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Business planning for project workers

As an independent professional you’ll find yourself juggling multiple projects and clients, all without the benefit of a manager to keep you on track. Matthew Franceschini on why business planning is essential for project workers.

May 15, 2014

Professional Development

10 military strategies for project resource planning

Custer’s Last Stand, otherwise known as the Battle of the Little Bighorn, has almost become synonymous with failure. But what if he’d had Jerry Manas’ 10 strategies for project resource planning?

May 1, 2014

Lessons Learnt

10 ways to deal with change in an IT service project

Building and deploying IT services, particularly to many different stakeholders in a large organisation, can be fraught with planning, service delivery and recruitment of internal supporters. Here are Laith Habib’s 10 tips for successful transitions in an IT service project.

April 30, 2014

6 ways to take charge as a project manager

Many employees work hard at their allotted roles, getting lost in the minutiae of their assigned tasks without getting a real feel for how they are contributing to their projects as a whole. Doreen Brown explains how a project manager can change things.

March 10, 2014

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 of managing projects. According to Rajiv Mathur, here are four they need to call upon in the midst of a project.

February 28, 2014

Basic
Skills

Plotter or pantser: what kind of project manager are you?

Are you a pioneer project manager comfortable with uncertainty? Or do you need a detailed plan to go forward, and a customer who knows what s/he wants? Adeline Teoh on the startling similarities between project managers and novelists.

February 21, 2014

Blogs

Brand management for project contractors

More and more workers are adopting the life of a project contractor and this in turn means more competition for contract roles. How can project contractors take control, enhance their capability and define their marketability? Matthew Franceschini on personal branding.

February 20, 2014

Professional Development

Destination unknown: can project managers work without a map?

It’s all about the skill of the project manager. It’s a matter of keeping track of activities, re-balancing, taking account of risks, resource constraints, managing scope… Baloney! Bruce Nixon says you can’t succeed if you don’t know where you’re going.

February 19, 2014

Scope