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10 Signs Your Employees Are Unhappy
By Cheryl Cran
In these busy times leaders and teams are so focused on getting through myriads of tasks and projects that often signs of discontent can be missed or ignored.
Leaders that focus on employee ‘happiness’ in addition to productivity and bottom line results have a greater competitive advantage. Happy employees […]

7 Reliable Ways to Improve Project Estimates
By Harry Hall
Once upon a time, I sat in the office of a CEO as he described ten years of late and grossly over-budget Information Technology projects. He was more frustrated than a New York Mets fan losing another New York Yankees game. He asked why IT continued to […]

Top Five Project Management Pitfalls
By Petros Rigas
Project Management is one significant underestimated area that often goes unnoticed across many industries. Many companies introduce it as a process for compliance purposes only. It is also primarily introduced to make the “company” look good and attractive to investors – nothing more and nothing less. Few companies, however, […]

Functional and Non-Functional Requirements: A Primer
By Ben Snyder, CEO of Systemation
What does it do and how does it work?
These two questions should be top of mind for every business analyst embarking on a new project. That’s because, at a very basic level, these two questions will guide you towards the functional and non-functional requirements that […]

5 Ways For PMOs To Give Back
By Tushar Patel
The holidays are a great time to take a step back and reflect on the year. With #GivingTuesday just a few days ago and an inspiration to give back to our communities, we thought it would fun to cover ways the PMO can give back to […]

Be Quick to Listen and Slow to React
By Eric Johnson
Taking time to listen to people who want to share something with you will keep you aware and help you to respond to trends. Reacting to trends or complaints too quickly can lead you down the wrong path and can be extremely costly.
This is a tough […]

Is There Anything Wrong with an Alpha Project Manager?
By Kiron D. Bondale
Multiple articles have been written about the evils of being a weak project manager. The unwillingness of such individuals to challenge poor decisions, to confront unhealthy conflict, or to shield their team members from unnecessary interference impacts team morale, forces other stakeholders to step […]

Creating Habits for Success: Five Strategies for Staying On-Track
By Michelle LaBrosse, PMP, Founder, Cheetah Learning
What habits do you need to develop to become a more effective Project Manager? Maybe you need to get more organized with your paperwork, or change how you spend your time each day to stay on-track with your projects, or shift […]

What Is the Data that Drives Performance?
By Joe Hessmiller
Research indicates despite everything we’ve tried, project success rates have hardly budged in 30 years.
A McKinsey & Company study of 5,400 large scale IT projects (projects with initial budgets greater than $15M) found that the well-known challenges with IT Project Management are persisting. Among the key findings […]

Top Limitations Of Using Spreadsheets For Resource Planning
By Patricia Goh
It is important to change up the obsolete to a current solution if managers are serious about avoiding project failure at all cost. In resource planning, many have used spreadsheets to manage resources and plan projects, but is that the cheapest, fastest and easiest way to […]