Often those of us involved in a project are simply too close to daily issues to see the potential for real value-adding innovations and opportunities, writes Roger La Salle. Here’s how to find inspiration from outside a project.
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For anyone prone to procrastination, the intense, deadline-filled world of project management can certainly present a challenge.
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Managing a project remotely can seem like an intimidating and overwhelming task, but it doesn’t have to be. Virtual project management can result in lower business costs, access to a wider pool of talent, and increased flexibility for everyone involved, writes Megan Webb-Morgan.
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In many organisations there are people that simply object to everything and resist change at every turn so how can we best implement innovation or value adding changes? Innovation expert Roger La Salle provides some advice on how to create buy-in in resistant environments.
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If you haven’t already discovered the game Angry Birds, you may be missing out on some valuable project management lessons, writes Liz Pearce. Now, if only PMI would grant PDUs for the time we spend playing it…
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The objective of programs is to produce business level benefits by linking strategy to projects but little management rhetoric has made its way into program management literature and practice. Michel Thiry explains the program management lifecycle.
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Armed with savvy change agents, smart organisations leverage their project managers’ skills to manage the inevitable shifts in the business landscape. IT change agents need to call on their other essential business skills: business savvy, communications, critical thinking, financial know-how and even coaching and mentoring.
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Demand for interim managers in Australia has increased steadily, and it is becoming a more attractive and recognised career option as businesses embrace specialist expertise for specific internal projects and restructuring activities, says Richard Dunks.
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Karen Williams questions why we find it so difficult to deliver effective feedback and proposes a guide for project managers working with a cross-generational project team.
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Hiring for Attitude is a top-rated book by Mark Murphy, chairman and CEO of Leadership IQ. Prabesh Aryal provides his review:
“I believe this book would be a very good reference for project managers to assemble an attitude oriented project team.”
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