When layoffs occur, leaders need to look out for the wellbeing of the people who remain — the “survivors” who might be expected to be grateful but are probably equally stressed and upset. Here are five ways to help them process the turmoil and refocus on the work at hand.
What steps are you taking to future-proof your career and your projects? Let's dive into seven bold, unconventional trends redefining project management. These will equip PMs for a future shaped by innovation, complexity and opportunity.
A new generation of problems for project managers has arrived, and it requires a new approach—digital ethics. If you fail to address them and stick with the status quo, more challenges await. Use these questions and principles to identify and navigate digital ethics in your work.
Why are project managers afraid to stop projects? So often after being assigned to a project, project managers try to run before they walk. This is especially common when the project is already in progress. You can quickly get caught up in the momentum of work and forget to question whether the work is justified. If this is truly the case, shouldn’t more projects be stopped? What if it means losing your job?
It is crucial to prioritize ethics and compliance with regulations when implementing AI applications. Several key activities and actions can be added to project plans to ensure that AI projects adhere to ethical standards and regulations.
PMI's Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct states: “We set high standards for ourselves and we aspire to meet these standards in all aspects of our lives--at work, at home, and in service to our profession.” But what exactly does “at home and in service to our profession” mean?
There is a welcome focus on wellbeing in the workplace these days, but we need to ensure that expectations are realistic for everyone. It doesn’t always happen on fast-paced agile projects, where the human toll on software development teams to deliver is often ignored.
Compliance to a code of conduct is critical to maintaining your professional standing in that space. This applies to those credentialed in project management, and there is much grey area that needs to be explored as to what constitutes ethical behavior within the day-to-day oversight and management of a project.
Ethics, as a term, is often misunderstood and some companies falsely believe that being ethical is an expensive practice that causes the organization to forego profits. This article explains why being ethical is a good long-term growth strategy that can command a premium from customers and help your company outpace competitors.
What if we really were a profession? What would be the implications for project managers, the companies that employ them or for the associations that promote and support project management as a discipline? What follows over the next few columns is a portrait of what this brave new world would look like and some of the challenges that each of these groups would face as a result. In Part 2, we look at what it would mean for the profession.
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