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Know Your Enemies, No. 1: The Human Resources Department
By IT Shambles
There are a few people in your life that you’re always pleased to see. A couple of mates who invariably lift the proceedings when they walk into the pub. Maybe your mum or your granddad, perhaps your life partner or even one of your kids. […]

Project Sustainability Predators at Work
By Gratien Gasaba
Have you ever watched a movie concerning bush meat hunting as performed by the wild big cats such as lions and leopards? Have you noticed that these big cats use a range of tactics to maximize their chances of catching the prey? Have you noticed that these strategies and tactics […]

7 Lead-Off Mistakes to Avoid as a First Time Manager
By Art Petty
Establishing yourself as a credible and positive leader is important and challenging. Here are some all-too-common missteps of first-time (and even some hapless, experienced) managers. Avoid them in good health!

Leading-off with, “Things are going to change around here.” Too many managers enter into a […]

Start Every Project with a Detailed Description of the Project
By Richard Morreale
Too many times I have seen Projects go bad because there wasn’t a common understanding at the beginning of what the Project was supposed to deliver – poor communication. People assume, even on small Projects, that everyone has a common understanding of the deliverable […]

The Dangers of Poor Leadership
By Sam Obitz
Poor leadership can kill an individual’s drive and turn otherwise thriving productive people into malcontents.
I have been associated with people who lost the love of their sport or job simply because of a change in coach or management. Some coaches and managers fail to feed the culture of the […]

Is Resource Planning Only Useful For Big Companies?
By Patricia Goh
Tying in to the project success rates in small and large projects, we will answer the following questions in this post: What is resource planning? Why is resource planning useful? Why do big companies plan their resources? Do small companies need to resource management too? What’s […]

I Can’t Make Another Decision
By Karen J Goold
We probably all know what it’s like to get to the stage where we feel we can’t make any more decisions in a day. If you’ve had a very busy day at work, you often have to make lots of decisions on strategy, resources, management issues, budgets etc. […]

Do You Understand Project Scope Management?
By Harry Hall
Project managers have difficulty managing project scope. Many project managers encounter scope creep, but don’t know what’s happening or what to do about it. Why? Frankly, some individuals don’t grasp the core principles.
Do you understand project scope management? Test your understanding. Try this quick quiz before reading the […]

What Do CIOs Need To Know About Hadoop?
By Jim Anderson
If there is one IT buzzword that gets everyone excited right now, then it’s “Big Data”. The idea behind Big Data is that with the right set of tools, companies can finally take a look at all of the data that they collect from multiple streams […]

How Lean Is Your Project Management Style?
By Kiron D. Bondale
There is no single recipe for how to best manage a project.
Culture (organization & team) and enterprise environmental factors all influence how a project gets managed but personal style and approach also plays a critical role. Within the constraints of the previous factors a project might […]