PMO Portal Features in Microsoft Project
If you’re reading this article, chances are I don’t need to make the case for a project and portfolio management tool, you already understand the business benefit of [...]
How to Engage and Influence Sponsors
What is sponsorship? Sponsorship of a project, programme or portfolio is an important senior management role. The sponsor is accountable for ensuring that the work is governed effectively [...]
How To Win a Negotiation With BATNA and ZOPA
When to negotiate in a project When might a project manager need to negotiate? It might be easier to ask when do they NOT need to negotiate! Project [...]
Project Stage Gates – The Safety Zones in Projects
The APM define project stage gates as: (Decision Gate) A point in the lifecycle between phases that is used to review and confirm the viability of the work [...]
Project or Organisation Suffering From Over-governance?
While some organisations are just starting to set up the governance model for their projects, programmes, and portfolios, many others are on the other extreme of the spectrum [...]
Tips For A Successful Project Transition & Handover
Project transition is the activities done towards the end of the project to hand over the project output (a new product, process, policy etc) to the end-user so [...]
Critical Path Method… Still Relevant?
Critical Path Method forms the backbone of any decent scheduling software. As a Microsoft Gold Partner, we’d obviously advocate Microsoft Project, although other tools are available. What is [...]
Five Methods for Conflict Resolution
All projects involve some conflict from the lighter end defined by a “difference of opinion” through to fundamental disagreement on the best approach, way of working, roles and [...]
Context Switching – The Art of Balancing Attention
The human brain is an amazing thing. For as long as I can remember, I’ve been fascinated by people - why they react in a certain way, why [...]
APM PFQ or PMQ – Which One is Right For Me?
Are you thinking of taking the next step in your project management career? Perhaps you have identified there is an opportunity to improve your skills and knowledge? Well, [...]
