The Hidden Costs of Free Project Management Software
Are you looking for a new PM tool and restricting your search to those that claim to be free? Before you settle in with a particular option, you may …
Continue ReadingA Review of Asana's Task Management Solution for Teams
Asana is a task management system that is attracting a lot of attention in the business world. We’ll push the media hype aside and look at the …
Continue ReadingDeveloping a Risk Management Plan: An Integral Piece of Project Management
A Risk Management Plan should never be an isolated after-thought to the rest of your plan. It is an integral part of the project as a whole and needs …
Continue ReadingBasic Description of Earned Value Analysis, Forecasting & To-Complete Performance Index for Project Managers
Part of your job as Project Manager is to keep concerned stakeholders up to date on the progress of your project. This is where Earned Value Analysis …
Continue ReadingShould I Choose an Online or Traditional Classroom PMP Training Program? Examining the Pros & Cons
Before getting your PMP certification, you must complete 35 hours of training. But where to go to get that training? Is the traditional classroom …
Continue Reading10 Change Obstacles That Management Often Overlooks and How to Overcome Them
Projects change and with those changes you need some controls. Along with those controls you also need to be able to recognize the depth and …
Continue ReadingA Review of ProTasker: A Project Management Web-Based Product
ProTasker is a web-based project management product that promises to streamline your tasks and facilitate communication between staff, even if they …
Continue ReadingAre There Really Winners in the Blame Game? Assessing Your Management Skills
Do you blame project failures on company initiatives that were in place before your time? Do you point the finger at external stakeholders for project …
Continue ReadingProject Communication Skills: Mastering Virtual Body Language in Emails, Text Messages and Other Written Communications
Have you ever written what you thought was a clear, concise email only to have others interpret it quite differently? Just as traditional body …
Continue ReadingThree Examples of Poor Risk Management: What Can We Learn From These Projects?
Risk management should be a top priority when working on complex or untried projects. Why, you ask? Necessity is the mother of invention and in risk …
Continue ReadingThe Project Manager Who Cried Wolf: This Time It’s Not a Fairy Tale
Part of being a project leader means understanding how to manage a project. If you are the type where every phase, element and task is deemed urgent, …
Continue ReadingA Project Manager's Take on Occupy Wall Street
Occupy Wall Street and all its Occupy offshoots need nothing so much as a good project management plan. The crusade perches at a precarious juncture. …
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