The maritime world shows us that preparation, adaptability, and respect for people are the foundation for delivering value—no matter what industry you're in. Read how six lessons from the sea can apply to your projects.
Standing up a PMO, much like taking off one’s jeans, is a clumsy enterprise. But there are some tried-and-true guiding principles that help create stickiness when attempting to build better project management discipline within your teams.
Question: I have a degree in project management and my PMP certification. Now that agile seems to be the new technique for the future, will I need to give up all I have learned and start over? It seems unrealistic that a traditional approach to projects that has lasted so long would suddenly be abandoned. Why is there this new rush to use agile for finishing projects successfully? I’d hate to be obsolete overnight.
In continuous improvement, incremental changes over time yield substantial long-term impacts. This practitioner explores a PMO CI-centered hybrid method for cost reduction and stakeholder engagement.
In a car, a shock absorber can only ever be reactive—it responds when a shock is transmitted through the wheel it's connected to in order to dampen the motion. However, PMOs can be proactive shock absorbers—a role they should embrace.
Modern PMs can learn and apply these techniques to enhance performance and drive successful outcomes. This article explores six essential techniques and six accompanying critical aspects to help you excel with your projects.
What factors improve the odds that project teams will deliver superior project performance? What factors inhibit those performances? Here we explore some power skills, address some disablers, and shatter some common myths.
As our field evolves and integrates with innovation, project managers must adapt by developing a new set of skills. Here we look at strategies for effectively integrating innovation within project management—and how we can close the PM/innovation gap.
The Project Economy needs a manifesto. Antonio Nieto establishes 12 guiding principles to revolutionize project management and implementation practices. These principles seek to make project management more accessible, understandable, and applicable to experts and non-experts alike.
When it comes to digesting change, not all organizations are created equal. As a project manager, you need to be aware of change saturation and what influences it. How do you put this into practice?