Over the past year, the COVID-19 pandemic posed many new challenges for organizations looking to rapidly and effectively scale up their resources to meet project goals. Here are some things …
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Empowering your project portfolio: What is empowerment?
When you are empowered, you understand the importance of asking questions to reveal the information needed to ensure the success of your project portfolio, and leaders understand the importance of …
Is co-location still a viable tool in the age of virtual teams?
I remember, as if it was yesterday, my first large collocated project. The whole team felt like it was Christmas morning and that we had been handed some precious project. …
Tips on how to identify project requirements
Interested in learning about project requirements management? In this video, Alison Mills-Long discusses project requirements management. She details how to identify the requirements of a project and which sources of …
What-If Scenario Planning: Identify Events and Factors with the Fewest Negative Consequences
Change can’t be avoided; it’s an inevitable element in every aspect of work-life and life in general. But when it comes to work and projects, some steps can be taken …
12 Habits of an effective project portfolio manager
I have had the pleasure of working with many effective project portfolio managers. I am a life-long learner and have learned a lot from talking with them and observing them …
Closing or terminating a project, what is the difference?
Potato, “Patate” they are all the same, aren’t they? Well, yes, for the legume apart from the language thrown in. So, are closing and terminating a project/phase the same thing? …
7 Quality management tools for solving problems
Looking for quality management tools? In this PMWorld 360 video, Alison Mills-Long discusses some of the quality management tools a project manager can use to solve problems in their projects. …
The celery test: Why misaligned organizational strategies can hinder growth
Understanding why your organization does what it does can help improve your business strategy and development and better manage change. You go to a conference where all types of people …
How do you know if your risk planning and strategies are working?
As project managers, we often have our plate full when it comes to tracking and documenting the success or failure of a planned outcome. We do tend to focus on …