Category Archives for Project Management Basics
Why Projects Fail – Five more reasons
In last week’s article, we started to look at the reasons why projects fail. We set out the first five of ten Points of Project Failure.
In this week’s article, we’ll look at the second set of causes. Five more reasons why projects fail.
If you did not read last week’s article, I recommend you do so first.Continue reading…
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.
That’s why we have prepared our two-part guide to Project Failure.
This is an updated version of Part 1 of our guide. We’ll publish Part 2 next week. These have been among our most popular and heavily-read articles, so I hope you’ll enjoy them.Continue reading…
12 Project Management Rules You’d be Wise to Note
When you have been Managing Projects for a while, you will start to notice that some things are always true. Each of these ‘Project Management Rules‘ reminds us of something important about Project Management, so I have been collecting them for nearly 20 years.Continue reading…
What is the Primary Project Hierarchy? | Video
One thing ties together many important project management concepts… so, what is the Primary Project Hierarchy?
So, what is the Primary Project Hierarchy?
Dr Mike Clayton is founder of OnlinePMCourses.com.
Here, he answers this question, in under 5 minutes.
What is Milestone Planning? | Video
Planning is fundamental to all Project Management, and one of the most basic and robust approaches to planning is Milestone Planning.
So what is Milestone Planning??
Dr Mike Clayton is founder of OnlinePMCourses.com.
Here, he answers this question, in under 5 minutes.
What is a Deadline? | Video
Deadline. It sounds scary. Deadlines are scary.
So what is a Project Deadline…
and how does it differ from a Milestone?
Dr Mike Clayton is founder of OnlinePMCourses.com.
Here, he answers this question, in under 5 minutes.
What is a Project Checklist? | Video
A Project checklist can save you time, reduce errors, improve consistency, diminish stress, and even save lives.
So what is a Project Checklist?
Dr Mike Clayton is founder of OnlinePMCourses.com.
Here, he answers this question, in under 5 minutes.
Boost Your Project Team Performance with these Hacks
Sometimes you really need to boost your team performance and get more from your team. Maybe things have gone wrong. Or maybe you’re just part-way through your project and everyone is feeling exhausted. So what can you do to re-energize a team that has been stretched and strained and wants a rest – yet still has work to do.
In this article, we review a wide range of practical strategies. We’ll divide them into sets of ‘hacks’ Each of them works on a different aspect of what contributes to the highest levels of team performance.
Four Sets of Team Performance Hacks
Here are the four sets of hacks we’ll be looking at:
- Physiological Hacks
- Relationship Hacks
- Motivational Hacks
- Management Hacks
Good News from the PMI Pulse of the Profession 2017 Report
The PMI Pulse of the Profession 2017 annual review is called ‘Success Rates Rise’. From the title, we already know it contains good news.
This year, the focus of the PMI’s analysis is on strategic initiatives. But project managers at all levels need to be aware of the major trends and the conclusions the PMI draws. So, in this article, we extract the meat. And we add our own OnlinePMCourses comment to some of the PMI’s own conclusions.
Your Introduction to Capabilities Based Planning (CBP)
The familiar way to start defining your project is with a set of functional requirements. But increasingly, this approach is not meeting the needs of the business or organization; especially with IT projects. A new approach has emerged that is far more rooted into the strategic context. It’s called Capabilities Based Planning (CBP). And one of the leading practitioners is Glen Alleman.
Glen is a heavyweight project manager. He has served on some of the largest, most complex projects. He is also a serious thinker about how we can practice our profession rigorously. It is a privilege to have Glen contribute this introductory article.
