“I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” – Michael Jordan. An IT Project Manager I know, let’s call […]
Fail fast, fail often, fail well: the key to IT Project success Read More »
My Project Manager friend, Colette came back from her lunchtime massage today, not as relaxed as she normally does. “Well that’s a good way to lose potential business!” she said. The story she then told me has lessons for project management teams and as it is also quite funny, I will share it with you.
You have no new massages – A deep tissue lesson for IT Project Managers Read More »
Why do some projects stir a passion within you and others leave you less revved up? Could unlocking the secret lead to fewer IT Project failures? It’s true, isn’t it? The more passionate about a task you are, the more likely you are to succeed. Even doing the dishes can be a chore or a
There are many issues that face the project manager. One of which is to set project management milestones. Working towards specific goals throughout the lifecycle of a project makes sure that everyone is pulling in the same direction and standards are achieved. But what do these project management milestones look like? What goals can be
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Planning for any sort of project is complex and challenging. You are going to need to apply skills and knowledge from all areas of project management. This means handling a huge amount of information. Despite this, project planning is a logical and structured process. With that in mind, in this blog post, we are going
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If you search on LinkedIn, you’ll find more than 2 million Project Managers. This is a profession that has a huge impact on the daily lives of people everywhere. My goal is to help Project Managers communicate more effectively with their teams. Communication is the lifeblood of project management. PMs need to be able to
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Project management is a great career choice. Growing global demand for project managers means lots of new opportunities for professionals. Here is a list of questions that you could be asked in an interview for a Project Manager role: Questions related to Project Management Domain Q: What are the steps involved in the life cycle
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You might have met those people at least once in your lifetime – people who are little rough around the edges, who might seriously need some sort of social skills and who we wonder how they ever manage to make it through a day without getting into problems with someone. All because they lack basic
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Are the best IT project solutions hiding shyly in the shadows? The loudest voices in our teams don’t have exclusivity on the best ideas. Originally published on CIO.com I received a nice email this week from Sarah, a regular reader of my blogs. It was a line of thanks for a previous post that had
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A change is as good as a rest, so the old saying goes. Recently, it has struck me, that change can actually be a precursor to unrest, at least with some IT Change Projects. While reviewing one customer’s challenges, I identified that it wasn’t scope creep that was impacting the project, nor was it any
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