Project management is more structured and complex than a document or case management solution. Many organizations want their legal services to be more disciplined, efficient, competitive, adaptive, profitable, and proactive …
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Increasing engagement through storytelling: Part 1
The lists of skills that Project Managers should seek to develop if interested in growing their competencies are published all the time. I have never found on any of these …
Can you create a reliable cost estimate without knowing the full scope of the project?
Progressive elaboration is a key concept in the discipline of project management. Projects are always evolving and often require a detailed project manager to revisit baselines and modify them with …
Emotional intelligence (EQ) in the un-emotional workplace
While technical skills are very important, emotional intelligence (EQ) skills are just as much if not more important in the people-process-oriented world of project management, otherwise known as “soft skills.” …
The power of using facilitation for your project meetings
There are countless situations in the lifecycle of a project where it is not beneficial or recommended for a Project Manager to lead their own project meetings, focus groups, or …
Techniques to make project scope management more manageable
Project scope management is always a challenge. Here’s how I effectively manage scope without appearing rigid or inflexible and get the change requestor’s skin in the game. When I set …
Examining the link between project management, change, and risk
No organization is immune to change or risk. Especially during the last few years, it seems that change has picked up momentum. It seems at every turn, we face something …
Is your software development project really Agile?
Since the authors of the “Manifesto for Agile Software Development” developed “an alternative to documentation-driven, heavyweight software development processes,” project management practitioners have adopted elements of Agile frameworks, but many …
Lean-Agile PMO
In today’s “right now” business environment, “hurry up and wait” annual planning cycles won’t do! To be fit for purpose, PMO processes deliver value faster than the competition—continuously, and certainly …
How to plan a complex program
As a program is a group of related projects, planning a complex program requires the planning of all projects that compose the program. It is important to have a process …