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 ...
Basically, the model forces you to think about how far you will go to win and how much it matters to you that other people may have concerns that need to be met. If you want to learn more about TKI and conflict management on projects, Dr Mike Clayton has a detailed short online cours...
It’s hard to think of a scenario where you would want to cap the project benefits, so in my experience, this type of tolerance is rarely discussed or used at the positive end of the scale. You probably will find it useful to have a conversation about how much of the benefit you can...
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...
managers ought to layer some sort ofagilecertification on top of it.Brain Sensei’s Complete PMP® Exam Prepcourse can be taken anytime and anywhere. Its unique storytelling approaching using a Japanese female samurai makes learning project management and preparing for thePMPexam so much fun!
Gurumake it easier. You’ve got one pool of resources and you can drag-and-drop bookings to move them or assign them to someone else. Powerful filters allow you to focus on specific resources (by skill, location, department, and so on) and mean you don’t have to do so much ...
“With Accelo, I know exactly how much we were losing every month,” says Brendon. “There was no sugarcoating it: when I broke it down, it came out to around $30-50K a month in untracked billable hours.” Fast-forward to today and Big Blue Digital have made significant changes to ...
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...
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...
To be fair, I used to keep mine in a notebook but I can’t do that anymore. I’m responsible forleading multiple projectsand I just have too much in my brain to take the risk of having it on paper. I do use a notebook in meetings (learnhow I keep my notebook organized) and ...