Tag Archives: project management basics

Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh once said that his bad hires had cost the company “well over $100 million.” Whilst it’s reassuring that a firm that usually gets everything so right … occasionally doesn’t … it is mind boggling how much a bad hire can cost. I mean, there’s the obvious …

So Facebook appears to have taken on LinkedIn with its new job ads feature – but is it any good? As I write, “Facebook Jobs” has launched in the USA and Canada but anticipate a global roll out before too long. As you would expect, Facebook has made it as …

            I was amazed to learn this week that a UK firm, one that is a major user of technology to deliver its services and a large employer of millennials … bans its staff from using social media during office hours. It got me thinking. …

  Ahhh…projects. We can’t operate a business without them. Some people might dread starting a new project. Others might show great enthusiasm that then wanes as the project meanders along. Avoid project dread or lost enthusiasm by properly planning for and executing your projects. These tips apply to larger projects—things …

Many project managers are under pressure to estimate projects accurately without being given the time to gather the information required for an accurate estimate. Conversely they are also expected to meet deadlines that were imposed by market forces, such as producing a new product before the competition, which bears no …

Being a Project Manager is a multi-skilled role and when I was thinking recently about what exactly that role involved my first thoughts, naturally, were the “managing” aspects. It is fairly obvious that a project manager manages: Budget Schedule Risks Quality Change But being an effective, successful project manager involves …