Education

7 trends in project management for 2014

Project managers and industry experts are continuously reimagining project management and pushing the envelope to fuel its evolution. So what should we look out for this year? Krishna Kumar offers some predictions.

February 6, 2014

Why projects fail

The project management industry has matured and grown significantly over the past 15 years, but a large number of projects still fail. Why is this the case? Jeroen Bolluijt and Brett Nan Tie believe a lack of data is part of the reason.

February 5, 2014

Project management software review: activeCollab

activeCollab sports all the features you’d expect from a project management system, with the basics—projects, milestones, tasks, and subtasks—very well thought through, writes Anselm Christophersen.

November 5, 2013

Tools

Are numbers real?

Numbers in the form we know and use today appeared in the 13th century when Italian mathematician Fibonacci, published the Liber Abaci. But, asks Pat Weaver, given our reliance on mathematics for virtually everything, how ‘real’ is a system that cannot define the ratio between the diameter and circumference of a circle but can generate fascinating sequences?

October 29, 2013

Theory

Successful IT implementation through effective project management

It’s no secret that poor project management is the primary reason major IT implementations fail. James Paterson shows how effective project management can lift the success rate.

October 17, 2013

The frontier of project management technology

Technology solutions are available to help meet some project’s challenges—but they won’t solve everything and can raise new problems, writes Andrew Reid.

August 21, 2013

Tools

Review: Crucial Accountability—Patterson, Grenny, Maxfield, McMillan & Switzler

The authors of the renowned Crucial Conversations have focused their talents on practical ways to restore and raise accountability in the workplace. Review by Ian Sharpe.

July 29, 2013

Tools

Project contractors add to skills bank

Almost one quarter of prospective employees don’t have the skills required by the employer, reports Matthew Franceschini, a problem best addressed through a combination of planning, investment in training and education, and the judicious use of skilled project contractors.

June 11, 2013

Education

Does your project suffer from spreadsheet errors?

There is not a project in this world that does not use spreadsheets from time to time and many are run exclusively by spreadsheets. Unfortunately, 88% of project spreadsheets suffer from errors, writes Patrick Weaver, and project managers need to do something about it.

May 14, 2013

Tools