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...
The Effects of Poor Leadership in Project Management
Organizations feel the effects of poor leadership in project management pervasively. Many of the most common project ailments–including a lack of clear requirements, regular miscommunication and lagging schedules and bloated budgets–all come down to...
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...
How to Overhaul a Culture of Project Malpractice
Expectations around project success are historically low across organizations. Poor results in the past have led many companies to believe that only a few projects will pan out, and executives often respond by thinking...
The Run-On Effects of Failed Projects
Project management is far from a new concept. Some historians say its origins date back to the Egyptian era, and even modern project management practices can be traced back to as early as the...
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...