Below is a video about project management, designed as the start towards making a great project manager. What is a project? (an effort or initiative with a defined beginning and an end). What are the triggers of this initiative? What is project management and what does it mean to you? It [...]
The habit of saying “Good Job”
Strictly speaking, giving praise to team members won’t cost you anything. It’s free. So, if you see any of your project team players doing a spectacular job, don’t hesitate to acknowledge their efforts.
If someone deserves praise, why not provide some? Some managers are old-school, maintaining “work is [...]
Here are some stories highlighted regarding the challenges of project management:
A ZDNet article highlighting aspects of an upcoming book on SOA, regarding savings measured from the reuse of common services within a SOA framework: Intel uses SOA to chip away at integration, project management issues
Even outside the IT arena the three main tips of this [...]
There are several properties that are generic to all project management methodologies, including all of the following:
- A project management methodology should define all of the stages of work. These stages of work may vary based on how an organization wants to chunk out the work, but should define all five “W”s. These five [...]
Project management tasks can be found in every single industry, and the number of project managers in the world has rapidly grown with the popularity of project work. Because there are so many responsibilities which can easily be treated as project manager duties, possessing the right project management skills is an important part of succeeding [...]
Project management was once a much more difficult field of business, involving a lot of paperwork and a lot more work in general. However, project management has changed significantly in recent years with the creation of internet-based free project manager software and tools. These enhancements serve to make every facet of project management much [...]
There are several different ways that project management skills can be learned or developed, one of which is to view a project management video or a complete course.
If you are looking for a way to brush up on your current project management skills, or develop some new ones, check out a project management video [...]
Project management is a highly valued skill which must be learned in order to be properly utilized. In order to be successful in any position that has a project management facet to it, there are a number of different skills and talents that you must possess, or must be able to acquire.
Luckily there are [...]
As some newly-minted (or to-be-minted) project managers may wonder, what are reasons to learn project management? One could think, “If the big business is done on the golf course, I should invest in golfing lessons“.
Could be true. But if golf is not your bag, or you work for an anti-golfing think [...]
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