Skills 11 – Project Manager – Australia's online resource for project management professionals

Communication through powerful storytelling

One of the most effective ways to communicate a new idea to your audience is through effective storytelling. Lynda Bourne provides a clear structure to make your project communication more compelling.

June 25, 2013

Communication

Reducing complexity in management communication

We all need access to useful, relevant and current information to help us make decisions and manage in an ever changing world but far too many good ideas are hidden in a fog of academic prose, technical jargon and/or dense, complex writing, writes Lynda Bourne.

May 29, 2013

Communication

Project contractors and your workforce strategy

It has become common practice for organisations to supplement existing staff resources or to seek additional specialised skills and expertise by engaging project contractors. Matthew Franceschini of Entity Solutions explains why.

May 16, 2013

How to manage stakeholder attitudes

Lynda Bourne looks at the various dimensions of a stakeholder’s ‘attitude’ towards you and your project and how these will influence your project’s chance of success.

May 2, 2013

Stakeholders

Results from the PMI 2013 ‘Pulse of the Profession’ Survey

As the global economy slows, project management roles will boom—but do we have the talent to see us through this demand? Pat Weaver analyses the results of PMI’s 2013 ‘Pulse of the Profession’ Survey.

April 30, 2013

Using project controls for effect

Describing scheduling, earned value and financial management as ‘project controls’ is, I would suggest, dangerous! Project controls is a communications process, argues Lynda Bourne.

April 3, 2013

Linking project governance with stakeholder value

It is generally understood that a favourable reputation is a key contributor to organisation’s ability to create sustainable value. Good project governance is a big part of that, writes Pat Weaver.

March 20, 2013

Seeking the high performance project team

It almost sounds too simple, but it is widely recognised that projects generally fail because of human behaviours, not technical issues. Graham Scott on how to build a high performance team.

March 6, 2013

Teamwork

Anatomy of an effective project manager

There are five particular personal characteristics that can make a person effective as a project manager: the need to be an extrovert, to display personal courage, to possess a measure of charisma, to have a ‘can do’ attitude and to be a good team worker, states PM Oracles. Do you agree?

March 5, 2013

Skills