Effective Project Communications
Successfully completing a project from start to finish requires specific core skills. Scheduling, time management, budgeting, and negotiating with all stakeholders are critical skills of a project manager. Leadership, risk management, and critical thinking are also high on the list. But the talent that is most important to project management is communication. A project manager spends 90% of his time communicating on a project, making it an immensely vital skill for successful project completion.
Negotiating Basics (part 8) - Rapport
Learn about rapport and how it is useful in getting you to a win-win outcome in a negotiation.
What is Project Tailoring?
Tailoring is an essential concept used in project management. The PMBOK Guide mentions tailoring several times, emphasizing its importance in the project management field. This blog post aims to answer the following questions: What exactly is project tailoring? What are the benefits of tailoring your project methodology? What are the negatives of tailoring? How can you tailor your project methodology?
The Executing Process Group
The executing process group performs the work outlined in the planning documentation to fulfill project objectives. Changes to the project during these processes may require a change request and a review of the planning processes.
Negotiating Basics (part 7) - Preparation
Learn what you need to know going into a negotiation and some ways to prepare by knowing yourself, researching the other party, utilizing role play and using preparation templates and checklists.
Successful Project Manager Traits
The best project managers focus on the big picture and see themselves and their team members from this perspective. Being a project visionary helps a great project manager prioritize, pay attention to the future and know what's going on with all stakeholders on a project.
The Planning Process Group
The planning process group specifies the project scope and objectives and defines the actions required to achieve those objectives. The project management plan and additional core project documents are developed during the planning process to determine and provide baselines for the project.
What is a Project Management Office (PMO) ?
A strong PMO helps organizations improve in two distinct ways, by assisting them in choosing suitable projects to deliver and then helping them deliver projects correctly.
Negotiating Basics (part 6) - BATNA
Learn what BATNA stands for and what it means in the context of negotiating. Also learn the 3 step process for determining your BATNA for your negotiation and how to compare it to a proposed agreement.
What is a Project Stakeholder?
A project manager is not an island, and he does not operate alone when managing a project. Project management is a collaborative endeavor. There are many people involved in the inner workings of a project.