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Handling Conflict on Agile Teams

by Andy Jordan July 23, 2020

With the self-organized, self-managed model employed on many agile projects, it’s up to team members to resolve their differences among themselves. But that doesn’t mean they don’t need help.

Harvesting Innovative Ideas

by Debasis Roy July 16, 2015

Need a new way to reach across bureaucratic confines and uncover innovative ideas in your organization? Try peer sourcing, a great way to get the best from your team.

Hectic Workload? Learn to Prioritize and Communicate

by Andy Jordan April 12, 2023

There just aren’t enough hours in the day for project managers to get everything done. Prioritizing the work is essential—but on its own, that’s not enough. Here's a helpful reminder on an oft-overlooked element of prioritization.

Help Stakeholders Help You

by Andy Jordan October 12, 2011

Working with stakeholders can be one of the biggest challenges for a project manager, but most of the problems are rooted in a failure to communicate. Here are some rules for engagement that can establish the foundation for a more productive relationship.

Help With Sunsetting Software

by Sandhya Gupta January 7, 2019

There is a tremendous amount of work that goes into defining and completing an end-of-life cycle for every software product. It also requires a skilled program/project manager. Here are some recommendations to help facilitate this process.

Here's the Hub

by Dennis Smith January 13, 2005

In high-performance organizations, a critical role is that of the hub -- an informal leader who connects the spokes of the project, from facilitating information-sharing, solving problems and working with resource pools and clients, to providing support to the project team.

Hindsight Is 50/50

by Bart Gerardi January 11, 2017

Do team members and executives in your organization see retrospectives as a waste of time and expense? If so, maybe your retrospectives aren’t providing the value they should, from establishing a culture of team learning and stressing continual improvement, to tracking metrics and celebrating successes.

Hitting a Moving Target

by Kenneth Darter, PMP March 2, 2016

It’s frustrating to work on projects when the client or the customer keeps moving the target you're trying to hit--whether that be requirements, a date or even the vision for the project. How does a project manager fight this moving target and still deliver on time?

Holiday Hiccup

by Andy Jordan December 14, 2011

Think you're having a rough project? Maybe you should put yourselves in Santa's sizable shoes...he's not having a happy holiday season so far. Maybe his elves--or someone else (cough*you*cough)--can come to the rescue.

Horizontal and Vertical Communication in Project Management

by Luca Rezzani May 15, 2017

In a project, there are two types of communications that take place between the project manager and stakeholders: horizontal and vertical. Knowing the dynamics and characteristics of these can be an important asset of a project manager for achieving project success.

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