Project management skills allow you to successfully take a project from start to finish with more effectivenss and efficiency. Regardless of your role on the team, improving your project management skills can have a direct impact on the team's ability to complete the project phase....
The project environment is very different from that of typical day to day operations or a regular team that performs similar activities on a day-to-day basis. Companies don’t need a complex methodology when it comes to managing a project, but they benefit from a designated...
[caption id="attachment_16761" align="alignright" width="300"] Project Management[/caption] Traditional project management success factors were based on the iron triangle of time, cost and quality and this develop out of the delivery of US military, engineering and construction projects in the nineteen fifties and sixties.Similarly success factors were further...
Pinto and Mantel (1990) describe the attempt to gain a more complete understanding of the causes of project failure has been a difficult task for both academic researchers and practitioners. First, the concept of project failure is nebulous. Few people agree on exactly how to...
Official project manager or an accidental project manager, nearly everyone who works in a professional setting is being called upon to understand and apply project management principles. 1. What First universal principle: know what Done looks like. What are we trying to accomplish? What is the end result...
The world is stuck right in the middle of a pandemic, which has had very different effects for the different industries. In some industries, companies are struggling to survive while others thrive. Many companies are experiencing extreme uncertainties regarding future developments. Flexibility and resilience must...
“If you really want to do something, you’ll find a way. If you don’t, you’ll find an excuse.” — Jim Rohn Moving a project forward can be an arduous task, especially for small businesses and start-ups with limited resources.Here are five compelling benefits of using a...
The value of effective project management comes from having standardized processes and comprehensive systems which ensure that goals and objectives are successfully met for the benefit of the organisation.In increasingly uncertain and turbulent business environments, having a compelling project strategy is vital for success.Strategy informs...
Despite the growing trend of organizational project management implementation within organizations there are criticisms and a lack of understanding of the tangible and intangible benefits by senior executives within organizations. Kerzner (2002) says that since the 1990s, the organizations have decided to implement project management,...
Wild Card Contribution PAST – NOW – FUTURE Adapt or perish, now as ever, is natures inexorable imperative – H.G. Wells, A Short History of the World (1922) PAST Black Swan or the New Normal? While we continue to grasp the scale of this COVID-19 pandemic, the new challenges we...