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Productivity is influenced by a huge number of factors such as experience, skills, technology at hand and how clear task scheduling is. Some of these factors you can change and others you can’t, but one major element which can improve productivity which you can control is the workplace design of your work space. While the...
There’s an endless supply of stress management tips for project managers. And while this advice is well-intentioned, most of it isn’t that helpful – because it’s not aligned with the day-to-day reality that project managers face; a reality that isn’t characterized stress/no-stress, but by a continuum of stress. In other words: there’s really no such...
There are several good glossaries that define and standardize key project management terms, including versions from the PMI, APM, CIO.com, and many others. However, like language itself, lexicons are dynamic and organic – which means that they shift over time to capture new thinking, and just as importantly, shed expired notions. With that in mind,...
The idea of outsourcing has long been a debatable topic, but with 24% of employed people doing some or all of their work from home, your best talent might be sitting in their own living room. There are many ways in which freelancers make more sense than in-house employees, so it’s best to explore the...
Good project management should always involve clarity of direction for your team as well as transparency of progress for other stakeholders. One of the most important ways of achieving both of these is by using key performance indicators (KPIs) to monitor project progress. There are many different kinds of KPIs for project management, and they...
With over 750,000 professionals with Project Management Professional (PMP) certification across the world, the popularity of the diploma is clear, but what exactly is a PMP certification? The short answer is that it is a professional certification offered by the Project Management Institute (PMI). According to research from PMI, the project management industry only stands to...
Today’s IT teams face more challenges than ever when it comes to producing quality deliverables quickly. As rapid changes in technology make mid-project changes more and more common, IT teams are turning to Agile methods to help them keep up. One popular choice is Kanban. This visual workflow management system actually stems from lean methods...
How often does one project determine the success or failure of an entire company? For small companies, fairly often. For large companies, almost never. Yet, no project is an island in any large enterprise. How it gets completed, how resources are utilized, how effectively teams collaborate during a project—all these things are indicators of the...
Planning, executing and closing a project requires a variety of skills, but it also necessitates a standard model of practice. Project management methodologies run the gamut but one of the most successful models is known as waterfall project management. In terms of broader project management methodologies, the waterfall method stands out as it is characteristically...
History is full of stories of how little things, if left untended, can eventually bring really big things down in a heap of dust. Like empires. Like civilizations. And yes, like projects, too. And while we’ll leave a discussion of empires and civilizations for another day, we can certainly spend a few minutes here looking...
