Managing Projects with a GPS
By Thomas Cutting
Having a GPS in the car drives me crazy. I do not operate well with directions that come one step at a time. It may be the Project Manager in me, but I want to see the big picture and know where I’m head…
Using Twitter for Project Management
By Toby Elwin
In this article I want to introduce Twitter to manage projects. Why Twitter? Twitter is a great communication and community collaboration tool and once a project starts, 90% of a project manager’…
From a daily standpoint, the Project Manager is interested in completing tasks, delivery status, communication and updates and getting to the end point of the day with both the delivery team and the c…
What qualities are most important for a project leader to be effective? Over the past few years, the people at ESI International, world leaders in Project Management Training, have looked in to what makes an effective project leader. With the unique op…
Project management is at the heart of many areas in business, government and education. Although there are a wide range of recognised methods and qualifications available, there are also some core skills and common-sense techniques that apply to every …
On the lighter side, the top 10 signs you are a project manager; top 10 things a project manager should never say to a customer and top 10 things you’ll never hear from a project manager.
The first step in the selection of a good training course for Project Managers is to clearly understand the role of the Project Manager as it is understood today. Project Management is essentially concerned with a one time operation as opposed to an on…
The communication plan like the project plan is a necessary part of the project. However, when thinking of the project manager’s role in communication planning, organisations and project teams too often think solely of the documents that establish the …
Over the last few years there has been much emphasis on project management methodologies such as PRINCE2. The introduction and roll out of these structured techniques helps set expectations amongst the wider community about what the project manager wil…
Unwittingly, the writer of a job advert for an NPfIT Electronic Patient Record Project Manager has touched a raw Labour Party nerve. The advert promises that the post holder will be able to work on “both NPfIT and operational ICT”. Wh…