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10th Anniversary of The Lazy Project Manager
The Lazy Project Manager
SEPTEMBER 12, 2019
To celebrate the 10th Anniversary of The Lazy Project Manager the book is free on Amazon/Kindle around the world for the whole of September.
The Lazy Project Manager
The Balanced PMO
The Lazy Project Manager
JULY 25, 2019
As with most things in life (and business) getting a balance right can prove far more effective, especially in the long run, than having a single focus that ignores other key elements. The same is true of the PMO.
Help! I am stuck in the toaster of life!
The Lazy Project Manager
JULY 18, 2019
Over my daily cup of coffee, a fine cortado from Costa today, I read my horoscope in the copy of the Daily Express available in the coffee shop.
The Lazy Project Manager – Conference and Corporate Speaker
The Lazy Project Manager
JANUARY 4, 2019
As we all start the journey that is 2019, a few questions: Are you investing in your project management community? Does your team need better presentation skills? Do your sponsors and executives need better understanding of business change impact?
Task Management For Project Managers
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How can project planning that stretches over months or years remain relevant and account for new ad-hoc activities that arrive every day?
Impress Clients and Executives
The Lazy Project Manager
AUGUST 10, 2018
And the clock is ticking …. Too late, you have missed the moment since your clients and executive’s attention span is reducing rapidly! A Canadian survey of media consumption, commissioned by Microsoft, noted that the average attention span had fallen yet again, it was now just eight seconds.
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Big challenge: Getting your project team to work as a team!
The Lazy Project Manager
FEBRUARY 17, 2017
A guest post by my friends at Genius Project. A project team is a group of people who work together on a project with a common goal. They have different skills and specializations but their work all culminates in the delivery of the project.
Why You Need to Become Business Agile
The Lazy Project Manager
MAY 11, 2018
[link]. In the first of this 3-part webinar series, we will explore ways to not only significantly reduce change failures but also how to dramatically raise the capability, speed, and success rates of delivering strategic change in any organization through the adoption of a ‘business agile’ change structure. Join our webinar to learn: Evolution and Stasis of Project Management: Challenges and Failures. Best Practices and Pitfalls of Change Management.
When Projects turn to a Tower of Babel
The Lazy Project Manager
NOVEMBER 7, 2016
Different countries, multiple languages, global organizations…The challenge of international projects. In this day and age, international teams and projects affect most companies; and they can often be a source of headaches for project managers.
Managing The Project Budget - Developing Your Project Management Skills
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This eBook describes the process of managing the project budget and its associated costs.
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It’s all in the Presentation
The Lazy Project Manager
AUGUST 15, 2018
I was once in a restaurant. The location was good, the décor and ambience very acceptable, the company most enjoyable, and the snow fell softly outside providing a winter wonderland visual delight through the large windows.
The Open Door Policy
The Lazy Project Manager
SEPTEMBER 23, 2016
The importance of being accessible but in a controlled way. I’m all for being there for people, honest I am. It’s just that people take advantage of it if I am.
Top 5 Project Management Report Templates
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These FREE most popular templates will help you perform your role more efficiently.
The Social Project Manager’s Toolkit
The Lazy Project Manager
OCTOBER 11, 2016
What: A Social event exploring everything you need to know to collaborate effectively as a project team. When: Thursday December 1 2016 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
The Presentation on Presentations
The Lazy Project Manager
DECEMBER 14, 2018
A new book for you and your team: How to become a more confident public speaker the ‘Lazy’ way – Available now on Amazon. Am I a public speaking expert? An interesting thought and hardly one that I could answer myself. I could say, with complete accuracy, that I have (at the time of writing this book) delivered 337 presentations of varying formats to a public audience of varying human formats, interests, locations and languages (to over 60,000 people in actual fact).
How many licks does it take to get to the centre of a lollipop?
The Lazy Project Manager
SEPTEMBER 30, 2016
I saw the above recently and a) I wondered why does that matter and who cares anyway, and then I thought b) you mean someone has actually investigated this?
What did the Project Managers ever do for us?
The Lazy Project Manager
NOVEMBER 20, 2015
There is that famous scene in Monty Python and The Life of Brian where the rebels are demanding action against the oppressive Romans and ask the question ‘What did the Romans ever do for us?’-
Walk a Mile in Your Customer's Shoes
Speaker: Steven Haines, Founder and CEO, Sequent Learning Networks
Product professionals use phrases like "voice of the customer," and "user experience" so often that it can be easy to lose sight of their actual meanings. How can we, as product professionals, learn to keep customers and users at the heart of our work? Join Steven Haines, globally recognized thought leader and author, as he guides us through a memorable journey demonstrating how you can walk a mile in their customer's shoes. He'll explore how, by developing true empathy for your users, you can ensure you're creating the features and products they actually want.
