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Are You a Project Leader or a Project Follower?
You may be in charge of the project, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that you are leading it. Many project managers find themselves chasing after their project, and seem to never catch up with what...
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Do Annual Performance Reviews Kill Productivity?
Most people like to get feedback. Whether it’s praise or constructive feedback, knowing how you are doing boosts productivity and keeps your work on track. But annual performance reviews? Yawn. Nearly...
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Is Project Management Certification Necessary?
Do you need to be certified as a project manager? If you are serious about managing projects as a career then that is definitely a question you’ll be asking yourself at some point. But many other...
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Is Too Much Process Getting in the Way of Productivity?
Management gurus will tell you that the bureaucracy around process is an area ripe to be reviewed if you want to boost productivity. Too much process can stop your team from achieving their full...
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How To Avoid Multitasking Your Team
We’re all aware of the pull of the flashing light on a smartphone. I’ve got an alert! Awesome! Someone wants me for something and I must check it now! All too often my alerts turn out to be a mundane...
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How To Plan A Project Budget
Your project has been approved in principle and now you need to work out how much it is going to cost in detail. The powers that be want you to justify how you got to that big round number in the...
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How to Beat Business Disruption in Bad Weather
January 2015 saw many areas on the East Coast of the United States brought to a standstill by up to 30 inches of snowfall. The Boston Globe reported that the economic fallout of that blizzard could...
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Buyers’ Guide for Beginners Selecting PM Software
We’ve learned through experience that managing work with spreadsheets and emails is not sufficient for today’s projects and lacks the efficiency necessary to complete work in a timely fashion within...
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How to Solve A Problem in 5 Minutes
“If I had an hour to solve a problem I’d spend 55 minutes thinking about the problem and 5 minutes thinking about solutions.” — Albert Einstein If it’s good enough for Einstein… Perhaps we should all...
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The Key to Better Brainstorming with Your Team
If I need to solve a thorny problem on one of my projects, I turn to brainstorming. My team and I get together, frame the problem and go for it – calling out different ideas and building on each...
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