Find practical, time-saving tips and techniques for the busy project manager.
Welcome to the Project Management Article Series
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Featured Project Selection Article
Easy Steps to Evaluating Project Proposals
Full Article
Every project begins with a proposal, but not every proposal can or
should become a project. In a world of limited resources,
tough choices have to be made. The goal of fast
track project selection is to analyze project viability, and to
approve or reject project proposals based on established criteria,
following a set of structured steps and checkpoints.
more selection phase articles
Full Article Dig Deep for
Meaningful Project Requirements
Full
Article Acknowledge the
Driving Force: Find the Motivations Behind the Project
Full Article Project-Speak
Series: Planning for Project Deliverables
Full Article How Big is Your
Project? Project Sizing Standards and Practices
Full Article Risk Management
Series: Identifying Project Risks
Full Article Four
Easy Steps to
Realistic Project Budgets
Full Article
Estimating and
Tracking Project Costs
Full Article Performing the
Status Quo Analysis (What is the Cost of Doing Nothing?)
Full Article Issues and
Options for Optimized Project Outsourcing
Full Article Is Your Project
in Need of a Management Mentor?
Full Article Planning the
Technology Migration Project
Full Article Control Rogue Projects
in 4 Easy Steps
Full Article Promoting the Value of Project Management Standards
Featured Project Definition Article
Project-Speak Series: Assumptions and Constraints
Full Article
Few projects begin with absolute certainty. If we had to wait
for absolute certainty, most projects would never get off the
ground. As projects are planned and executed, some facts and issues
are known, others must be estimated. Estimation is an art, with many
fine points to finesse between certainty and wishful thinking.
You can't just hope you have the resources you need to do the job,
and you can't wait until every resource is available to begin. You
have to manage and mitigate using informed assumptions and
constraints.
more definition phase articles
Full Article Project-Speak
Series: Defining the Critical Path
Full Article Project-Speak Series:
Defining the Project Milestone
Full Article Project-Speak
Series: Defining Goals, Scope and Process
Full Article Project-Speak Series: Defining the Work
Breakdown Structure
Full Article
Projects in Motion - Backwards and Forwards
Project Scheduling
Full Article Planning and Managing Project Requirements
Full Article Project-Speak
Series: Performing the Stakeholder Analysis
Full Article
Project-Speak
Series: Forming the Project Steering Committee
Full Article Project Success Criteria - In the Eye of the
Stakeholder
Full Article Defining the Role of the End-user in IT
Projects
Full Article The Big Job: Assigning Stakeholder
Roles and Responsibilities
Full Article Is Your Project Team Ready
to Deliver Required Results?
Full Article Tailor Made: Matching Project Needs and
Stakeholder Responsibilities
Featured Project Governance Article
Organizing Successful Project Teams
Full Article
Project teams are formed for a single and specific purpose - to
complete assigned projects according to plan and budget. The project
team is a working unit of individual parts, sharing a common goal,
achieved through the structured application of combined skills.
Unity of purpose is essential to success, but team unity is not a
given. Teams start off as a unit, but once the work begins,
the individual "parts" have minds of their own. And, as it turns
out, individuality and creativity is also a key component of
team success.
more governance phase articles
Full Article Put Your Team to Work: Creating Project
Job Descriptions
Full Article How to Delegate: It's Easier Than You
Think
Full Article
Risk Management Series: Practices and
Procedures
Full Article Project-Speak Series: Procurement and
the RFP
Full Article Managing the RFP Process for Quality Goods
and Services
Full Article Project-Speak Series: Quality
Management
Full Article Quality Management: Calculating the
Cost of Quality
Full
Article Project-Speak: Project Document
Management
Full Article How to Test Project Deliverables: The
Devil in the Details
Full Article Smooth Transitions - Planning Project
Closures
Full Article Managing Projects in the IT Environment:
Step Up to the Challenge
Full Article
Organizing the Successful Project Management
Office
Full Article Project Speak Series: Concepts in
Resource Management
Featured Project Oversight Article
Overseeing the Successful Kick-off Event
Full Article
Take a deep breath and get your calendar out. Your first
major, and perhaps most important, project event is at hand --- the
project kick-off. The project kick-off is the equivalent of a
grand opening, marking the opening day for your project and
its executing team. The project kick-off is an opportunity to
get your project moving in the right direction, bringing all key
players together in one moment (or mechanism) to share information
and a common purpose. The kick-off sets the first impression,
and you have to get it right.
more oversight phase
articles
Full Article Plan Productive Meetings with the Heads-Up
Meeting Agenda
Full Article How to Perform the Post Meeting Performance
Assessment
Full Article How to Keep Stakeholders Informed and
Motivated
Full
Article Top 4 Steps to a Motivated Project Team
Full Article Resource Leveling: Making the Most of
Limited Resources
Full
Article Tips and Tactics for Fast Track Project
Scheduling
Full Article Facing Up to Unexpected Project Delays
Full Article
Project-Speak Series: Management
Checkpoints
Full Article Project-Speak Series: Status Reporting
Practices and Procedures
Full Article
Controlled Chaos: Keeping Track of
Project Changes
Full Article Risk Management Series: Controlling
Project Risks
Featured Project Review Article
Project-Speak Series: The Lessons Learned Analysis
Full Article
In simplest terms, lessons learned represent
informed conclusions regarding project quality and performance.
These lessons are typically uncovered by a formal (or not so
formal) project review, forming the basis for process and
project improvement, to maximize future successes and minimize
potential failures. By their very nature, lessons learned will be
based both on fact and perception. Facts will be determined by
quantifiable project results, and perceptions will be based on
individual and collective views of project performance.
more review phase
articles
Full Article
Evaluating Project Team Performance
Full Article Organized Audits Improve Project Performance
Full Article Project Closure: Graceful Exits from
Troubled Projects
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