Warning Signs Your Sponsor Doesn’t Care About the Project—and How to Change That
The Lazy Project Manager
JULY 8, 2016
How To Take Action on Customer Discovery
Speaker: Nick Noreña, Innovation Coach and Advisor, Kromatic
We all want to build successful products - and that means satisfied customers. Before anything else, you must understand what problems you can solve. The best way to do that is to get out of the building and start asking questions. But how can you make the most of those conversations, and ensure that you walk away with productive insights? Join Nick Noreña, educator, entrepreneur, and currently Innovation Coach and Advisor at Kromatic, as he covers how we can effectively action our findings from customer discovery conversations.
The Project Manager who Smiled
The Lazy Project Manager
DECEMBER 15, 2017
Probably the best gift you can give the Project Manager in your life … How many project managers does it take to change a light bulb? A better question to ask is perhaps ‘how many project managers does it take to have a good project?’.
Top 5 Project Management Certifications To Become A Great Project Manager!
The Lazy Project Manager
SEPTEMBER 10, 2018
Are you working as a project manager? You may want to improve your prospect. There are many certification courses for project manager you should do. We here bring the great options in project management certification.
Make an Impact with Analytics and Journey Maps
Speaker: Kirui K. K., Co-founder and CEO of Tanasuk Africa
If you want to offer a better user experience, it can be tempting to track each and every data point in your product. However, this can quickly get complicated and overwhelming as you collect more and more data. How do you know which metrics will help you improve? Kirui K. K., Co-founder & CEO Tanasuk Africa, wants you to know that analytics don't have to be complicated to make an impact - no matter the size of your company. Join him as he explains how to create a customer journey map, then use that map to figure out the metrics you need to know - and how to use them.
Sustain Your PMO: Nine Easy Lessons
The Lazy Project Manager
JANUARY 27, 2016
The good news is that there is now plenty of great research emerging on the context and conditions for successful PMOs; some of the lessons learned are simple and intuitive, others less so, as evidenced in this extract from Peter Taylor and Ray Mead’s Delivering Successful PMOs.
Tips for Project Success in the Automotive Industry
The Lazy Project Manager
SEPTEMBER 11, 2016
A guest post by my friends at Genius Project. Automotive projects present challenges to companies with regards to time management, capacity and budgets. Here are a few ways to help put the right tools in place. Automotive projects are often very complex.
Are your Project Managers working too hard to be effective?
The Lazy Project Manager
JUNE 10, 2016
‘Progress isn’t made by early risers. It’s made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something.’ ’ Robert Heinlein.
Your Post-Launch Toolkit for Understanding Your Users
Speaker: Brittney Gwynn, former Director of Product, Simple Health
If you've ever launched an MVP, you know that the journey has only just begun. How do you figure out what to do next? You know that you need to look at how different user segments react, but how do you quickly distinguish signal from noise so you can iterate and improve? Join Brittney Gwynn, former Director of Product at Simple Health, as she explains how you can use early customer feedback, usage data, and continuous experimentation to optimize your journey to product-market fit. Whether you're at a brand-new company, or looking to innovate within a more mature organization, or anywhere in between, you'll come away with a new skill set, ready to make the most of your launches.
Challenging the C-Level Executives
The Lazy Project Manager
APRIL 12, 2017
How to get Fired at the C-level goes beyond the constraints of a book.
The Social Project Manager
The Lazy Project Manager
NOVEMBER 4, 2016
The Social Project Manager. Balancing Collaboration with Centralised Control in a Project Driven World. We human beings are social beings. We come into the world as the result of others’ actions. We survive here in dependence on others.
Old Man Flying
The Lazy Project Manager
OCTOBER 14, 2016
OK, so this morning the postman arrived. Well, I hear you say, what is so unusual about that Peter, surely it happens every day doesn’t it? And yes, you are right, it does.
New Year’s Eve
The Lazy Project Manager
DECEMBER 30, 2016
A New Year’s resolution is a tradition in which a person makes a promise to do an act of self-improvement, such as losing weight, doing exercise, giving up smoking etc.
A Simple Framework for Complex User Goals
Speaker: Hannah Stegen, Customer Service Manager, Crescendo
How can you measure and affect your users' behavior if they're not doing something that's easily measurable? You can monitor usage, activation, retention, and more, but those metrics don't always align with every one of your goals for your users. Hope is not lost, however: with the right framework, you can still make sure your users are on track. Join Hannah Stegen (she/her), Customer Success Manager at Crescendo as she explains how you can monitor even the most complex user journeys by breaking them up into Attitude, Intention, and Behavior.
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