Skills 12 – Project Manager – Australia's online resource for project management professionals

Manager levers for employee engagement

What characteristics do managers need to have to promote a culture of high engagement? Elissa Farrow provides a list to guide you.

March 1, 2013

The project manager’s guide to BIM roles

Having the proper personnel is one of the most critical factors to successful implementation and integration of building information modelling (BIM). Paul Sancandi looks at the various roles.

February 25, 2013

Teamwork

How to build daily engagement

Connection between work and organisational strategy is critical part of building employee engagement. Elissa Farrow says there’s a lot you can do to build engagement in day-to-day activities.

February 14, 2013

Building a high engagement culture

In this series, Elissa Farrow charts the importance of high engagement for your project team and how that engagement translates into project success down the line.

January 29, 2013

The benefits of managing your project sponsor

There is a direct link between the organisation’s decision to make an investment in a selected project and the need for the organisation to adapt so it can make effective use of the deliverables. Dr Lynda Bourne says the key is for project managers and teams to learn to ‘advise upwards’ and manage their sponsors.

January 8, 2013

How project managers can boost customer service to stakeholders

Most projects develop a list of stakeholders as part of their communication planning and include customers, clients or ‘end users’ in the list and then get on with the work of the project. Lynda Bourne says there’s more you can do to deliver great customer service.

December 11, 2012

Stakeholders

Psychology and project management

Psychological aspects of a project manager play a pivotal role in problem solving and decision making, which is sometimes the difference between success and failure of a project, proposes Dr Manikantan Poonkundran.

December 7, 2012

Skills

Project value management for differing stakeholders

The only purpose of undertaking a project, a program or any other business activity is to create value. If the activity destroys value, you are better off doing nothing, writes Pat Weaver. Here’s how to identify value for different stakeholders.

November 27, 2012

What makes a successful project manager?

A project manager’s success must primarily come from their leadership qualities, and their expertise and ability to ‘walk the talk’. It is not necessary to know everything about the project being delivered, but people skills are paramount, note PM Oracles.

November 22, 2012