Portrait of a career project manager
A significant number of project managers now have some sort of accreditation in the discipline and expect those coming in to complete...
Project controls versus project schedules
Scheduling was developed as a scientific computer based modelling process at a time when ‘command and control’ was the dominant management...
Professional development key to project management career
Results from the Professional Project Management survey conducted by Project Manager online show that more than 90% of project managers...
When to use a consultant on your project
Imagine that your company is in the midst of an important new software deployment. Your IT team has been planning and preparing for nearly...
Review: The Well-Balanced Leader—Ron Roberts
Ron Roberts agrees with 1970s Australian band Skyhooks that 'Ego is Not a Dirty Word'. In fact he says some ego is essential for leaders...
Project teams and the feedback loop
Internet users across the globe are sending an estimated 60 billion emails a day. The average person spends more than two years of their...
Don’t risk missing opportunities
Risk management is meant to be dry and boring. Mostly it is. But I was fortunate enough a few years ago to attend an advanced risk...
Project management at speed
As we cruise through our career path, it can be tempting to fall into comfortable patterns and turn autopilot on as we coast from project...
Project management and modern warfare
Project management as a discipline may have had its origins in war. Certainly, its early development occurred during World War II,...
For project management and beyond
International Women's Day reminds us that women hold up half the sky–and that the girls of the future may just need to wear spacesuits on...