If we had to choose one word that best describes R&D projects, it would be “uncertainty”—they have so many changing elements, and their outcomes are often hard to predict.  Nevertheless, this doesn't ...

When managing a project​, it’s vitally important to regularly monitor its state: whether or not it has deviated from the approved schedule and budget; how much work has been completed and how much is ...

We all know how difficult it can be to approach a large new endeavor. For example, standing in the middle of a messy house may seem overwhelming, but if you tidy the rooms one by one, the cleaning up ...

Project management involves creating lots of documentation. If you look into project management standards, you will find at least a dozen of various plans, multiple types of reports, and numerous othe...

Even a detailed project plan can run into a bottleneck. When several projects need the same specialist, approval, or test environment, work queues at that point while other teams wait. Bottlenecks in ...

Being a successful project manager is not just about creating good plans and schedules and telling the team members what they should work on. It also requires proper coordination of people and process...

Do you know your organization's project management maturity level? If not, it’s high time to change the situation: project management maturity has a direct impact on a company’s competitiveness and bu...

Whatever great idea is behind a project, it won’t be implemented without stakeholders’ buy-in and investment. To get their support and approval, they need to understand what value an initiative will b...

Every project management activity doesn’t exist in isolation – they are all related to and dependent on each other, may have competing requirements and/or shared resources. And if there are multiple p...

As companies develop and grow, and the number of projects they deliver increases, business leaders are seeking ways to ensure more efficient coordination of all their initiatives. For this purpose, a ...

Projects don’t exist in isolation: even a single project involves dependencies between its tasks and depends on a number of other internal and external factors. As for a multi-project environment, it’...

A project manager’s expertise is one of the essential prerequisites that determine success of a project delivery. Their responsibilities involve such activities as conducting meetings (e.g. project pl...