This blog is for all of us who manage projects which must provide value now, and in the long run. If your projects have economic, environmental or social impacts - and we say that's all of them - this blog is for you.
Workforce management is a key part of project success, but project managers often find it difficult to get trustworthy information on what really works. From interpersonal interactions to big workforce issues we'll look the latest research and proven techniques to find the most effective solutions for your projects.
Test-driven development is a very powerful technique for analyzing, designing, and testing quality software. However, if done incorrectly, TDD can incur massive maintenance costs as the test suite grows large. This is such a common problem that it has led some to conclude that TDD is not sustainable over the long haul. This does not have to be true. It's all about what you think TDD is, and how you do it. This blog is all about the issues that arise when TDD is done poorly—and how to avoid them.
We all tackle ethical dilemmas. Wrong decisions can break careers. Which are the key challenges faced? What are some likely solutions? Where can we find effective tools? Who can apply these and why? Dry, theoretical discussions don't help. Join us for lively, light conversations to learn, share and grow!
This video series will explain not only key aspects of how to create a successful PMO, but also cover the human side of the project manager role and how both are so critical to the journey. This series will also outline many tools and techniques on how to better understand what your client—or executive sponsors—expect out of the PMO. Made in partnership with ESIS, Inc.
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My musings on project management, project portfolio management and change management. I'm a firm believer that a pragmatic approach to organizational change that addresses process & technology, but primarily, people will maximize chances for success. This blog contains articles which I've previously written and published as well as new content.
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I'm all about Building Thriving Leaders™ This blog is based on over 35 years of project management and leadership successes and failures. Get practical, concise nuggets on both hard and soft skills to help you deliver projects successfully with minimal friction.
Today's world is influenced by change. Project managers and their organizations need to embrace and sometimes drive changes to keep up with the pace in highly competitive environments. In this blog, experienced professionals share their experiences, tips and tools to manage and exploit changes and take advantage of them. The blog is complimentary to the webinar series of the Change Management Community Team and is managed by the same individuals.
We'll explore the lessons, traits, characteristics and opinions of women serving in leadership positions in the project management profession. Join the conversation!
Jeff Gothelf and Josh Seiden, leading tech experts and founders of the global Lean UX movement, share their insights into how organizations can grow and thrive based on their ability to sense and respond instantly to customer and employee behaviors.
This is part 3 of a three-part posting. If you have not read part 1, I strongly suggest you start there: https://www.projectmanagement.com/blog-post/73523/do-i-really-have-to-test-everything- ...
This is part 2 of a three-part posting. If you have not read part 1, I strongly suggest you start there: https://www.projectmanagement.com/blog-post/73523/do-i-really-have-to-test-everything- ...
Agile Project Management is very popular among Information Technology (IT) portfolios, and for good reason. It can be reliably employed to significantly increase the odds of any given IT project comin ...
This is a quite frequent question in my Test-Driven development classes. I really like it because it presents a wonderful opportunity to make some significant observations about TDD and testing ...
Despite the fact that Agile practices have been applied to just about every type of work you can imagine, there is still a pervasive assumption that it is just for software. In the CSM and CSPO classe ...
Market and competition factors, innovation dynamics and technological journeys are among the agile drivers of organizations In the previous article I presented an ...
In agile, you as scrum master, must protect your team from outside distractions and pressure. One source of pressure is the leaders' desire for status updates. It is a source of pressure because a ...
By Yasmina Khelifi, PMI-ACP, PMI-PBA, PMP The pandemic has changed the skills we need to acquire and hone as project managers—and accelerated how fast we need to acquire them. Let’s ...
In Part 1, I summarized one of the documents that resulted from COP27 (for all of the acronyms you haven’t heard before, they’re covered in Part 1). The document of interest to ...
A couple of months ago I wrote an article regarding quiet quitting by project team members. While there are many reasons why someone might choose to physically be present but mentally check out, I fel ...
The UN’s Conference of the Parties (COP) number 27 has just ended in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. One of its outputs is a large document called “The Compendium of Climate-Related Initiati ...
By: Louise Fournier PMI Montreal, Executive Director By: Laurent Bour Director of Project Portfolio and Investments, Société de transport de Laval Who are our membe ...
The term "technical debt" is familiar to many in the delivery world, especially those working on technology initiatives. Ward Cunningham had originally used the well known concept of ...
Becoming flexible and agile to meet the demands of products and services in a globalized and highly competitive environment is a constant challenge for organizations. In a volatile and un ...
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