Starting a career in project management
Project management is a dynamic field that operates in unpredictable working environments and creates a variety of challenges. If you're...
Project management lessons from firefighting
The very worst fire plan is no plan. The next worst is two plans. Let no man's ghost return to say his training let him down....
Mindfulness in managing risk
Mindfulness has its roots in Eastern religion, although it is also used therapeutically to treat a variety of psychological conditions...
How to please a project stakeholder
Money is not the only reason people care about projects. Securing buy-in from stakeholders can be one of the most difficult areas to...
Business planning for project workers
Nothing demonstrates commitment to a client as much as being organised and professional. As an independent professional (IPro) you are...
Predicting project completion
Working out the probable completion date for a project and understanding the risks associated with achieving a target date have always...
Confidence tricks for project managers
“We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face... we must do that...
Attention all project managers!
With a plethora of technology at our fingertips, it's easy to think we have the realm of communication sorted. But what about the finite...
10 military strategies for project resource planning
Custer’s Last Stand, otherwise known as the Battle of the Little Bighorn, has almost become synonymous with failure. The year was 1876,...
10 ways to deal with change in an IT service project
Building and deploying IT services, particularly to many different stakeholders in a large organisation, can be fraught with planning,...