Managing to become a leader
In the context of project management, this article identifies three key characteristics that distinguish leadership from simple management.
Leadership, Management & Governance, Operations
Fundraising, Management & Governance, Operations
Developing a business case
If you have ever pitched a project idea, you have likely been asked what the business case for the project is. Developing a business case is your opportunity to articulate what is in it for the organization.
Management & Governance, Operations
Building quality into the project
The first step in ensuring a quality project is knowing exactly what you are to deliver. You need to clearly define and communicate the project scope with all project stakeholders. What are you going to create?
Evaluation, Management & Governance, Operations
Measuring greatness: Defining quality standards
Quality is often an elusive concept in project delivery. How do we know that we have delivered a quality project? More importantly, how do we know that we have delivered a quality product?
Management & Governance, Operations
Delivering a project in stages
There are various approaches or models for the project lifecycle. This article focuses on the Staged Delivery Model and addresses some of its disadvantages.
Management & Governance, Operations
Introduction to the project lifecycle
This article provides a description of the project lifecycle and demonstrates what a project looks like when it all comes together.
Management & Governance, Operations
First aid for projects
This article looks briefly at projects in crisis and provides you with some key first aid steps to follow when trying to resuscitate them.
Leadership, Management & Governance, Operations
Issues in implementing a project management office
This article provides you with some of the common yet hard-won wisdom and lessons learned that have been gained from professionals deploying PMOs.
Management & Governance, Operations
Defining what your project management office will do
To deploy a PMO, you need to start with a Terms of Reference (ToR). This article will serve as a guide to creating a basic outline for a Terms of Reference for a PMO.
Management & Governance, Operations
Is a project management office right for you?
This article looks at what a PMO is and what it does, and provides you with a basis for determining whether your organization would benefit from implementing one.
