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Making The Changes Necessary To Become A Brilliant Project Manager

The role of a project manager is both a coveted and feared position. On the one hand, it’s easy to see that being a project manager gives you an excellent opportunity to be at the center of things and to be directly responsible for a project coming to life. The fear is somewhat along the

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5 Tips on How to Deal with Challenging Stakeholders

October 8, 2019 | Andy Makar

It is rare to find a project that doesn’t have difficult or challenging stakeholders.  Teams form, storm, normalize, and eventually reach the performing stage. Before teams can normalize and perform, the team will storm as different points of view impact the project’s direction. Challenging stakeholders and demanding customers are part of a project manager’s day...

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Team Building Activities to Enhance Your Company Culture

October 1, 2019 | Team LiquidPlanner

Team building activities can be an enjoyable part of workplace culture. They can also build meaningful bonds that help teams excel even more in their collaborative projects. Here are some ideas that can help you grow your company culture with group activities. Mixing Fun and Purpose Since the goal of team building activities is to...

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Be the Eye of the Hurricane – Navigating a Project Storm

September 24, 2019 | Andy Silber

Sometimes managing a project can feel like you’re in the midst of a hurricane, where chaos dominates and screaming is your only hope of communication. It’s a commonly held belief that the center of a hurricane—the eye—is perfectly calm. So while your project might suddenly become a raging storm of epic proportions, your best course...

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Ask A PM: How to Convince My Team to Use Time Tracking

September 17, 2019 | Elizabeth Harrin

Dear Elizabeth: I’m trying to implement time tracking with my team. The most difficult aspect is changing people’s perception and getting buy in to do the timesheets. In the past, managing and reporting time was never required, but our company has moved on in project management maturity and in the work we do. Now we...

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Seven Future Trends in Project Management

September 3, 2019 | Alison Coleman

In this milestone 50th year for the Project Management Institute it’s natural to want to look back at the significant trends have shaped the project management profession over the last five decades, namely globalization of the discipline, and the explosion of methods, techniques and practices being applied to projects. Looking ahead, new trends continue to...

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Why a PMP Certification Is Important for Your Career

August 27, 2019 | Daniela McVicker

The PMP, also known as project management professional certification, is unbiased proof of a person’s project management talents and expertise. It is accepted worldwide and gives better career opportunities, credibility, and increased income for those who have acquired it. As a PMP, an individual can work in virtually any industry or location. While you need...

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Ask a PM: How to Juggle Everything without Overloading Your Brain

August 20, 2019 | Elizabeth Harrin

Dear Elizabeth: I manage multiple projects, and the team juggles a lot. I’m worried about keeping so many pieces in my mind at once so that nothing slips through. I’ve tried various methods of tracking everything, and while some have worked for a while, most ceased to be effective at some point or became more...

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Uniting the Multigenerational Workforce

August 13, 2019 | Alison Coleman

Employers understand the importance of diversity in the workforce and with many organizations now employing five or six generations of employees, they have ready access to a diverse pool of mature and emerging talent that can bring enormous benefits to the business. However, this can also create challenges. How do employers motivate and engage multiple...

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Accepting “Congratulations” for the Road Less Traveled

August 6, 2019 | Andy Silber

A year ago, my wife and I decided to uproot our family and move to Ireland, where we have citizenship through her grandfather. She had bicycled around the island in the 1990s, but I had never even visited. As of this writing, we have no place to live or jobs, just a flight landing in...

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Is Joining a PMO the Right Career Move for You?

July 30, 2019 | Andy Makar

In your project management career, you’ll have multiple opportunities to perform different project management roles ranging from a project analyst to a program manager. A typical project manager career path takes this progression: Project Coordinator Project Manager Senior Project Manager Program Manager Portfolio Manager One job role missing from the PM career path is a...

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Ask a PM: What to Do When Your Sponsor Is Too Busy

July 23, 2019 | Elizabeth Harrin

Dear Elizabeth: We have quite an established project management office, and we use a standard methodology and tools. My team is good, they have experience, and we work well together. My problem is with the levels above me. My sponsor won’t even meet me. She’s a very senior executive, and I can’t get past her...

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If Risk Is Your Business, Do It Better Than Captain Kirk

July 16, 2019 | Andy Silber

As a great philosopher and chewer of scenery, Star Trek’s James T. Kirk once said, “Risk is our business”—nothing great can be accomplished if you’re not willing to take some risks. I like to say, “If failure isn’t an option, then innovation isn’t an opportunity.” However, risk must be managed carefully. In “Return to Tomorrow,”...

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