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Project management portmanteau is a project managers professional blog which features a range of topics on managing projects.
2023-04-02 02:43
All projects have proponents-but also those who don’t want the project to move forward for various reasons. This article offers some practical techniques to address and resol… Read More
2023-04-02 02:41
Our webinar Lean-Driven Project Management shared some lean principles and practices and gave examples of how they could be used in a large variety of projects. Here, the pres… Read More
2023-04-02 02:39
We are often trying to do more with less, but when complexity creeps into your organization or your world, you may need to flip the script and do less with more Read More
2023-04-02 02:32
Are we on track? Every team gets asked this, sooner or later, again and again. On agile projects, a key input for answering the question is the product backlog. But it is only as good a… Read More
2023-04-02 02:27
Project management could go a long way toward being better understood-and better appreciated-if it just shared more information in a way people could interpret Read More
Microsoft Project On Steroids
2023-04-01 14:12
Microsoft Project is a great tool to track project performance using Earned Value, but you must adapt it a little bit to have more knowledge inserted. Therefore, the following section will… Read More
2023-04-01 14:08
Microsoft Project help describes Earned Value analysis as “a method for measuring project performance.” It indicates how much of the budget should have been spent in relation to… Read More
2023-04-01 14:04
Well one year after my previous post and I’m back with more ideas to share with everybody. Keep tuned for this week post. Regards, J Read More
2023-04-01 14:01
Seems a new buzz word in the field of Human Resources is talent management. I asked a few HR buddies of mine what talent management means. Basically they said itâ??s for Human Resource… Read More
2023-03-29 21:33
When I manage a project or provide project management training or mentoring I often refer to The Project Management Institute’s Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) nine process groups (Integrati… Read More
2023-03-29 21:25
As project manager’s we need to have a knack for rallying teams toward a common goal rather quickly. Over the years I have used the following key principles and activities to blend tea… Read More
Introduction To EVM – The Toppings
2023-03-29 21:17
Until now, we have been talking about the key values related to a task. But what about work packages? Let us assume the following example: Since no resources are assigned to the Work Packag… Read More
2023-03-29 21:01
The example of last week presents us with some good and bad news. But how much more productive were we and how much behind schedule are we? The EV technique presents us with the results by c… Read More
Introduction To EVM – The Cake
2023-03-29 20:38
Financial Pitfalls Never wonder why each week the project is always on budget but the project always finishes costing more or finishing latter? Imagine that you have a three-day project with… Read More
2017-08-14 21:17
Awhile back I discussed this initiative I was working on and mentioned that this organization ‘bought the car without taking it for a test drive.” Initially I asked about rhe ret… Read More
2017-08-14 21:17
When I first got involved in project management the mantra was to manage the triangle of cost, schedule and quality. If you could manage those pieces you were well on your way to a successfu… Read More
2017-08-14 21:17
Last week I was facilitating a meeting that consisted of an organization’s leadership team to develop a more efficient pricing model Read More
2017-08-14 21:17
Yesterday I was teaching a class on project management and used a baseball analogy to explain the role of the project manager and that the project manager is just one of many team members th… Read More
2017-08-14 21:17
I just finished a project assessment at the request of a client who said her top project was the implementation of a new system. The project was approximately 18 weeks behind schedule when I… Read More
2017-08-14 21:17
Hi, Want to know what is the relationship between the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) and Earned Value? There is a great article about it at http://www.line56.com/articles/default.asp?artic… Read More
2017-08-14 21:17
Hi, The art/science of managing people on a project environment is one of the most important aspects of project management. The project team quality is as good as the quality of the actions… Read More
2017-08-14 21:17
Hi all, This is the first post of a blog with the goal of discussing and exchange ideas about this very broad topic. Hope you enjoy,J Read More
2017-08-14 21:17
Does a project charter need to be constructed for every project that is small and usually executed by the organization? Although a project is a unique endeavour there are in some organizatio… Read More
2017-08-14 21:17
This week I was discussing the need for milestone visibility. Strange topic to be discussing, but it happened! The conversation begun as I was making a point to allow the PM tool (in this ca… Read More
2017-08-14 21:17
Currently I am mentoring three project managers who work in a project management office for a financial services company. The PMO has a meeting every two weeks with the executive team to rev… Read More
2017-08-14 21:17
AgileAlliance published in 2001 a manifesto with the principles that all software development projects should use. In the meantime a current is emerging that states that PMI principles and t… Read More
2017-08-14 21:17
Project Magazine published a PCI study that tries to assess project success and failure rates both within corporations and across Project Management Institute chapters. The main focus of the… Read More
2017-08-14 21:17
Ford canceled the $200 million Everest project (Web purchasing project). The article of ADMag lists several causes for the failure including end-user expectations, integration issues. In the… Read More
2016-09-09 00:30
I’ve been through several big organizational changes in my corporate career. Some were train wrecks, while others rolled smoothly along. I worked for one company where 90% o… Read More
2016-07-11 15:45
The Advantages of Project Management Work Arounds A superb project owner can discover extra cash for necessary work. The project manager is to blame for organizing the way the work will be… Read More
2016-07-05 03:21
Many businesses often employ project managers having the expertise in the specific sector at which project can be involved. Such qualifications will probably be highly desired and have a pow… Read More
2016-04-18 06:34
Pleased to announce I am working with a new colleague Sarah Nicole Humphrey whos been consulting with my blog for a number of years not least in terms of Project management but promotion in… Read More
2012-12-13 19:08
Ah, networking. The process of walking into a roomful of strangers and making the acquaintance of some of them. Simple, right? Simple, but not easy, at least for about 70% of the p… Read More
2012-12-09 03:11
You didn’t really become a project manager because you wanted to work for a living, did you? I get hives just thinking about it. The PM is there to make sure the screws get t… Read More
2012-12-09 02:22
When Early Man* slid down from the trees and stood up on the African savannah, the first thing he did was start looking for sources of risk. (Unless he was unlucky, in which case a risk ate… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
The life cycle methodology is one of the most efficient paths you can take for your business opportunity to follow. This methodology is useful in the business world because of its… Read More

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