What are the benefits of project management? Before we can answer this question, we need to ask “benefits to whom?” So, let’s think about the various stakeholders. We have the organisation, we have project managers and project team members, we have other employees and staff, we have contractors, suppliers and consultants, we have vendors, and Read more…
Recent news about the Flint water crisis highlights the role of risk management in protecting human health and drinking water supplies. Public health, safety and well-being is a precious commodity. The development of safe public water supplies creates major benefits by improving living standards, quality of life, and protecting against disease and sickness. The successful Read more…
We’ve updated this popular article by adding a fun slideshow that looks at a day in the life of a project manager and answers “What is a project manager and what do they do?” Use it and share it with your colleagues! Click below to view the full Haiku Deck with notes. To fully answer Read more…
Your Risk Register Template is the tabular structure that provides a home for every element of your risk management process. Clever application of a standardized Risk Register Template helps you manage complexity and prevent failures, so that your projects are less risky, and more flexible and efficient. In an earlier article we reviewed the 12 Read more…
Your Project Risk Register Template is a handy tool to add structure and consistency to your project risk management process. Using this template framework puts you in the lead to quickly and easily carry out a complete risk management process. You identify, assess and treat risks, and bring your project team and stakeholders along on Read more…
Risk management is one of the most fascinating processes you encounter if you manage projects, organizations or strategy. Fascinating, because the identification and assessment of risk is a process that is both creative and systematic, using the right and left side of your brain. You engage your right brain creative, intuitive energy where you anticipate, Read more…
As a project manager or team member, you manage risk on a daily basis; it’s one of the most important things you do. If you learn how to apply a systematic risk management process, and put into action the core 5 risk management process steps, then your projects will run more smoothly and be a Read more…
Developing a work breakdown structure is not always easy. It can be demanding and require a lot of time and effort. Sometimes it is difficult to know where to start and so you may put off developing the WBS and then rush it through so that it is over and done. Work breakdown structure training Read more…
Creating a work breakdown structure involves identifying and describing each task in a project. There are many ways you can present the Work Breakdown Structure for your project. This work breakdown structure training summary helps you work out which layout is best for your purpose, whether you are developing, presenting or communicating a work breakdown Read more…
What are the 3 simple Work Breakdown Structure Steps to Create a comprehensive WBS for your Project? Do you get that sinking feeling when it’s time to identify and set-out all the tasks in your project? You’re not alone; when you start a project the number and complexity of tasks can be overwhelming. And one Read more…
A concise Project Charter will provide direction and a framework for your project. But writing a Charter can be viewed as a tedious obligation that is difficult and time consuming, with uncertainty about what should be included. That’s why this article gives guidance on how to write a concise Project Charter that includes the 8 Read more…
So you want to learn how to write a quick and easy Project Charter? One that sets your project off on the right path by outlining the preliminary project framework, providing clear guidance to your project team and stakeholders and ensuring the organization and senior management are committed to the project. To achieve these objectives Read more…