In this three-part podcast, Laura Paton, MBA, PMI-PBA, PMP, CBAP, CSM, the lead author of PMI’s Business Analysis for Practitioners: A Practice Guide, discusses elicitation and analysis techniques for business analysts, as well as the new practice guide and who will benefit from it.
In this three-part podcast, Laura Paton, MBA, PMI-PBA, PMP, CBAP, CSM, the lead author of PMI’s Business Analysis for Practitioners: A Practice Guide, discusses elicitation and analysis techniques for business analysts, as well as the new practice guide and who will benefit from it.
Project management practitioners are tasked with addressing audiences of all types and sizes. In this article, the author explores strategies to help you demonstrate proficiency in public speaking when you need it the most. Knowing the message; the ability to assess the audience; and preparation are the keys to putting yourself on the MAP.
In the early ’80s, while involved in research to identify patterns of change-related success and failure, I learned that the winners and losers in this arena demonstrated very different levels o ...
Maximizing your own personal effectiveness doesn’t happen by accident. Regardless of the level of formality, detail and rigidity, every structured PM approach has some degree of process infrastructure to support it. But those approaches focus on the organizational perspective. Here, we build on that concept and look at things from the perspective of an individual project manager--personal processes and how you can use them to improve your performance.
Project control is not about the minutiae, it’s about the big picture. Here we provide some guidelines on how to move from micro-level project management to a more macro-level control phase.
Hi I'm new to the site and just recently got heavily involved in Project Management. It's a field that I always had great interest in but wasn't sure if it was right for me. Well after doing research ...
One thing I have noticed is how well a metaphor works when trying to explain the difference between programs and projects to "normal" business people. Here is a post I made recently to my new blog @Or ...