Project Management Companion

Remote Teams Engagement - Project are affected when there is no continuity of resources, so after hiring candidates, companies often ignore the importance of their employees’ well-being. If you’re wondering why some companies can have a high turnover rate, regardless of how popular they are among giant names, the percentage of employee engagement is one of those contributing factors to this situation.

Don’t underestimate the importance of a Stakeholder Management Plan - The charter, the schedule, and the project management plan get all the glory, but the stakeholder register is key to understanding the others. After all, a project takes people not just to perform the work but also to benefit from the product. Without understanding the stakeholders’ needs, a project will likely miss the mark. This translates not just to a lost opportunity for the organization but also wasted time, money, and goodwill.

There are six elements to project reporting, as the execution phase progresses. It’s important to report on project progress so the schedule doesn’t go astray.   

Project Tracking - Project tracking is an essential part of staying on schedule and within budget. Without it, you cannot keep an eye on progress and create accurate reports. It is a project management method used to track the progress of tasks in a project. By tracking your project, you can compare actual to planned progress, and identify issues that may prevent the project from staying on schedule and within budget.

In our series of risk management, the focus has been on internal project risk, their identification and mitigation. However, when accounting for risk, there must be an understanding on outsourced risk, the process of contracting a third party to do work on behalf of a client that has neither the skills nor resources to perform in-house. It is usually more cost-effective to contract out work than hire someone to complete the project in question. #projectmanagement #projectdelivery #riskmanagement #pmo #pmi #outsourcedprojects

Risk Management Tools & Techniques for PM’s - Risk is inherent in project management and so is the need to create a risk management plan to control it. That methodology is called risk management, which is as important as planning to making sure a project comes in on time, within budget and of quality. 

Streamlining Communication between Remote Teams -  Whether trying for executive buy-in or conveying regular updates to stakeholders, managing teams, and communication plays a critical role in every facet of the business landscape. It helps convey the requisite information at the right time, facilitates the exchange of innovative ideas, strengthens team bonding and collaboration, and improves work efficiency. #communication

Ways to Measure Project Success - As the year comes to a close, so do many projects. Stakeholders may wonder if these projects were truly successful, and these five ways will help you provide a definitive answer. See some of the ways to measure project and understand how your project is really performing.Project managers often wonder if they are measuring the right things on a project. It’s difficult to know how much time to spend evaluating past performance and how much time to spend on keeping the work moving forward.

Project Managing with a Hybrid Team - The one thing that has resonated during 2021 has been that the pandemic has changed life in general and project management subtly and significantly. Since the pandemic, change surrounds us and we just have to get used to it. As PMs, we’ve come to expect change and to shift our project management mindset accordingly by understanding what it takes to meet the needs of the project.

There are many techniques available for effective elicitation. The core to this is the human interaction skills needed to be successful. There are however five common human interaction pitfalls relating to elicitation and how to avoid them.

Before you can plan, execute and successfully complete a project, you must hire a project manager to manage it. A project manager is a difficult position to fill. As they need a wide range of skills, knowledge of methodologies and mastery of communication? Whether you're interviewing candidates, or you're the one seeking a new job, you need to see our Top 21 Project Manager Interview Questions.You’ll need behavioural- and scenario-based questions and interview techniques such as the star method to gather information about the candidates’ leadership skills, management style, soft and hard skills.Best Project Manager Interview Questions Part 2 – Project Management Exp...

Best Project Manager Interview Questions Part 1 - Behavioral Interview Q... Before you can plan, execute and successfully complete a project, you must hire a project manager to manage it. A project manager is a difficult position to fill. As they need a wide range of skills, knowledge of methodologies and mastery of communication? Whether you're interviewing candidates, or you're the one seeking a new job, you need to see our Top 21 Project Manager Interview Questions. You’ll need behavioural- and scenario-based questions and interview techniques such as the star method to gather information about the candidates’ leadership skills, management style, soft and hard skills.

Business Trends to Watch in 2022 - Understanding upcoming trends in 2022 help with refocus personal development. Some trends have been identified and there is an expectation organizations will continue to    in the year ahead. Overall, the theme of working remotely comes through loud and clear and is expected to impact almost every area.

Project Management and performance, attention and focus - The way you and your team pay attention and focus is crucial to achieving sustained optimal performance, especially when delivering projects. Optimal performance is sustainably achieving goals efficiently and effectively, to the best of your ability within current conditions.  

Critical skills for project success - There are critical skills needed by project managers which lead to project success. Regardless on the project being delivered or the industry, the technology used, or the methodology followed. Each of these skills requires a combination of what are commonly called hard skills with those needed to work effectively with others. These skills complement project manager’s soft skills.

How Social Media benefits Project Management - The advent of social media platforms has had an impact on society as a whole and organisations in general. Just a few years ago using social media for project management might not have seemed effective for the delivery of projects, recently this has changed. As the use of social media has opened possibilities for businesses of all sizes and types to enhance communication and collaboration, which are two of the most crucial drivers in project management.

Project Timelines, a step in the right direction - A project timeline is a visual list of tasks or activities placed in chronological order, which lets project managers view the entirety of the project in one place. Building timelines allows the project manager to visualize and collaborate on projects. Typically taking the form of a horizontal bar chart, where each task is given a name and a corresponding start and end date. It also provides an in-depth overview of the entire project from start to finish.