Project management is a diverse and dynamic field, and project managers need a diverse set of skills and core competencies to be successful. We have covered a few core project management skills in the past, ranging from leadership to improvisation and everything in between. Sometimes, the simplest and most basic skills are the ones that […]
Project managers need a diverse set of skills. The well-rounded project manager is a leader. They motivate the project team. Project managers may need to improvise on the fly, keeping it all together while managing bumps in the road. Some skills are imperative for a project manager to have, or acquire – and resource management […]
The following is a guest post. Jimmy Cowan is an avid reader. His love for reading was inspired by his grandmother who introduced him to reading. Jimmy is a certified speed reader and reviews the best speed reading techniques on his website. A project generally goes through 5 stages – Initiate, plan, execute, monitor and control, and closure. […]
The Achilles’ Heel of project management is time. Every project can succeed when time is not a factor, right? But there is always a delivery date, milestones, and hard deadlines to meet. Project time management is a key component of successful project management. Without it, a project will drift, hit delays, and eventually collapse. What […]
John Hannibal Smith was not a project manager, but he may as well have been. Only a select few people enjoy a plan that comes together, after all. Sure, not every project manager can be a leather glove wearing, cigar smoking, righteous soldier of fortune blowing up everything in his path while impersonating a laundromat owner. […]