It’s time for part 5 of our journey through the Scope Management Knowledge Area from the PMBOK® Guide-- Sixth Edition, although it does feel like once I’ve got through the whole PMBOK& ...
Sometimes it is so hard getting a sign-off just because a Project Sponsor is scared of losing the project team, even after all tasks are completed. He/She could have been mostly absent in most part of ...
There is a saying: "Every minute you spend planning will save you 10 minutes in execution." As a project manager, I've learned that along with communication and execution, planning is one of the three ...
As PM, I religiously followed practice of all phases - Requirements ( Sign-Off by Client), Prototype(Sign-off by client), design were discussed, demo / allowing client to play around software applicat ...
Requirements gathering is an essential step in the formulation of a project. Requirements should be clear, concise, and achievable. But, what if your team goes through the effort of creating a stell ...
Project budgets – don’t you just love them? Your sponsor gives you a complicated project to manage with a relatively low available budget, and you’ve got to take it from there. When ...
Every project has an acceptance criteria defined for deliverables but I wonder how many of us get the explicit acceptance from our stakeholders. In a long-running project we keep delivering to the cli ...
Risks are inherent with projects. They are an attribute of doing something new or novel that distinguishes projects from regular operational work. How well we navigate risk often decides the success o ...
In your experience, what are the primary causes of project failure? I have my personal top ten list, what's yours? In particular, what can be done to improve the abysmal success rate of IT projects? I ...
Deliverable acceptance involves reviewing deliverables to ensure they meet the project scope as laid out in the project plan. Typically, the deliverable review will take the form of a: The inspe...