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How to write an executive summary stakeholders will love

Planio

Project managers are born communicators. According to some estimates , PMs spend 90% of their time communicating with team members, sponsors, and stakeholders. Why is it so important in project management? Why is it so important in project management? This risk is under management, and no action is required at this stage.

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Skills Of A CEO – Within Reach Of A Strategic PM?

The Strategic Project Manager

This post digs into this ambitious career objective, the required skills and attributes, strategy and project management as steppingstones to the CEO role, and attractive alternative career objectives. The role of a CEO is multifaceted, requiring a diverse skill set to effectively lead and manage an organization.

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Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

Risk Management is essential for development and production programs. Risk issues that can be identified early in the program, which will potentially impact the program later, termed Known Unknowns and can be alleviated with good risk management. Effective Risk Management 2 nd Edition , Edmund Conrow, AIAA, 2003.

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A Compendium of Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to manage the risk encountered on software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods. Let's start with a critical understanding of the purpose of managing risk on software development projects. Making these decisions in the presence Uncertainty ?

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Webinar Recap: Project Performance Measurement – Part 1: Overview Of Project Performance Measurements

MPUG

He is responsible for the implementation of enterprise project management solutions for Edwards’ clients as well as overseeing the custom application development performed at Edwards around enterprise solutions and Microsoft Project for both desktop and server as well as SharePoint. Fletcher Hearns: Great, thank you Kyle.

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How Savvy PMOs Drive Actionable Insights with Portfolio Dashboards

Planview

High-level visibility into the state of the portfolio enables executives and portfolio managers to plan and execute the highest-value initiatives in context, balancing across financial and resource constraints. With this information, the program or portfolio manager can verify that all work is connected to the strategic plan.

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Agile Unplugged: EP01 | Mike Cottmeyer and Brian Sondergaard

Leading Agile

– And I was a project manager. – And you were a project manager in a different part of the organization. – Yeah, I remember one time I think I drove up to Charlotte to meet with some executives at MBNA and to teach them about how we were managing software projects. – [Mike] Yeah, yeah.

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