What are best practices implementations, and how do you develop and deploy them in your projects? Best practices are typically guidelines or standards used in a specific area of practice …
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What is the measure of a successful project?
Historically speaking, project managers have always seen the measure of a project’s success related to what you might have come to know as the “iron triangle” or quadruple constraints. A …
How to prepare for a project kick-off meeting and what to cover
Project kick-off meetings are critical to a successful project launch and not having a plan in place for how to structure the meeting can have the project start off on …
Do you know the difference between scope and requirements?
Scope and requirements are interrelated concepts. Projects in your portfolio should be creating and managing both. What is the difference between the two? Why do you need both? Why is …
5 Reasons why you should be using risk management on every project?
There are still a great number of projects led by competent Project Managers (PMs) out there that do not use risk management to its full capacity or intent. Most of …
Creating a project charter for a Six Sigma project
What is Six Sigma? Six Sigma is a business process improvement methodology designed to improve business processes by decreasing variability and defects. The term Sigma is used to describe the quality of …
Are You An Inclusive Project Leader? Podcast
In this podcast, Cornelius Fichtner interviews Agata Czopek about what it means to be an inclusive project leader. They talk about the reality that diversity is a fact and inclusion …
Program management in industry 4.0
While attending the PMI Turkey Chapter Summit I heard the best definition of Industry 4.0 from Ali Rıza Ersoy, program management, Deputy General Manager and Digital Factory Division Manager of …
Project Management Office (PMO) – Foundational goals to drive results
What is the PMO foundation and PMO goals? “Projects are usually undertaken to either solve a problem or take advantage of an opportunity. The probability that the project – even …
Part 2 – How to build a culture of appreciation
If your company is looking for ways to build a culture of appreciation, look no further. In my last post, I advocated for looking for things to appreciate in yourself, …