Can You Be A Successful Project Team Leader?
Article Written by Gwen Miller, PMP When a project manager undertakes the responsibility for a project, you acknowledge the activity is undertaken to create a specific outcome. Because the project...
View ArticleShould Project Managers Lean Towards Process Orientation?
Article Written by Gwen Miller, PMP Project managers and processes. Hard to think of one without the other. Most project managers have received some level of project management training. In many...
View ArticleStakeholder Management – Reality Check for Project Managers
Article Written by Gwen Miller, PMP Stakeholder Management is a valuable exercise that successful project managers use to make certain that their projects are delivered as expected where others fall...
View ArticleRisk Management – Is this really necessary?
Article Written by Gwen Miller, PMP Anyone who has been on a project team should be aware of what risk management is and why it is needed. If we understand the intent for managing project risks, then...
View ArticleThe Missing Link – Executive Support for Project Management Processes
Article Written by Gwen Miller, PMP Executive support for project management processes required to successfully manage projects, especially IT Projects, seems to be almost non-existent. Why is it...
View ArticleProject Manager and Business Analyst – Does a project really need both roles?
Article Written by Gwen Miller, PMP Project Manager, Business Analyst – does that sound like the same role to you? I recently read two articles published in Tech Republic on two different days. The...
View ArticleRolling Wave and Progessive Elaboration – Have PM’s been Agile all along?
Article Written by Gwen Miller, PMP, CSM Rolling wave and progressive elaboration are two terms that are not foreign to project managers. As a matter of fact, both can be found in the PMBOK (Project...
View ArticleIs It Possible To Change The Image Of The Project Management Office (PMO)?
Article Written by Gwen Miller, PMP, APMC, CSM Can we take the Project Management Office, known to be a cost center, and make it a cost-effective center? What would need to change to make this...
View ArticleTransforming To An Agile Project Management Office – A Study in Trust and...
Article Written by Gwen Miller, PMP, APMC, CSM Agile Methodologies such as Scrum, XP, and Kanban are here to stay. To keep pace, Project Management Offices (PMOs) need to transform from traditional...
View ArticleProject Estimates Are NOT Commitments – Why The Confusion?
Article Written by Gwen Miller, PMP, APMC, CSM A major task for a project manager, and/or the project team, is to estimate the work effort needed to deliver the project. Does this task seem to be one...
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