BLUF Communication in Project Management
Projects are full of detail. Deep and wide detail. Yet, while we must master the detail, we must communicate up, down, and across the organization. Is …
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Project Management Focus Tips: Begin with the End
All too often projects take on a life of their own and people lose sight of its purpose. How can you find a navigational tool for communicating …
Continue ReadingTime for a Sanity Check: Project Management Strategies
As a project manager, you must bring order to the chaos that is often close at hand in the form of recommendations, ideas or actions that can …
Continue ReadingTips for Project Managers: Analyzing Roles and Relationships
Considering formal and informal organization structure is part of your due diligence. So the question is, what value can this information provide you …
Continue ReadingCan Global PM Teams Tackle Agile Projects?
I pose the question, is global project management possible for agile projects? Agile teams, primarily for software development projects, necessarily …
Continue ReadingIs Global Project Management an Irreversible Trend?
The trend has been toward more enabling technologies, especially the internet, global markets and expanding trade. This has effected the project …
Continue ReadingIs the Trend to Global PM Irreversible?
Despite rumblings of nationalism, shoring up borders and questioning trade across the globe, the underpinnings of global PM are permanent and part of …
Continue ReadingWhy Project Managers Must Think Globally
We have global markets, use global supply chains, leverage global logistics, hire a global workforce and deploy a global financial structure. How, in …
Continue ReadingHow to Create the Project Organization section of your Project Charter
Impress your client with a well-considered Project Charter, focusing on the Project Organization section. This article uses the example of a project …
Continue ReadingHow to Write the Project Considerations Section of a Project Charter
A secure handling of Project Considerations at a level appropriate for the Project Charter is important on any project. Follow this example of a …
Continue ReadingProject Charter Components: Steps for a Comprehensive Project Plan
Learn how to craft a solid Project Plan, as a level appropriate for the Project Charter with an example of a project to implement a customer service …
Continue ReadingProject Management Charter: The Importance of Your Project Definition
Learn how to impress your client with a well-considered Project Charter, focusing on the Project Definition section. This article uses the example of …
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