Project Management Insights

Is your schedule off track?  Here are four steps you can follow to get it back ON track.

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Being too focused is a detriment. I say that because you become so narrow in the way you see things that you are not able to see there are others on the TEAM. "There is no 'I' in Team' remember. So consider if you are being too narrow-minded in your approach, or are you open-minded and work WITH your whole team. We are talking about the difference between focusing on an outcome as a team versus being too driven at all cost.

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You may not have had to write too many Business Cases. Naturally, then you aren't aware of what makes a business case strong. And when I say strong I mean one that clearly shows that the project should proceed. Here are my keys to writing such a business case.

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What you want on any project team is all of the team members onside. Why? So everyone is working towards the same end goal; successful delivery of your project. Here are five simple ways to make that happen, so you have the team working as a T.E.A.M (Together Everyone Achieves More).

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Often we ask questions and don't get a response, or at least not the one we wanted.  Here are tips and ideas for how to ask questions that will get you a response, at least one you can use. Gaining a response that allows you to ask for more information, or to negotiate is what you are looking for.

If you display these 7 skills then you would be considered a strong leader by your team.  Isn't that how you want to be seen?

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You do realize that testing on an IT system project has little to do with the actual testing itself and more to do with your reputation?  Why do I say that, well if you don't test and the system fails your reputation suffers?  If you do thorough testing and the system works perfectly then your reputation soars. Now you understand what I mean?

It is very important that your Project Sponsor is engaged and fully supporting you and the project. Here are 7 different ways that you can make that happen by engaging them.

And no, I'm not talking about Grammy Award acting. I am talking about taking action to do what is needed for the successful delivery of your project.  Have you ever noticed there are often members of your team who don't deliver, deliver late?  Here are three reasons why that might be the case. This will help you understand a little about how you might change up the way you interact with these people to get them TO deliver.

We all know that Project Managers are more often than not control freaks, right? Perhaps not all of them, yet there is a myth that as the Project Manager managing a project, you need to be in control of everything.  Let's bust that myth because it's just not true. And in fact the less 'in control' you are of some things the better off the team will be.  They will perform better, deliver more and be happier when you give up the reigns to those with the knowledge and skills.