Navigating Success: How to Deliver Excellence with Good Project Governance

Too often, Project Governance is seen as worthy but dull. Yet without it, you, your organization, and your project are at risk.

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Must Read Guides, Project Governance

High-Profile Projects: How to Take Them on and Lead Like a Pro

High-profile projects are riskier than others that get less attention. Profile amplifies the consequences of mistakes. How do you lead them?

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Advice for Project Managers, Must Read Guides, PMI Talent Triangle: Power Skills, Project Communication Management, Stakeholder Engagement

Ten Surprising Project Management Lessons I’ve Learned over the Years

Project Management is a ‘learning endeavor’. So, here are ten of the most valuable Project Management lessons I have learned over the years.

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Advice for Project Managers, Effective Project Manager

Project Business Case: How to Create the Perfect Project Proposal

Why should anyone sponsor and fund a project? It is your Business Case – or Project Proposal – that sets out the answer.

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Must Read Guides, Project Governance, Project Management Basics, Project Management Tools and Techniques, Step-by-step Guides

10 Critical Project Management Concepts You Absolutely Have to Know

If you’re starting out, you may be wondering: what are the most important Project Management concepts that you need to understand?

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Project Management

Agony Angels: Setting up Project Governance – with Rich Maltzman

Where to start with setting up governance for your project? Rich Maltzman and I tackle this question, as we don the wings of two Agony Angels.

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Discussions & Interviews, Podcasts, Project Governance

SRO, Sponsor, Director, or Executive: What does your Project Owner do?

SRO, Project Sponsor, Executive, or Director. They play a vital role in your project’s success or failure. We investigate that role in depth.

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Project Sponsorship

How to Handle a Difficult Project Sponsor: [7 Different Types]

A common challenge is how to handle a difficult project sponsor. We’ll look at seven types of difficult project sponsor, and strategies for handling them.

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Advice for Project Managers, Communication Skills, Decision Making, Leadership Skills, Must Read Guides, Project Governance, Project Sponsorship

Ethics: What’s the Code of Conduct for Project Managers?

Ethics may seem like a dry subject from an ancient branch of philosophy. But a code of conduct is absolutely vital to your life as a Project Manager.

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Advice for Project Managers, Project Governance, Project Leadership, Project Management Career

Project Failure – Why it Happens

No one wants their project to fail. Despite this, project failure is all too common. So is it Possible to Prevent Project Failure? It certainly is, and all you need to do is follow all the principles of good Project Management, including foreseeing and acting on all threats. ‘Easier said than done’ you say. Indeed.

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PMI Talent Triangle: Ways of Working, Project Governance, Project Management Basics