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Can Risk Management and Project Management Work Together?

by Chi-Pong Wong May 20, 2013

Risk management has been taking a backseat to project management. Finding an effective way to manage both processes harmoniously side by side has been a problem…until now.

Canceling a Project

by Kenneth Darter, PMP April 15, 2013

Ideally, every project ends in success, on time and on budget. In the real world, projects are canceled--and the project manager needs to be ready for this eventuality.

Capturing Risks Accurately

by Kenneth Darter, PMP September 24, 2014

In order to keep a project on track and on schedule, the project manager must make sure risks are managed effectively--and that begins by capturing them accurately. The following reminders help give you a framework for capturing risks.

Cause and Effect Analysis

by Andy Jordan October 10, 2013

If we don’t conduct the proper analysis but rather make assumptions about what is causing a problem, then we jump to our perceived solution--and more often than not we end up wasting time, money and effort on implementing the wrong solution. This article supports the presentation for Cause and Effect Analysis and provides a more detailed explanation of how the tool should be used.

Change is Not Always Pain

by Andy Jordan November 28, 2011

How can organizational change be implemented with a minimum of distress? Change frequently results in unrest, uncertainty and concern caused by nothing more than fear. People lose focus, become less productive and potentially seek out alternative employment because of the fear of something that is not going to happen. In this article, we look at how we can manage those situations more effectively.

Change Management: Understanding Perspectives

by Craig Curran-Morton November 30, 2011

It's important to engage your stakeholders early on in the project process and work with them to understand their perspective. In this article, we will examine some of the key things to consider when making certain that your project engages and captures the perspectives of your stakeholders to ensure that project results are sustainable over the long term.

Chicken Soup for the Sick Project

by Jiju (Jay) Nair, PMP April 25, 2011

Need help with project recovery? A whole new skill set and strategy is needed to recover an IT project from free fall. Here we provide practical recovery pointers on four project areas for failing IT projects, with a focus on software development for business applications.

Choose Your Own Modeling Adventure: 4 Paths to Project Success

by George Freeman, PMP October 20, 2021

Modeling should be at the core of project management. So, where have we gone wrong? Did we lose the narrative and accept the arguments that these tasks are outside our active concern scope and leadership abilities? The simple answer is, we have.

Clarity: A Terrible Thing to Waste

by Joe Wynne February 24, 2011

Juggling changing priorities across many workstreams is a real problem for many teams. Using a specialized meeting agenda and planning technique will help bring order to the chaos.

Clearing Morale Killers from the Project Path

by Kenneth Darter, PMP October 10, 2011

Morale killers can disrupt and damage a project’s forward momentum. This article explores some of the ways to move past them and keep the project on track.

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