PM skills

Effective Meetings: Reloaded

May 8, 2013

This is a guest post by Guillermo Solis. Managing successful meetings is not a new subject, but neither is a waste of time to refresh ourselves about how best to manage meetings. Below I have some suggestions to bear in mind before, during and after meetings, when we are in charge of the meeting. These [...]

5 Tips for making better decisions every day

March 13, 2013

This is a guest post by Ben Ferris. The decisions you make every single day on your projects will greatly affect the eventual outcome of them. This means that if you can learn to make better decisions then you should expect to run more successful projects. It sounds really simple and to be honest most [...]

Overcoming bias in project management

January 21, 2013

This is a guest post by Roland Hoffmann. A project manager is the lynchpin of a successful project. Her leadership and guidance is of paramount importance during planning and execution. Since good decision-making is critical for good leadership and guidance, project managers need to know how heuristics (mental disposition) and biases (personal inclinations) influence a project [...]

Win a copy of Emotional Intelligence for Project Managers

November 5, 2012

This is the giveaway I’ve been looking forward to all year. Emotional Intelligence for Project Managers: The People Skills You Need to Achieve Outstanding Results by Anthony Mersino is the book I wish I had written. I reviewed it in 2008 and it is still one of my all-time favourite project management books. This is [...]

Help! The requirements keep changing and I can’t nail them down (part 2)

July 4, 2012

This is an extract from Project Pain Reliever. I contributed two chapters and they are being serialised here over a month. Last week’s extract was about the issues and warning signs related to constantly changing requirements. If you find yourself in a similar situation, here’s what you can do about it. What should I do? [...]

Help! The requirements keep changing and I can’t nail them down (part 1)

June 27, 2012

This is an extract from Project Pain Reliever. I contributed two chapters and they are being serialised here over a month. The last two extracts looked at producing a realistic schedule by involving the team in the planning. Read about the issues and warning signs here, and how to create a collaborative plan here. Today’s [...]

Help! My team doesn’t believe in the schedule (part 2)

June 20, 2012

This is an extract from Project Pain Reliever. I contributed two chapters and they are being serialised here over a month. Last week’s extract was about the issues and warning signs related to planning on your own. If you find yourself in a similar situation, here’s what you can do about it. What should I [...]

Help! My team doesn’t believe in the schedule (part 1)

June 13, 2012

This is an extract from Project Pain Reliever. I contributed two chapters and over the next four Wednesdays you’ll get to read them. Here’s the first extract. The One-Man Plan Hans had spent a lot of time working on his project plan. He knew what needed to be done and how long everything would take. [...]

Project work is growing, but the profession is struggling to keep up

May 30, 2012

Project-related work and the number of project-related jobs are growing too quickly for our approaches to professionalism to keep up. You don’t have to look to hard to see that the world of work is becoming more focused on projects. I don’t think it’s just project professionals who would say that – business leaders are [...]

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