Traditional staffing firms are tried-and-true at placing professionals into technical roles, but a different approach is needed for finding project leaders.
PMP certified skills are enough to make a project manager qualified on paper, but the soft skills and nuances that allows project managers to fit in an organization and excel as leaders require expertise beyond what chop shops have
In order to ensure success, it takes a multi-tiered approach to find, acquire, and adopt talent into an organization. (more…)
Getting Beyond PMPs and Acquiring Excellent Project Leaders
Traditional staffing firms are tried-and-true at placing professionals into technical roles, but a different approach is needed for finding project leaders. PMP certified skills are enough to make a project manager qualified on paper,...
The Mutual Relationship between Performance Management and Project Management
Performance management is not just a function of human resources. Project and portfolio management is another great context for this process. Projects are the engine that drive an organization toward its vision. As such,...
“Leadership is Taken, Not Given” – WiserWulff White Paper
“Leadership Is Taken, Not Given” is a topic that WiserWulff CEO, Gus Cicala, has written and talked about extensively. It was the subject of his keynote address at ProjectSummit, his chapter in the book...
What Are the Most Important Traits of a Successful Project Manager?
When it comes to taking a project from start to finish, it’s hard to overstate the value of stellar project management. It can mean the difference between delivering an on-budget, on-time project and one...
Project Failure = Leadership Failure
Projects are often complex undertakings filled with a series of interdependent people, parts, and processes. Envisioning and bringing them to fruition takes a significant amount of expertise and planning. And with the amount of...
Have a Mission Critical Project? Take these 4 steps to ensure project success
Project failure rates have been so high for so long that executives have almost grown accustomed to failure. The problem is failure is not always an option. Some projects are too central to the...
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...
The Most Important Role for Every ERP Project
The most important team member you need in-house to run a successful ERP project is some form of Solution Architect. Vendors will often take care of most roles for the implementation itself. But someone...