There's an old saying: ‘Time is money’. It's all about Opportunity Cost.



It means, if you try to save money by doing something yourself, you may be omitting to think about the value of your...

Waterfall Project Management is a specific approach to tackling a project.



It is linear and follows a series of stages

or phases.

The term 'Waterfall' was first used in 1976. But,...

What's Your Next Step as a Project Manager. The answer to your project management career is in the Japanese concept of ikigai.



'I've been working as a Project Manager...

Feedback is a vital part of any manager or supervisor’s role. And that’s as true for Project Managers as for any other form of manager or leader. There are different types, but the one that gets...

We all have it. But some of us have more than others! So, what is power? In this video, I'll tell you - particularly in the context of Project Management.



'Power is the ability to do or act; capability of doing...

Many projects need to procure services or long-term supply contracts. And getting the best value often means running a competitive tender process. So let's see the steps you need to...

PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) is PMI’s certification for Agile Practitioners. They designed it to demonstrate deep knowledge of Agile principles and methods. So, What is the...

In this video, I want to look at the different ways the Project Organization of the Project Manager and their team can be drawn from the wider organization.



To do so, I am going to describe five different Project...

Any video about Artificial Intelligence is likely to be – at best – provisional. The technology is improving fast and what seems possible now is likely to be little more than the leading edge of a massive transformation. With that...

As a Project Manager, you need to get to grips with Project Politics.



But you may say: 'I'm a Project Manager; not a P

olitician'

T
here is an old joke:
The world is divided into two groups: people...

Dr Martin Luther King Jr said 'You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.'



In this short, bite-size video, I reflect on what that quote means for project manager and the discipline of Project...

One of the most famous stories in the mythology of Rock'n'Roll is about Van Halen and the brown M&Ms. What was it all about? And what lesson does it hold for Project Managers?



Van Halen was a...

The slightly annoying 'Keep Calm and Carry On' wartime poster parodies are near-ubiquitous these days.



As a Project Manager, your job is stressful. But, there’s no doubt that calm optimists...

Should a Project Manager get involved in Contract Negotiations? This is the essence of a question I was asked.





If we leave the negotiations entirely to procurement teams, then decisions wi
ll...

Are you one of those people who 'just can't remember names'? The fact is that almost everybody can. It's just that we either don't choose to put in the effort, or we don't know the techniques. So, here are my top 7...

Project Cost Management is a popular topic. Not because people enjoy it, though. Mostly because people don’t know how to do it. And it’s not part of many Project Management training courses.



My history with...

What are the most important non-Project Management skills for Project Managers to study and master?

We often encounter tricky problems in our projects. And what can make them difficult is that the issues involved are not simply black and white; good or bad. Sometimes they are a little murky: shades of...

These days you may be hearing a lot about neuroscience in business, leadership, and Project Management. But what is neuroscience?



A useful working definition in our c
ontext is:
Neuroscience is about...

With any project, things will happen that you don't expect. Issues will emerge. So, how do you do Issue Management? In this video, I describe the following steps: 1. Identify Issues 2. Analyze Issues 3. Plan Issue Response 4. Take...

Seneca was an early first-century Roman stoic philosopher and dramatist. He asserted that ‘You are Your Choices’.



Well, he may not have said it, but it is widely attributed to him and there are many

variants.

I...

Margaret Thatcher was a late 20th Century British politician and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. She knew that ‘You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.’



Salespeople know that you may need something...

A quick bite-sized introduction to the 6+1 Risk Management Strategies in 60 seconds

A quick bite-sized introduction to the three quality processes in 60 seconds:<b<br/>r/>

<br/>1. Quality Design (<br/>QD)
2. Quality Assurance (QA)
3. Quality Control (QC)