LiquidPlanner

OCTOBER 11, 2018

All projects—especially large, complex projects—need clear priorities. You can count on technical projects, no matter how well-planned, to involve change orders, re-prioritization and the regular appearance of surprises. Related: How to Better Prioritize Work and Projects. Identify urgent vs. important.

Technical Review 1091

Technical Review Software Review Estimate Planning 1091

Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 24, 2023

Projects and operations are both necessary for businesses to succeed, but they require different approaches. When it comes to managing them effectively, understanding the differences between projects and operations is key. Projects change the business. The status quo is good but project managers keep changing things!

Retail 405

Retail Governance Government Healthcare 405

ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

The best project planning software gives managers the means to build a project plan , manage team members, control costs and stay on schedule. To do that, it’s equipped with project scheduling, time tracking, task management and resource management features. Manage Resources.

2022 285

2022 Software Review Software Planning 285

ProjectManager.com

MARCH 14, 2024

Every project is different. Project strategy is the plan that defines a project, which is why project management strategy is so important. To better manage projects, one must clearly understand project strategy, who’s responsible for it in the organization and the steps to create a project strategy.

Budget 380

Budget PMO Defining Estimate 380

ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 31, 2024

Coming up with long-term goals for a business or organization is just the beginning of a five-year project. A balanced scorecard is a strategic management performance metric. It’s a common management tool worldwide, used across industries, including government and nonprofit organizations. What Is a Balanced Scorecard?

Performance Measurement 405

Performance Measurement Governance Government Initiating 405

Scrum.org

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Starting as a developer, my experiences were largely shaped by traditional project management practices. This realization was not just an operational shift but a philosophical one, emphasizing the importance of adaptability, collaboration, and a people-first approach in the ever-evolving landscape of software development.

Innovation 245

Innovation Agile 2024 Manufacturing 245

ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 14, 2023

A construction superintendent is a professional who helps to manage projects and makes sure that they’re running as planned. One of their main responsibilities is to deal with the construction project’s resources and make sure they’re available for each assignment. ProjectManager’s Gantt charts manage schedules and costs.

Construction 377

Construction Monitoring Certification Engineering 377

ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 25, 2023

Anyone who has delivered a product or service understands the triple constraint. Time, cost and scope have to be controlled to successfully complete a project. How COQ does this, especially in project management, is what we’ll define. To maintain quality in your project, you need to establish procedures and guidelines.

Underperforming Technical Team 335

Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Manufacturing Controlling 335

Techno-PM

AUGUST 25, 2020

Product Manager vs Project Manager The essence of being an effective project manager or product manager can be summed up in four words: “The buck stops here!” This can be a confidence builder, whether you’re pursuing a career as a project manager or a product manager.

Underperforming Technical Team 61

Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review Certification Software Review 61

ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

There are many things that are needed when managing a project. These organizational process assets are critical to a project’s success and its operations. An organizational process asset is a tangible resource that’s used to guide the management of an organization’s projects and operations.

Process 371

Process Executing Controlling Defining 371

ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Manufacturing engineering, sometimes called production engineering, is a type of engineering that’s concerned with the planning of the practices of manufacturing. The goal is to produce quality products for the least amount of cost. Manufacturing engineering involves both industrial engineering and mechanical engineering skills.

Manufacturing 349

Manufacturing Engineering Technical Review Software Review 349

ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Before you engage with a new project, there are certain things you have to know. Resources are anything you need to execute the project plan. From your team to the tools they need, materials, equipment, software, office space and so on. What Is Resource Forecasting in Project Management? Do you have the resources?

Software Review 345

Software Review Underperforming Technical Team PMO Planning 345

Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 6, 2024

Project management has wrought much change. From plotting Gantt charts by hand to the modern day explosion of project management software solutions, everything is different – including the nature of work itself. Then all is quiet until the boss approaches her desk with yet another project.

Manufacturing 315

Manufacturing Defining Initiating Software Review 315

ProjectManager.com

JULY 20, 2023

Project management consultants don’t only add value to a project, but they can help introduce project management processes to any team. It’s a great career transition for current project managers to consider. What Is a Project Management Consultant?

Consulting 382

Consulting Certification PMI Technical Review 382

Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

What does a business analyst do on a project, and how is that different to the role of the project manager? Let’s dive into the jobs and see how they work together to successfully deliver a project. The responsibilities of a BA and PM on a project. What does a project manager do?

2020 404

2020 Certification PMI 2013 404

Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 1, 2023

One of the questions I’m asked often when I’m mentoring project managers, is what is the difference between quality assurance and quality management? Quality management is the overarching approach, concept, principle, technique – whatever you want to call it. Setting a quality baseline with the project board’s approval.

Controlling 302

Controlling Prince2 Software Review PMO 302

ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 6, 2022

When you make something, you better ensure there’s nothing faulty about the product. If a customer buys your product and it doesn’t work, at best, you’ll lose a customer and at worst, you’ll be served with a lawsuit. Quality control is a process that helps deliver products as planned or helps improve products.

Manufacturing 295

Manufacturing Controlling Risk Management Engineering 295

ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

It’s easy to get lost in the weeds when you’re managing a project. There are day-to-day operations that the project manager obsesses over, but they also need to see the big picture. A business requirements document offers an overview of what a business does and why it needs the project deliverable to be undertaken.

Technical Review 328

Technical Review Software Review Defining Risk Management 328

Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 4, 2021

I have updated my responses in order to better reflect the PRINCE2 and A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge — PMBOK® Guide , as at October 2021 as the PMBOK® Guide has been updated since this interview first took place, and PRINCE2 US was launched in 2020. She first took her PRINCE2 Practitioner exam in 2004.

