Project 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 …
Continue ReadingApply the Project Management Principles of Monitor/Control and Closure to Parenting
In this article, we will discuss the last two steps of the project management process and associate those with the conventional parenting wisdom. We …
Continue ReadingHow to Apply Project Management Steps to Parenting: Plan and Prepare for Becoming a Parent
This article discusses the project management process and associates them with conventional parenting wisdom. As a caveat, this article does not in …
Continue ReadingThe Importance of Ethics in Project Management
Putting the PMI Code of Ethics, and topic of project management ethics in general, into perspective will enable you to harness ethics as a …
Continue ReadingThe Many Benefits of Caring for Your Project Team's Health
The project team must perform at their peak by ensuring they have all the tools necessary to be successful. An area often neglected during the project …
Continue ReadingHow to Use Balanced Scorecards to Ensure Projects & Strategy are Aligned
How does a project manager ensure that the results of the project maintain close alignment with strategy?
Continue ReadingBetter Project Management: Think Outside of the Park with Sense-Making
Sense-making is a psychology theory that was initiated in the 1970s concerning reasons why we take certain actions on tasks; why we think outside the …
Continue ReadingProject Management Best Practices: Creating Understandable Dashboards
Dashboards are somewhat a way of life for most businesses and even personal use, but are they really used to their best benefit or simply eye candy …
Continue ReadingJournaling by Hand as a Learning and Recording Tool for Project Management
Project managers should keep hand-written journals of projects, placing a few words on paper each day. The advantages include portability in all …
Continue ReadingHow and Why to Teach Kids Project Management
Using children’s books can simplify the project management process by helping adults understand the intricacies of project management without …
Continue ReadingBenefits of Obtaining Cross-Certification for Project Managers
Individuals who obtain certifications primarily do so to be more valuable for the job market. This article shows, through case studies and through …
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