Situational leadership: How flexible leaders benefit...
Imagine you’re in charge of an important project and need to motivate your team to meet a tight deadline. Would you use the same motivational techniques on...
How to use an iterative process for projects
The iterative process gives your organization the power to learn and improve through trial and error. The iterative process is efficient and adaptable, so your company...
What is the Delphi Method – Pros, Cons, and...
Collective intelligence, the underlying concept of the Delphi technique, is knowledge born from a group. It’s often accepted as outperforming knowledge derived from a...
Using earned value management for predicting project...
Even the most ambitious and well-planned projects sometimes stray off course. Take the case of the International Space Station, a five-nation collaboration that started...
Creative problem solving: leveraging convergent...
More and more, creative problem solving is becoming the critical ingredient to project and product success. But while many teams could do with an extra dose of...
Enterprise resource planning for project management
Is your company looking for ways to increase workplace efficiencies, improve communications between departments, and reduce costs? If so, enterprise resource planning...
How to use a feasibility study in project management
Making decisions can be challenging, especially when those decisions can have a significant, lasting impact on the future success of your company. In project management,...
The PMBOK and How It’s Used in Project Management
“We’re over budget.” These three words can make even the most seasoned project manager panic and wonder where they went wrong. As a project manager,...
Critical things project managers need to know about use...
When you get into your car, you’ve got a destination in mind and, if you’re unsure how to get there, you’ll likely use a GPS as a guide. Prior to the...
Steering Committees: How They Can Improve Project...
When you hear the term “steering committee,” you might think of men on horseback guiding cattle through the prairie. Or perhaps your vision is of a sports...
The importance of net present value for project...
Calculating net present value (NPV) offers an instantaneous picture of the internal rate of return you can expect from a potential investment. Most commonly used for...
Task analysis and how it can help build a project team
Building an effective project team is vital to successful outcomes. As a project manager, you know there’s nothing more important than working with skilled,...
The Complete Guide to Scrum of Scrums
Scrum of Scrums sounds like the ultimate glorious accolade awarded to the best Scrum project team of the year. Or, possibly, the best-executed rugby scrum of the...
Solving complex problems with divergent thinking
Anyone that’s ever worked on or managed a project knows full well the challenges involved. Many of those obstacles are operational — keeping team members...
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High performing teams
High-performing teams cut through workspace clutter to deliver consistent, top-notch results. They collaborate and communicate well and can be creative while meeting...
How to Maintain a Healthy Work-Life Balance
Do you feel like you never have enough time to get everything done? Does it seem like your work duties often interfere with your personal responsibilities? Or are your...
Project management vs. construction management
What are the distinct differences between project management vs. construction management?
Free SOP template + how to write a standard operating...
If you’ve found the perfect way to execute your internal business processes, it makes sense to document the steps required so you can repeat the successful workflow...
Bar Graphs: What They Are and How to Use Them
You’ve undoubtedly seen many bar graphs in your lifetime. They’re common in magazines, newspapers, academic material, websites, and just about any other medium where...
Monte Carlo Simulation
Every decision you make involves risk, from choosing what to eat for lunch to deciding whether to sell your scrappy startup to a big corporation. Risk analysis is at the...