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10 Things Successful Project Managers Never Tolerate
By Harry Hall
Project managers are not just managers. They’re leaders. Project managers shape and influence their project culture for good or bad.
Tolerance can be a great trait. However, project managers must be deliberate in what we will tolerate and what we will not tolerate. Project managers must refuse to […]

Does Anyone Benefit from Your Project Management Information System (PMIS)?
By Kiron D. Bondale
A project management information system (PMIS) is not an investment which most companies would make lightly. The one time and ongoing hard costs coupled with the change management effort involved in implementing such tools can be significant so it is reasonable to expect […]

Manage Team Performance Through an Open Dialog
By Patrick Smyth
Many challenges in business, team and employee performance result from inadequate communication. Leaders often make incorrect assumptions about the members of their teams. Those assumptions lead the team to believe the leader is not interested in listening to their ideas for improvements. Sometimes communication breaks down when […]

Bringing Agile Into the Portfolio
By Nils Davis
In today’s tech infused world, many companies strive to rise above the competition and get results from their efforts and ideas as quickly as possible. It’s okay to want instant gratification – our customers seem to expect it – but as we well know, anything great takes time. But […]

Agile Baby Steps: A Parable To Help You Get Started
By Rob Kraft
We often hesitate to take the action that shows we are committed to doing something new. We read about it, analyze it, and try to understand it; but real learning requires that we go beyond reading. We must DO. The goal of this article […]

How to Improve Business Processes with Mind Mapping
By Joel Roberts
Mind mapping is not a new technique. People have been creating visual diagrams that explain the relationship between ideas for centuries. Now new developments in mind mapping software have made this method accessible, however. Many different types of thought maps can be created easily and shared […]

Project and Portfolio Management Quiz: Are You Top Down or Bottom Up?
By Kristyn Medeiros
Why does it matter?
Both the top down and bottom up approaches are integral to project and portfolio success. However, it will significantly help you to know what your current approach is. With this awareness comes discussion on whether this is the approach […]

Projectize your Project Meetings
By Amy S Hamilton
All Project Managers are familiar with the triple constraint of time, cost and quality/scope. Recently, while I was waiting for a meeting to start, I began calculating the cost of man hours in the room of the staff waiting. Then, when the meeting finally started, it was disorganized and […]

Bedside Manner and the Project Manager
By Lonnie Pacelli
So we’ve all been to the doctor. We know the feeling of getting marched into a sterile examination room, given a gown that only covers the front half of your body, asked to step on a scale, prodded with a thermometer, asked to pee in a cup. Then […]

What Challenges Will Project Managers Face a Decade from Now?
By Kiron D. Bondale
The hurdles which today’s project managers face are likely to be replaced by new threats over time. For example, when the profession first started to be formalized, the tools weren’t available to facilitate highly virtual projects and hence the advantages and disadvantages of […]