Software is a Tool, Not the Answer to Project Planning & Control
No matter what the job is at hand, great tools in the hands of a trained professional will lead to exceptional results. But what about providing great tools to an untrained person? Would you expect...
View ArticleConducting a Useful Post Mortem Analysis
Once a project is complete, take some time to review what was successful and what needs improvement. By evaluating each project in retrospect, you’ll be able to apply the lessons learned to future...
View ArticleDocumentation Tips: Archival
At the end of each project, it’s important to ensure your documentation – including e-mails, invoices, contracts, schedules, diagrams and anything else related to the project – can be easily located,...
View ArticleProject Management : The Power of the Checklist
Good resource management keeps the project management consulting team running at full speed. Vendors and collaborators may change from project to project, and even from phase to phase, but checklists...
View ArticleProject Management Documentation Tips: Forms & Templates
Forms and templates are the foundation for many types of project documents. Rather than putting unnecessary effort into creating new forms for each project, the use of existing forms and templates can...
View ArticleGoing Beyond Mentoring
Mentoring remains an important way for project management professionals to expand their knowledge base (6 reasons-mentoring still matters), but sometimes your needs go beyond what a mentor can provide....
View ArticleConfronting Challenges by Adding a Project Management Consulting Firm to Your...
There are many reasons that corporate executives turn to external consultants to provide project management support for their projects. The challenges that organizations face include: sub-par project...
View ArticleTHE TASK CONUNDRUM
In project management, there are two schools of thought on doling out tasks to team members—assign all tasks at the beginning of the project, or assign them as they come up in the project schedule....
View ArticleIDEAS INTO ACTION: WHAT HAPPENS AFTER BRAINSTORMING?
Many project management teams are good at brainstorming new ways to make their processes more efficient and to devise strategies that allow them to have repeatable successes. But sometimes moving those...
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