No-one likes bureaucracy. But we do know that some record-keeping is necessary. So, make Project Documentation one of your top priorities.
Continue reading...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.
Continue reading...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.
Continue reading...ITIL is the most widely-used framework for IT Service Management (ITSM). As a Project Manager, you may find yourself delivering IT.
Continue reading...Scoping is the hardest part of Project Management. A Scope Management Plan will help you navigate the scoping process, and take advantage of your hard work.
Continue reading...ITTOs – Inputs, Tools and Techniques, and Outputs. They contain the ‘How to’ of the PMI’s Project Management Body of Knowledge.
Continue reading...Every project has a project budget. But it sometimes feels like a dark art to produce it. After all, you’re a Project Manager, not an accountant.
Continue reading...There’s one Project technique that has the capacity to transform your skillset and raise your Project Management to the next level: the Lessons Learned review. So, in this article, we will take a look at everything you need to know about how to make your next lessons learned meeting a great success.
Continue reading...Project Implementation (aka project delivery or execution) is when things get going. After definition, scoping & planning, it’s time to make things happen.
Here’s where you implement your project, execute your plan, and deliver the benefits your sponsor commissioned. So, although I’d argue that this is the easy bit, you have to get it right.
Risk is inherent in the nature of a project. So, that makes project risk management a central part of the project management toolset.
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