became a program manager. I took the Managing Successful Programmes course to support that. Much of it didn’t feel relevant but it did give me a framework for defining a program as more than the sum of the component projects and other useful tools. I ...
Risk managementis a core skill for a project manager, and one that I would hesitate to ‘outsource’ to a team member. So much of risk management is tied up in being able to see the big picture, and as a project manager you are best placed to do that. However, risk management overal...
Power is a measure ofhow much influencethey have over actions and outcomes. Their power could derive from hierarchical status or prestige within the organization, money invested from a particular shareholder, ownership of resources required to successfully deliver the outcome, or similar. Larger project...
To be sure, I am not simply talking to project managers. This is an issue with executives as much as with people in the immediate project team. Being accountable is not synonymous with a target for blame. Accountability entails making and delegate decisions. Accountability cannot be delegated; ...
A tolerance is a performance range you will keep to. The project tolerance definition I use in my book,Project Manager, is this: Tolerances are how much you can flex within your project without having to go back for approval. A project tolerance provides a boundary for the area of the pro...
I learned a lot from that experience: I went on to a career in financial services after all, but with much better prep before I met a potential employer! The first step in getting a new job is to make a good impression with your resume (or CV, as we call it over here in the UK...
The comms plan is such an important part of your project — mess up communications and so much can go wrong! I have a whole other article onproject communications management, so hop over and read that one if you want more background. Today we are talking specifically about the document tha...
This article is my complete guide to delegating tasks. I show you why delegating work is part of your job and how your team comes into all this. I’ll explain the Skill and Will model that you can use to work out how much support a team member needs once you’ve delegated the work...
Zombie PM is a term I came up with in 2010 when I put togethera project management alphabet. And now I have kids who play Minecraft, we seem to talk about zombies and zoombies (the baby zombies who are apparently very fast) pretty much every mealtime. At least, that’s what it feels...