Resource Management: The Keystone of Project Management and Portfolio Management
Organizations are beginning to recognize the comprehensive power that Resource Management has for addressing how to manage projects and project portfolios. To put it simply, the daily operations of an organization revolve around executing...
How AI Can Unlock the Final Frontier of Project Management
Most opportunities for digital disruption have happened when there is wasted capacity because of a disconnect with demand. How many empty houses were there before AirBnB connected people leaving town with people who wanted...
4 Challenges When Managing the Project Plan and Schedule during Execution
Project execution is where the rubber meets the road. Some organizations even have a dedicated project execution manager for this critical part of the process. For a project manager, the brunt of project execution...
What Is the Critical Path and How Do you Calculate It?
One of the fundamental approaches to project scheduling is the Critical Path Method (CPM). In order to use the CPM, project managers need to understand what the critical path is and how to calculate...
What Is the Most Overlooked Risk in Enterprise Organizations?
This article first appeared in UpJourney. You can read the full piece here. Hope is not a strategy. Risk Management is. Risk management is a framework that allows you to identify risks, evaluate which...
3 Questions to Ask a Leadership Talent Provider
Vetting talent is hard enough. How do you vet the firms that vet talent? Finding a good leader can be a critical first step toward success for your initiatives. Unfortunately, many companies still struggle...
How Can You Tell If an Interview Actually Went Well?
Talent firms get to hear both the candidate and employer’s perspective on interviews. Time-and-time again, candidates come out of an interview glowing and thinking it went great while the hiring manager says they’ll be...
3 Advantages to Using a Specialized Talent Provider to Fill Project Leadership Needs
Project management is a challenging job, but finding a good project manager might be an even taller task. Facing mounting talent shortages in an already competitive field, many companies have turned to talent solution...