How Project Stakeholders and Organizational Influences Affect Project Management
Anyone who has worked on a project knows that it’s not just the project teams and its managers that affect project execution and success. This post will identify and examine the key external players...
What is Project Management? (And why do you need it?)
Projects are what deliver organizations to their future vision. So the #1 thing holding organizations back is project failure. That’s where project management comes in. This post covers the basics you need to know...
What Does Project Failure Look Like to You?
Pop quiz: An agricultural supply company develops a new product that is much more effective at inseminating cows than any other product on the market. They can develop the product in a year with...
Project Phases and The Project Lifecycle
There are a variety of approaches used to define a project from start to finish and break it down into phases. This post will review some alternate approaches to project lifecycles. Project Phase Deliverables...
What Makes a Project Successful?
A lot of organizations struggle at judging how a project went. This article covers the textbook approach to evaluating the success of a project. Check out our blog post The Third Dimension of Project...
The Project Management Process
Methodology and process are critical to delivering consistent, quality project results. This post details how to get both in place for your project operations. The Importance of Methodology to Project Management A methodology is...