Category Archives for Project Management Basics
A Short History of Project Management: Project Management Timeline | Video
This video is a bit different. I built a project management timeline of over 30 key events in the history of project management.
Continue reading...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.
Continue reading...12 Essential Things a Project Manager Should do: How are you doing?
What does it take to be a Project Manager? I’ve found 12 essential things that a Project Manager should do… That you should be doing.
Continue reading...8-step Project Success Plan: Your Essential Project Management Template
What a new Project Manager needs most is a simple project success plan that can get you where you need to be.
Continue reading...Project Kick-off Meeting: How to Make Your Next One a Huge Success
A great way to set the tone and do work at the start of your Project is to host a Kick-off Meeting. It is easy to do… but hard to do well.
Continue reading...New Project? What are Your Big 7 Project Management Priorities?
Starting a new project or taking one over, you need to get control quickly. 7 Project Management priorities will get you there quickly.
Continue reading...One Day You’ll Need Our Ultimate Secrets to Project Takeover
Taking over an existing project is not ideal. How can you make your next project takeover succeed? One day you’ll need our ultimate secrets.
Continue reading...12 Vital Project Management Rules You Need to Follow
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...Do You Know How to Craft the Perfect Project Name?
Does your Project Name matter? The name we hear can color our perception of a project. But naming projects is tricky, so how can you get it right?
Continue reading...Key Project Management Deliverables: The Documentation You Really Need | Video
Running a project means creating a whole set of project management deliverables. Which ones do you really need, so you can deliver it in an accountable way?
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