Driving Quick Wins for your PMO
A practical approach to driving Quick Wins for supporting Project & Portfolio Management (PPM) capabilities and how best to get started adding immediate value
Category: Project Management
Get Your Project on the Budget-Approved List
There are some tips to get your annual projects approved easier even if they are discretionary
Get Your Project Out of the Ditch in 6 Steps
This blog will provide a strategy for getting the project back on track. This tried-and-true technique can be used on a project you just inherited or one of your own that has gotten away from you.
How a PM can Leverage MS Outlook to Improve Team Planning & Follow Up
Do you struggle with getting your team to attend your weekly meetings or obtain a status on their action items? Sometimes leveraging a tool such as MS Outlook can assist a Project Manager to gain compliance within their team, and ultimately increase their monitor and control efficiency.
To escalate or not to escalate … that is the question!
The project management process is based on meeting commitments, so the project team needs to be accountable and understand when to escalate when commitments are in jeopardy. Some common project discrepancies that require escalation includes, but not limited to resource conflicts, scope creep, deliverable issues, and team member confrontations.
What-If Scenarios add Reality to the Project Schedule
The purpose of What-If Scenarios is to adjust a project schedule’s timeline for a more favorable solution by imposing management constraints and/or changing execution variables; such as resources, implementation approach, priorities, etc.
Project Management Under Pressure!
Issues are piling up and everyone is coming at you at once. The reality is: people make mistakes and project plans are not perfect, so you need to figure out how to deal with it now and make improvements for the future. Here are some common project management pressure situations that you may identify with and strategies to get you back on track.
Change Management vs. Project Management
Project management and change management are often confused by many. Adopting a blend of both project management and change management are often overlooked by organizations, since the value that both bring are not fully understood.