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What Is a Technical Project Manager? (Job Description Included)

ProjectManager.com

There are many different project managers, but today we’re interested in focusing on just one, the technical project manager. Are you interested in becoming a technical project manager or are you in the market to hire one? What Is a Technical Project Manager? What Is a Technical Project Manager? But that’s not all.

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10 Strategies for Successful Project Execution

ProjectManager.com

Is your organization failing to close the gaps between strategy and project execution? Let’s review strategies and tools you can use, and learn how they can help you close that gap to promote successful project execution. What is Project Execution? Project Execution Steps. Execute Project Scope. Manage Team.

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Organizational Competencies: What They Are and How to Develop Them

Rebel’s Guide to PM

I worked in the IT team at my old job. We did a fair amount of off-the-shelf software deployments, and we frequently made the point that we were a healthcare company, not a software development firm. I would not have said we had software development as one of our core organizational competencies. Non-technical competencies.

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How Poor Risk Management Is Hurting Your Program

Project Risk Coach

Poor risk management is costly. Let's look at the cost of poor risk management through the example of Tom Whitley. The Risk Management Mistakes of Tom Whitley The Star Mutual Insurance Company (SMIC) hired Tom Whitley as a project manager to manage information technology projects. The imaging team had started building workflows.

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How to write an executive summary stakeholders will love

Planio

According to some estimates , PMs spend 90% of their time communicating with team members, sponsors, and stakeholders. An executive summary is your secret weapon when it comes to project communication. Jump to a section: What is an executive summary? How is an executive summary different from other project documents?

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Develop Better High Performing Teams

ProjectManager.com

As we ease into the new year, many organizations’ executive teams are ramping up hiring for new talent. All these efforts require precise judgment to hire just-in-time talent, using data to make strategic project decisions at a portfolio, program and project level and launching new high performing teams.

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Product Planning Fundamentals: Develop a Product Plan in 6 Steps

ProjectManager.com

While the technical theory of product planning may interest some, we’ve found it more helpful to use an action-oriented method, which we will outline below. You have just developed a product that could potentially be monetized and sold to marketing agencies around the world. Execute a Customer Needs Assessment. of your product.