year for most companies is too few resources for too many projects. Sound familiar? Innovation thrives when organisations can better plan and create innovation capacity. Many...
In the past few years alone, the project management field has seen an incredible amount of growth across industries. Especially as technology becomes a more crucial component of business and more and more companies have a large amount of their workforce working remotely, the essential skills of a project manager are becoming increasingly valuable. If...
You have probably experienced this scenario: You go to work with a set to-do list in your mind, just to have it blown apart by fire drills. Even though you planned to have hours to catch up project statuses at your desk, you are pulled into meetings, additional tasks are thrown your way, and you...
In 2007, Steve Jobs opened a keynote presentation promising the world three new products — a widescreen touch iPod, a revolutionary mobile phone and a breakthrough internet device. But in a twist of events he pulled out a single device, the Original iPhone. While this was a revolutionary, “one to rule them all” type of...
