It might sound a bit daunting, but I’ve been doing it for over 15 years, and I’m here to tell you thatit’s a great opportunity(for both of you). And it is possible to be a good project management mentor, even if you don’t have any previous mentoring experience. Table of Con...
If you’re in charge of video production project management for your organization, you have a challenge ahead. To create a high quality video project, you need to manage competing priorities and personalities in your organization. You’ll need to work closely with a production team or third-par...
Project manager, author, mentor Elizabeth Harrin is a Fellow of the Association for Project Management in the UK. She holds degrees from the University of York and Roehampton University, and several project management certifications including APM PMQ. She first took her PRINCE2 Practitioner exam in...
If you’re a stressed project manager, reassess the top three non-negotiable tasks you have to do each day and make sure you block out time for them. This goes back to the simple nugget of wisdom that the very act of committing an item to your diary means you are more likely to foll...
larger project management process of controlling and monitoring. That is, projects need to be closely watched, and as change occurs, which it will, those changes must be proactively controlled. This is the purview of the project manager, who created thescheduleand is responsible for executing it...
Project schedule:Detail deliverables, timelines, responsibilities, and project milestones – project management software is one of the best ways to manage a project schedule. Roles and responsibilities:As the project manager, you should define roles for specific tasks and on the entire project with te...
Who Is Responsible for the Project Scope?The project manager has the main responsibility for defining, managing and controlling the project scope. While defining the scope, they often work with key stakeholders and the project team who provide input on what the project will and won’t include. ...
Execution:The plan is divided into smaller tasks assigned to skilled project managers who oversee its execution and allocate resources for each task Monitoring and controlling:An effective project manager monitors the tasks and activities to ensure they are completed on time whilemitigating project risks...
4 tips for project team communication Posted:January 19, 2021/Under:Basics,Communication/By:Deb Schaffer coachingcommunicationproject managementproject managersproject teamsprojects One of the most important functions a project manager performs is communication. PMs communicate with their managers, their teams...
If you’re a new project manager, remember to prepare well, stay organized, remain calm and flexible, and use communication to get what you need. Looking for more advice? Check out our other articles for more tips and tricks, such as leadership. Leaders are not born; they are made. Bein...