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Working through tough times: Motivation
Nowadays, many companies have decided that teamwork is the most effective method of getting things done. But what happens during difficult times like a change of deadline, or change in work approach? Then you, as the person in charge of the project’s...
Who are Project and Program Managers?
Project and program management can often seem like the same thing, however it is important to highlight that there are differences between them. The things that distinguish them are the keys to guaranteeing good team management as well as...
Diversity: The key to success in your project team
In this world, there are no two people who are exactly the same. Every single person has their own way of thinking and acting. It is this very diversity that allows society to evolve. What would the world be like if we all thought and acted the same way?...
The fall is not as important as how you get up
Standley Bendelac In life, whether in the course of our professional careers or while tackling a simple project, we will sooner or later have to face adversities, setbacks and failures. We will not always have perfect success and from time to...
Working to foster inspiration
It is difficult to start, we barely know what we want to do and the assignment becomes more of a nightmare as nothing is happening. Learn how to foster inspiration.
Manage your project in a way that every person feels like they own their work
One of the advantages of agile project management is having a team that is fully involved in the management process, thus maximising the positive results. This is not unique to only agile project management, but it is possible to incorporate...
Never try to make an organizational change on your own
Every organisation has problems at some point in its lifetime. The evolution of an organisation involves changes and challenges that need to be addressed in order to improve the structure, procedures, and even the culture depending on the...
Predictive or classical, iterative or incremental and adaptive or flexible life cycles
Different types of project life cycle in a project like predictive or classic are stating of a project ;iterative or incremental are gradual increase in product; adaptive or flexible which develops the product numerous iterations.
More haste, less Speed
When considering a poor quality product, with several design or aesthetic problems, and difficulties in determining how it was constructed to begin with, it is quite likely that it is the product of a project which suffered significant complications. This...
Project Governance
Project governance is the framework encompassing all guidelines, processes, decision-making models and tools when undertaking a project. Each organisation should adjust this general framework to the policies and governance method it has in place. Projects...
The 12 Key Factors in Project Profitability
This article offers an analysis of the main factors influencing project profitability. This is a complicated topic and no sweeping generalizations should be made. Hence, these factors must be adapted to the specific circumstances surrounding each organization, sector and client.
Key assets for project management in an organization
The key assets comprising the processes in place at an organization can be divided into many methods Processes and procedures during the start-up and planning, corporate knowledge etc.