Sarah Coleman is co-author of Project Leadership, a book in its third edition exploring how leadership and project management intertwine. The last edition came out 16 years ago - yes, people were talking about project leadership even then! I caught up with Sarah to find out more about what effect a ... READ the POST
What To Do When Your Team Doesn’t Believe The Project Schedule
This is an extract from Project Pain Reliever. I contributed this chapter (and another one) to the book. This one is about ensuring everyone buys into the project schedule. The One-Man Plan: A Story Hans had spent a lot of time working on his project schedule. He knew what needed to be ... READ the POST
Project Management Collaboration Tools FAQ
I ran a subscriber-only webinar a while back about trends in project management collaboration tools and the barriers to adopting new technology in a project environment. I think people had a great time and the feedback was fantastic. I certainly got a bigger buzz out of presenting my own webinar ... READ the POST
RAID in Project Management
Ever wondered what RAID is all about in project management? You'll hear project managers talking about their RAID logs as part of how to manage a project, or updating the RAID, but what does it all mean? Get a RAID log template as part of a complete project workbook here. In this article, we ... READ the POST
3 Easy Ways To Make a Gantt Chart (+ Free Excel Template)
If you manage projects, you will have come across a Gantt chart. Even if you don’t manage projects but are involved in project teams, or you manage Agile projects – Gantt charts are everywhere. I have used Microsoft Project for many years and it creates great Gantt charts. But MS Project, and ... READ the POST
What is Stakeholder-led Project Management?
“I am convinced that stakeholders must always impact upon the way we manage our projects,” writes Louise M. Worsley in Stakeholder-led Project Management: Changing the Way We Manage Projects. “I hope I can convince you.” I’m probably the ideal audience for this book: I don’t need convincing. I ... READ the POST
How To Avoid The 4 Sins of Meetings
Have you ever been in a meeting where one person dominated the conversation? I have. The person I’m thinking of was a senior manager. Very well respected and a lovely guy. But he hadn’t done a hands-on frontline job with customers for quite some time. The meeting was to discuss processes. ... READ the POST
10 Tips to Get the Most out of Attending Conferences
It’s conference season (isn't it always? -- there's always something happening) so time to dust off your networking skills and get prepared for your industry conference. Get conference ready The more preparation you put into any event before you go, the more you will get out of it, whether ... READ the POST
Business Leadership for IT Projects
Before I’d got far reading Gary Lloyd’s Business Leadership for IT Projects I realized he was offering a critical assessment on the Standish report on project failure – thankfully. I knew then that we were going to get along just fine. Don’t get me wrong – I have no issue with the Standish research ... READ the POST