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Review: The Change Book by Krogerus & Tschäppeler

The Change Book contains 52 different models of change designed to help us understand our ever-shifting world. Instead, Adeline Teoh finds a case of too much of little depth.

February 15, 2013

Theory

The project manager’s guide to succeeding without winning

Most of the time, ‘succeeding’ and ‘winning’ are interchangeable. But what happens if you break the project while fitting it into the triangle of time, cost and quality? asks editor Adeline Teoh.

December 4, 2012

Blogs

3 ways to stop procrastinating on your project

For anyone prone to procrastination, the intense, deadline-filled world of project management can certainly present a challenge.

November 15, 2012

Basic
Time

10 goal-setting tips for project managers

Project managers are always thinking of the goals of their project when they should also consider their personal aims. Here are 10 ways to fast-track your goal-setting, writes Michelle LaBrosse.

October 24, 2012

Blogs

Agile, programs and benefits management

A benefit is a positive outcome that stems out of the use of a product or capability; it is an outcome of the execution of the strategy. Michel Thiry examines how benefits management works for both programs and Agile projects.

October 1, 2012

A reality check for project managers

Are you ignoring reality in your project planning? Editor Adeline Teoh on how sleeping knee-to-knee with six Slovaks on a train showed her the gap between plans and execution.

August 28, 2012

Blogs

The 3 most important numbers in project management

There are three numbers that should be indelibly burned on every sponsor, steering committee member, investment committee member and project manager’s mind when approaching projects. These three numbers are 15%, 35% and 5%—Jed Simms explains why.

August 14, 2012

Blogs

Project management software review: LiquidPlanner

If you haven’t heard of LiquidPlanner, it’s essentially a down-to-earth approach to scheduling and project management. The magic is in its planning philosophy: scheduling tasks based on priority, not deadlines. User Alek Mlynek reviews this planning and scheduling tool.

June 20, 2012

Tools