If you’re in project management, one of the issues you’ll inevitably deal with is an unrealistic project scope. Project stakeholders (usually a senior member of management wants to achieve revenue targets of $X million within a very short timeframe). My opinion has always been this – if project scope is unrealistic at the outset, you […]
The First 6 Things I Do When Starting A Project
When I first started out as a project manager, starting up a project was REALLY stressful. There’d be a thousand and one things to do. There’d be project plans to draw up, templates to research, resources to secure. All adding up to a whole lot of stress. As I got more experienced in project management, […]
7 Proven Ways To Control Project Scope Creep
Imagine you’re running a system implementation project. Everything is going well and milestones are being met. All stakeholders are happy. Suddenly a user highlights to you that the system just HAS to do something that was never planned for. It just HAS to have a field to track a customer bankruptcy status. It HAS to […]
My System For Tracking Project Financials
There are many, many ways to keep track of project financials. I struggled with the concept when I was starting out as a project manager in a consulting firm. Over the years, I’ve got some real experience on this and I want to share my system of tracking project financials with you. I realize there […]
5 Tips For Getting The Attention Of Your Project Sponsor
You know, it’s never easy to get the attention of your project sponsor. He or she is usually a C-level executive and has extremely packed schedules. I never get to see my project sponsor often enough! And it is a big problem for my projects. When is it important to get the attention of your […]
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