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Vendor PM: The Five Things You Must Know

by Todd B. Loeb, PMP June 14, 2010

After more than 20 years in the financial services industry, this writer thought he knew exactly what to anticipate moving into his new role as a software vendor project manager. He was wrong...

Virtual ‘Big Room’ Keeps a Project Running

by Carl Tully January 27, 2022

With a hospital expansion project placed on hold due to the pandemic, the design team got it restarted by pivoting to a virtual design environment, implementing a virtual “big room” or collocation space, utilizing digital tools to streamline project workflow, and incorporating live and virtual models for real-time collaboration and decision-making.

Virtual Team = Project Disaster? (Part 1)

by Andy Jordan February 3, 2014

If a project manager cannot successfully deliver projects where at least some of the resources are working virtually, then that PM won’t have a job for very long. Can projects be successful when they are run by virtual teams, and if so, how?

Virtual Team = Project Disaster? (Part 2)

by Andy Jordan February 18, 2014

If a project manager cannot successfully deliver projects where at least some of the resources are working virtually, then that PM won’t have a job for very long. Can projects be successful when they are run by virtual teams, and if so, how? In the concluding part of our series, we look at the remaining four steps.

Virtual Team Strategies

by Naomi Caietti March 15, 2017

Are you a virtual leader of diverse teams and multiple projects across various time zones? Let’s review what defines a virtual team, along with challenges, opportunities and tips for strategic leadership approaches.

Virtual Teams: Do the Challenges Outweigh the Benefits?

by Michael Wood February 3, 2014

With virtual projects come virtual teams and the associated tradeoffs. The question that looms large is this: Do the challenges of virtual teams outweigh the benefits? There are advantages to virtual teams that go beyond merely saving money on travel. Consider the following tradeoffs--advantages and disadvantages--when pondering virtual teams...

Virtual Work: Pros and Cons

by Andrea Brockmeier September 4, 2013

The obvious benefits of working virtually are sometimes offset by the many, and often less obvious, costs and challenges. Let’s explore some of the factors that may swing the pendulum of flexible work programs and the choices we make about working virtually.

Visual Communication Methods for Project Managers

by Chris Merryman August 18, 2014

Communicating all aspects of project status to executives, peers, team members and stakeholders can give everyone confidence of a project manager’s abilities--even on a project that is resource constrained, late and over budget. And visual communication is the best way to do it...

Visual PM: Going Old School and Low Tech

by Michael Wood August 1, 2017

There is very little in the way of case studies or examples of how visual project management methods help project managers actually manage a project. Here are three projects where VPM techniques were used successfully.

Visual PM: Something Old, Something New...

by Michael Wood August 4, 2014

Taking a lesson from the automobile industry, some project managers have found ways to improve project team and stakeholder communications through the use of tools that help people better visualize the status of projects and related issues. Here is a primer on Visual PM--its origins, use and more...

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