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The Black Swan is a book about risk, by polymath, Nassim Nicolas Taleb. It has an essential lesson about risk management.
...Elizabeth Harrin’s new book is called: ‘Engaging Stakeholders on Projects: How to harness people power’. She answers 5 questions.
...Project Cost Management is hard. But there’s little your sponsor, client, or Finance Director care about more than your budget and how you control it.
...The Daily Stand-up Meeting is a part of many Agile Project Management approaches. But in my experience, the idea pre-dates Agile.
...Before you aim for promotion, focus on not getting fired. Here’s a question I was asked: why were you fired? If you haven’t been what is your secret?
...It’s too easy to thing of PMI certification as a one-trick pony: PMP. But, the range of PMI certificate options can often be a surprise.
...A Monte Carlo Simulation is a way to assess the level of risk across a whole project. So, it’s vital knowledge for any Project Manager.
...‘It’ll Never Fly’ How often have you heard words like that on your project? Or maybe you’ve said them. If so, you’re in danger of ‘Confirmation Bias’.
...Team motivation is tricky. Your project team comes together at short notice, and don’t know one another. But motivation is key to boost their performance.
...Your relationship with your Project Sponsor is crucial to the success of your project – and to your success as a Project Manager.
...It may sound contradictory, but sometimes, for influencing stakeholders, you need to start at the bottom! I’ll give you 4 smart reasons why.
...Waterfall is a term we hear a lot in Project Management. But there are still too many project managers who don’t know what it really means.
...Waterfall Project Management is a specific approach to tackling a project. It is linear and follows a series of stages or phases.
...It can easily happen to a Project Manager. The work builds up. The problems increase. Deadlines loom. Before you know it, you’re feeling overwhelmed.
...Is your project a happy place? I hope so. But can you deliberately raise morale without going all ‘happy-clappy’? Well, yes you can.
...ITIL is the most widely-used framework for IT Service Management (ITSM). As a Project Manager, you may find yourself delivering IT.
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