A project manager is expected to monitor resources, coordinate tasks and manage scope, all while juggling the needs of clients and...
4 key skills of a project manager
It is a given and a prerequisite that project managers must possess certain skills and qualities before they are given the responsibility...
How committed is your project team?
The one thing common to most organisations is that they employ staff across all levels to assist them in realising its goals. But what is...
A beginner’s guide to virtual project management
Managing a project remotely can seem like an intimidating and overwhelming task, but it doesn’t have to be. Virtual project management can...
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...
Review: Hiring for Attitude—Mark Murphy
Hiring for Attitude is a top-rated book by Mark Murphy, chairman and CEO of Leadership IQ. Murphy has used the famous Brown Shorts*...
Emotional engagement and project success
Many projects fail because organisations put their practices before their people. This happens when organisations try to make an...
Identifying project stakeholders
What is a stakeholder? Project success is directly linked to a project manager’s ability to effectively identify and manage stakeholders'...
Review: Professional Practice in Human Service Organisations—McDonald, Craik, Hawkins, Williams
How often are people, whether they are unqualified, just qualified, or volunteers, thrown into the deep end at the start of a job and told...
Review: The Search—Jed Simms, Jon Sturgess
The Search is a guide to project management disguised as a novel. It was first published in 2001 and the principles outlined have stood...