Prince2 420

Prince2 Underperforming Technical Team Certification PMI 420

Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Projects are made up of tasks. Staying on top of your tasks as a team is so important if you want to hit your project deadlines. In this article you’ll learn how to manage tasks efficiently and how to improve your own task management skills and those of your team. What is task management? Lots of them.

Software Review 288

Software Review Software Closing Planning 288

Productivity Land

JANUARY 14, 2024

The advent of construction equipment management software has undeniably emerged as a transformative force, seamlessly marrying technology and management to elevate operational prowess. The software’s vigilance over equipment conditions fosters a safer work environment.

Construction 75

Construction Software Artificial Inteligence Cadence 75

ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 17, 2022

The project manager is on the ground, running the team and keeping the daily operations of a project running smoothly. But who looks after the project manager? In project management, that position is called a project director. Let’s take a look at a project director and learn what they do.

Finance 287

Finance Monitoring Technical Review Software Review 287

ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Sometimes the whole picture isn’t clear when you’re planning a project. But with a traditional project management methodology, such as waterfall, you set everything up first and then you’re stuck with it. But the waterfall methodology is only one way to manage a project. What Is Rolling Wave Planning?

Planning 352

Planning Software Developers Software Development Monitoring 352

ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Having an event is a like executing a project. Just like a project, event management is the way you make sure everything seamlessly comes together for your stakeholders. Event management can be anything from a birthday party for your kid to a business convention and everything in between. What Is Event Management?

Underperforming Technical Team 352

Underperforming Technical Team Logistics Executing Planning 352

Productivity Land

APRIL 4, 2023

Effective project management is essential for the success of any software development or web design project, and as a complex and rapidly evolving field it requires a project manager to possess a unique combination of technical and leadership skills.

Leadership 78

Leadership Underperforming Technical Team Software Web Development 78

ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 26, 2022

A project is often considered something purely physical, like construction. The truth is, a project can be any work that has a beginning and an end. To that end, the legal industry has projects, too. Legal project management is well familiar to lawyers, even if they don’t necessarily use that phrase.

Software Review 313

Software Review Certification Risk Management Monitoring 313

Teamweek

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Toggl Track Price: Starts at $10/month Toggl Track is a simple yet powerful time-tracking tool that you can use to track time, manage projects, and organize tasks. Toggl Track also helps you measure profitability and productivity in a user-friendly way that needs no training. Track time spent on tasks. Mark tasks done.

2023 52

2023 Software Estimate Budget 52

ProjectManager.com

JUNE 2, 2022

Projects are designed to deliver a product or a service within a specific timeframe and budget, a process that the project manager oversees. If that person is a product manager , he or she may apply a product breakdown structure (PBS). But what is a product breakdown structure?

Prince2 207

Prince2 Risk Management Development Team Review Executing 207

Planio

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Great deliverables sit at the core of every successful project. Whether it’s the meetings you run, the plans you build, or the outputs you create, project deliverables help set stakeholder expectations, guide your team’s work, and monitor your progress. Jump to a section: What are project deliverables? How are they used?

Software Review 88

Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Development Team Review Technical Review 88

ProjectManager.com

JUNE 24, 2020

Projects are made up of a large number of tasks, and keeping track of those tasks is a primary role of a project manager. Sometimes, the tasks in a project all run smoothly and independently of each other, and there are no complexities. What is Float in Project Management? Delay happens.

Monitoring 443

Monitoring Risk Management Planning Software 443

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 23, 2022

This is an edited extract from my book Customer-Centric Project Management , co-authored with Phil Peplow (Routledge, 2012). As any project manager will know, projects do not exist in a vacuum. Typically, the person who stands to gain the most value from a project becomes the project sponsor.

2012 276

2012 Prince2 Defining Software Review 276

LiquidPlanner

AUGUST 25, 2022

Better project engagement can lead to better outcomes. In the project management world, we’re boldly aware of how crucial team synergy is to the project at large. . No project team has time for that. . So what’s a project leader to do? . 3 Project-based questions to ask your team . Information silos?

Critical Chain 158

Critical Chain Software Review Technical Review Development Team Review 158

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 31, 2023

Would you like to make 2023 a successful year for your projects? A while back, I asked project management experts w hat we should be aware of as we go into the new year to achieve their most successful year ever? I’m sure you take away tips and ideas for making this your best year yet managing projects at work.

2023 402

2023 Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Underperforming Technical Team 402

ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Having an event is a like executing a project. Just like a project, event management is the way you make sure everything seamlessly comes together for your stakeholders. Event management can be anything from a birthday party for your kid to a business convention and everything in between. What Is Event Management?

Underperforming Technical Team 207

Underperforming Technical Team Logistics Executing Planning 207

Planio

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

If you work in project management, your job isn’t done until your users are happy — but that isn’t always the case. Data from the Harvard Business Review shows that a meager 35% of projects worldwide are deemed successful by the people who build and use them. That’s where a project implementation plan comes in.

Planning 88

Planning Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Software Developers 88

Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 12, 2022

What are the key skills for working on multiple projects simultaneously? In this article, we’ll dive into the statistics and you’ll learn: The top challenges facing people managing several projects at once The key skills required for managing multiple projects The top tools for prioritizing work day-to-day.

Underperforming Technical Team 371

Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Risk Management Engineering 371

Agilemania

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Scrum is a collaborative and iterative framework for managing complex projects that can be challenging to execute given its fast-paced nature and frequent changes in requirements Scrum emphasizes teamwork, accountability and iterative progress toward a well-defined goal. A Comprehensive Comparison of Scrum Master vs. Project Manager.

SCRUM 88

SCRUM Certification Technical Review Lean 88