The short answer is no. At least, not by itself. When used effectively, Slack is a powerful add-on to your project management toolkit.Slack is a collaboration tool for teams. With more and more teams operating in a virtual environment, and stakeholders wanting instant answers, it’s a great way ... READ the POST
Can you use Slack for project management?
7 Ethics Tips For Project Managers
A project manager approached me recently with a problem. She knew that some of the data that was being submitted in internal reports was – frankly – made up. It was made up with the best intentions from educated guesses and extrapolation.It’s probably fairer and less controversial to say that it ... READ the POST
How to Use the SCARF Framework to Manage Change on Projects
In a recent interview we asked Carole Osterweil, author of Project Delivery, Uncertainty and Neuroscience – A Leader’s Guide to Walking in Fog for her top tip for working in a VUCA environment.VUCA environments are volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous.Carole OsterweilVUCA ... READ the POST
The Ultimate Guide to Easy Dashboards for Projects
How do you get a quick overview of what is happening on your project?When deadlines seem to be zooming past at a frightening rate, and this is only one of several projects you are juggling at the same time, it can feel like you don’t have a grip on what’s happening on your project.You are ... READ the POST
7 Tips for Easily Improving Project Risk Management with templates
Risk management is a staple skill of project managers. As the project environments we work in get more and more complex, with greater levels of uncertainty and more transformative, disruptive projects, being able to deal with risk remains top of the list of desirable skills for managers in all areas ... READ the POST
Managing Team Conflict and Strategies for Conflict Resolution
Projects can be a hotbed of conflict. From the difficult stakeholder who wants to undermine the project’s success to a disagreement about a feature of a deliverable, project work lends itself to workplace conflict situations.And project managers contribute hugely to that because we go out and look ... READ the POST