Project Management Advice

So we’ve got to grips with agile, understood the meaning of scrum, know what PRINCE2 is all about and generally have all the project management techniques down to a tee. However, there is one more description of project management that you may not have heard about yet: Kung Fu project …

Time management is something all project managers must perfect if they are to be successful in their careers. Sometimes it seems all too challenging to get to grips with our time, so we simply abandon it in favour of our normal, disorganised routine. However, making some small changes to the …

Making the transition from waterfall to agile project management is a tough enough break for anyone. With the prospect of letting teams have more creative control over their direction and potentially drifting off course entirely, any project manager who is planning to implement agile will probably already be feeling somewhat …

Agile project management has taken the IT world by storm, and is reported to be saving some companies around 25 per cent on their production costs as a result. Slowly, the agile mentality is making its way into other areas too, as companies outside of the IT industry start to …

Finally, after tonnes of applications and hours of trawling job sites, you have found your dream job. Not only that, but you’ve been invited for an interview. Congratulations! But now the hard work really starts. No matter how well qualified, how experienced or how charismatic you think you are, if …

Whether you have done your PRINCE2 qualification, taken a course in AGILE or have become a certified project management professional (PMP), getting qualified is only the first part of the task. Now you need to go out there and find a company willing to employ you in your new professional …

Some project managers seem to have an addiction to meetings. Arranging a meeting to discuss a meeting even! OK, there’s an obvious need to keep people informed to ensure that everyone is singing from the same hymn sheet, but sometimes the frequency and types of meeting become ridiculous and unnecessary, …

Within any organisation remote workers have distinct communications needs. They may not be seen but they are certainly not forgotten by the well-organised project manager. He or she has to ensure that remote workers remain part of the team and are just as committed to the business objectives as local …

Getting good, honest advice from someone with business acumen and years of experience is always a welcome event whatever stage of your career you are at. I consider myself lucky when I’m on the receiving end of such advice so here are some of pieces of advice I’ve been given …

When starting up a new project you have a quest to be as efficient as possible. There’s plenty of software out there to help you get organized but often it’s not cheap. But don’t panic. There is project management software which is even better than inexpensive – it’s free. There …