Wed, 06 Dec 2023 20:30:05 GMT Voices on Project Management https://www.ProjectManagement.com/blogs/286796/voices-on-project-management Voices on Project Management offers insights, tips, advice and personal stories from project managers in different regions and industries. The goal is to get you thinking, and spark a discussion. So, if you read something that you agree with--or even disagree with--leave a comment. The 4 P's of Successful Modern PMs https://www.ProjectManagement.com/blog-post/75820/the-4-p-s-of-successful-modern-pms Thu, 30 Nov 2023 14:56:50 GMT Dave Wakeman November 2023 I recently wrote about the nature of artificial intelligence in project management, and I think people might have been confused that I’d put the highlight so heavily on the person managing the project. My take has nothing to do with not believing that AI ca... Do You Ask Too Many Questions to Your Team as a Project Manager? https://www.ProjectManagement.com/blog-post/75617/do-you-ask-too-many-questions-to-your-team-as-a-project-manager- Wed, 15 Nov 2023 16:38:54 GMT   By Yasmina Khelifi, PMI-ACP, PMI-PBA, PMP Questions can help move your project forward and solve issues. Sometimes, questions allow you to discover common ground or interest that will strengthen work relationships. But we need to be mindful with them. I’ve recently thought ... Who Is Your Backup PM? https://www.ProjectManagement.com/blog-post/75522/who-is-your-backup-pm--- Fri, 27 Oct 2023 00:32:52 GMT   Kevin Korterud Life is full of surprises…they always seem to show up unexpectedly. As project managers, we rely on our PMI certification training—as well as our experiences—to both detect and mitigate the effects from surprises, such as missed milestones, new regulato... The Importance of Strategic Management for Technical Program Managers https://www.ProjectManagement.com/blog-post/75444/the-importance-of-strategic-management-for-technical-program-managers Wed, 11 Oct 2023 14:00:00 GMT By Sree Rao, PMP, PgMP, PMI-ACP During my initial phases as a technical program manager, I was heavily focused on the execution of programs and didn’t bother much with strategy. As I gained more experience, I realized the importance of understanding strategy and how it can uplevel us as... 3 Ways to Think About Risk https://www.ProjectManagement.com/blog-post/75431/3-ways-to-think-about-risk Thu, 05 Oct 2023 19:27:45 GMT Dave Wakeman October 2023 Andy Jordan wrote an interesting article recently on rebranding risk. That got me thinking about people’s relationship to risk, especially since any decision we make has a certain amount of risk involved. Here I share a few ways that I suggest you think abou... 3 Tips to Take the Next Step in Your Project Leader Career https://www.ProjectManagement.com/blog-post/75360/3-tips-to-take-the-next-step-in-your-project-leader-career- Thu, 21 Sep 2023 13:12:58 GMT By Yasmina Khelifi, PMI-ACP, PMI-PBA, PMP Since the start of the pandemic, changes in our ways of working, our ways of interacting, and with new technologies have accelerated. It's hard to keep up, and sometimes you plan to upskill—but you can’t find the time. Keep these three thi... Do Modern PMs Rely on Charts Too Much? https://www.ProjectManagement.com/blog-post/75332/do-modern-pms-rely-on-charts-too-much- Fri, 15 Sep 2023 01:52:13 GMT By Lynda Bourne Ptolemy's world map (source: Wikipedia) Do modern project managers and their clients rely on their charts and reports too much? We all know that project schedules, cost reports, risk assessments and other reports are produced by sophisticated computer software, these da... Do You Have the Courage to Break the Process? https://www.ProjectManagement.com/blog-post/75297/do-you-have-the-courage-to-break-the-process- Thu, 07 Sep 2023 16:13:59 GMT By Soma Bhattacharya The entire purpose of creating a process is to ensure that the roadmap is followed. Everything is supposed to unfold as planned and predicted.  But following the status quo has always been a problem for me, because we should have the courage to break it when we kn... AI Disruption to Transform Project Success Rates https://www.ProjectManagement.com/blog-post/75207/ai-disruption-to-transform-project-success-rates Tue, 22 Aug 2023 14:57:02 GMT By Peter Tarhanidis, Ph.D. One of the impacts artificial intelligence has had is prompting a reconstitution of project management. Here I look to leading industry experts to explore the benefits to project management systems due to matured AI software; and the maturity of the project manager as ... Business Context or Business Acumen? PMs Need Both https://www.ProjectManagement.com/blog-post/75142/business-context-or-business-acumen--pms-need-both Tue, 08 Aug 2023 23:18:07 GMT by Dave Wakeman I was scrolling ProjectManagement.com recently, looking for inspiration and ideas for this month’s piece when I saw one author pose a question about “business context” and another one post about “business acumen.” These got my attention, because ov...