#crossfunctionalteam

Certifications serve as an indication of a person’s competency of centric skills and knowledge to effectively manage projects throughout the planning, design, execution, and release phases (a common project process). The keyword here is "indication." Addresses the questions: Is it worth getting a PMP certification? and What kind of jobs can you get with a project management certification?

Interviewing for a qualified Project Manager candidate can be an arduous task. So many applicants' resumes look so impressive; it's difficult to decide who to choose for an onsite interview, let alone a phone screen. Addresses the questions: What are the most important qualities of a project manager? How do you manage interviews? What are the different types of project management methodologies? and What are your project management skills?

Driving the CFT (Cross-Functional Team) is essentially "leading the project team in making relentless forward progress towards project milestones and deadlines, while maintaining the highest quality standards, and in meeting the client's requirements and expectations." It also means...

Capturing "Lessons Learned" is only good if you plan on taking action in order to better your process or procedures. If you don't do this, then capturing the lessons learned is a waste of time (in my opinion).

When reporting status updates to stakeholders, a project manager would always like to tell stakeholders, "everything is going as planned and the project is on track!" If this were always the case, then why the hell would we need project managers anyhow?! The fact is, most projects don't go as planned and need a project manager to get things back on track towards successful completion.

A baseline schedule is the initial project schedule as derived from several planning sessions via the Cross-Functional Team (CFT).

Project management success factors: Simply put, it means, "lead the project team in making relentless forward progress towards project milestones and deadlines, while maintaining the highest quality standards, and in meeting the client's requirements and expectations."