Month: June 2022

(This post contains affiliate hyperlinks. Please read my full disclosure. Bill Dow presented at the PMO Conference on June 13, 2018, about PMO maturity, reporting, and building credibility as a…

(This post contains affiliate hyperlinks. Please read my full disclosure. Summary: PMI's free course Kickoff teaches project management skills. It takes 45 minutes to complete, and includes useful templates. You…

We pondered the viability of Microsoft Project earlier this week. It's amazing that, after 30 years, the project is still viable. We wanted more proof. We put Project to the…

This guest article is by Edoardo Binda Zane. We begin with 5 steps to create a proposal budget. Then Edoardo gives you a fictional example of how it would look…

What would you say if a visitor came to your office looking for you? The messy, short one? The one who is always busy and wears her glasses on her…

A reader recently contacted me to ask for information about document version control and how it can be done. It's not difficult, and software makes it even easier. This article…

(This post contains affiliate hyperlinks. Please read my full disclosure. Every project manager must be proficient in delegating tasks. You need more people to do the work if you want…

(This post contains affiliate hyperlinks. Please read my full disclosure. This guest article is by Simon Harris, Logical Model. How to Delegate 101: From both the 'Transactions' and the 'Transactions'…

Bev FlaxingtonWe all enjoy a good conversation about our colleagues, don’t we? There is always something to talk about when working with large teams on challenging projects. Beverly Flaxington, a…

Christine Unterhitzenberger contributed this guest article. Christine UnterhitzenbergerMost project managers will have experienced a situation where they have found a stakeholder to be really difficult. This can cause stress and…