When taking a portfolio view, strategy drives projects. Projects are not stand-alone activities within an organization. Project management is a method of managing change within an organization to provide something …
Top Project Management Articles
Conquering agile with power and style
During some recent work with a client company that is new to the use of Agile frameworks for managing technology projects; the client’s author and a manager set up a …
How to transition from a PMO to an EPMO
According to Gartner, senior executives in most of the largest companies in America will come to rely heavily on EPMOs to implement company-wide strategies and remain innovative. Today and tomorrow’s …
3 Ps of project management
Planning and managing a project involves many elements that cannot be included in one article. However, factoring in the 3 Ps of project management can help. What are the 3 …
How to create a balanced project portfolio
Looking for a way to create a balanced project portfolio? Companies can maximize project benefits and minimize overall project risks by balancing project portfolios. Executives have to analyze and balance …
Lack of executive engagement
Is there a lack of executive engagement in project management? We often read about the critical success factors for project success. There are even a number of articles written about …
How should you assess project management methodologies?
Assessing and choosing the best project management methodologies (PMM) is essential. However, assessing which one works best for a particular project is complicated. While no “best” project management methodology works …
Agile estimation: Feature and story sizing scales
Agile practitioners often bring differing points of view on their sizing scales for feature and story point estimating. It is important for scrum masters, product owners, and teams not to …
Before we dive into the benefits of program management, we need to make sure we understand what program management is. The Project Management Institute defines program management as “A group …
Elicitation Techniques in Business Analysis
Elicitation techniques used by business analysts; what is it and how is it used in business analysis? One of the most important skills a business analyst should have is the …