By Ben Snyder, CEO of Systemation
Project management heavily relies on estimating, with project success being often dependent on our ability to estimate. However, as perfect estimating accuracy is unrealistic, perhaps we should focus on adjusting our expectations first.
Estimating . . . predicting . . . forecasting, these are three different [...]
By By Ben Snyder, CEO of Systemation
Ensuring your project plan stays healthy is not as complicated as it may seem: all it takes is managing four assumptions and tracking a set of metrics. Learn how to diagnose and heal your project easily and effectively.
Nobody likes dealing with a sick project, [...]
By By Dave Nielsen
Breaking the work down is the first step to proper set of work packages and project manager`s ability to control a software project. Here are some tips and tricks to help you build a successful software system and deliver the best results possible.
Why Break the Work Down?
At [...]
By Nancy Settle-Murphy
Even the most talented teams can fall apart suddenly and unexpectedly. Experienced leaders, however, know the contributing factors and all the right solutions to engage your players as well as to start a successful project – and keep it going.
This wasn’t just any collapse. This was a whirling [...]
By ExecutiveBrief
Improving your overall sponsorship management, performance and customer satisfaction will definitely gain you a serious competitive advantage. Here is a real life case study to help you grow your project management maturity level step-by-step.
In this post, we’ll look at a company that found itself at a competitive disadvantage because [...]
By ExecutiveBrief
Whether you are a project manager planning for a smooth implementation of a plan or a project sponsor on whose decisions a project depends, you cannot escape from the fact that project estimation is essential to its success. In the first place, there are three basic requirements that a project [...]
By ExecutiveBrief
Battling the problem of multitasking, or rather “drifting” attention, during a virtual meeting is familiar to any leader who`ve had at least one of those. Learn how to lead a successful virtual meeting using some simple methods.
We try to pay more attention during virtual meetings. We really do! But [...]
By Adele Sommers, Ph.D
Do you have difficulty engaging in budget discussions for new projects, particularly during initial client meetings when it can be tempting to make promises that will be challenging to carry out? If so, you’re not alone! This article explores five ways to help you gracefully avoid backing yourself [...]
By ExecutiveBrief
Bringing change to any team or process always starts with people promoting the new idea, also known as “influencers”. Being those of the influencer type may not be enough, though. Here are some insightful concepts to help with your change realization.
Let’s face it. If you want people to adopt [...]
By ExecutiveBrief
Instead of the vague generalities about project management benefits isn`t it better to talk business: estimated project cost and planned project budget? Knowing the potential savings from implementing good project management will help you recover more – and lose less.
Project managers love to pronounce how much good project [...]
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