The term “boundaryless” has become a buzzword in business for working across department and division boundaries. It is challenging to get people to work this way within a company, but more and more projects cross significant boundaries and require boundaryless project managers. Here’s a common scenario. You are put in charge of a project that [...]
Read more...You are fully equipped for your project. You have your project schedule, your risk assessment, your issues list, project budget, and communication plan. But what do you communicate to your project sponsor or other stakeholders? Many project managers will communicate only the project schedule, but there are so many other perspectives to present to your [...]
Read more...Congratulations! You’ve been assigned as a project manager for an important project in your company. You are accountable for the success or the failure of a team of people in achieving a goal, delivering a product, or implementing a new system. So where do you begin? There are a lot of tools that you can [...]
Read more...Issues come up in all projects. Some projects seem to attract more than others because of complexity, skill sets, and expectations of project sponsors. Knowing this, it is especially important that you manage issues before they manage you. Issue management is an important part of any project. If you manage issues well, your projects are [...]
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