Learn about the basic organizational structure of a project from Dr Mike Clayton, author of How to Manage a Great Project, and founder of OnlinePMCourses.



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Whether you call it a project master plan, program, terms of reference, or 'Book of the Plan', what are the things you need to include?



Dr Mike Clayton, author of How to Manage a Great Project and founder of...

A short introduction to what Project Management is, from Dr Mike Clayton, author of How to Manage a Great Project, and founder of OnlinePMCourses.



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Stakeholder engagement is a key discipline within project management. Dr Mike Clayton describes a simple and powerful five-step process.



Stakeholder engagement has also been called 'stakeholder...

Project Scope is easy to define, but the hardest part of a project manager's job. So, what is Project Scope?

They sound scary. They are scary. What is a Deadline in a project, and how does a project deadline differ from a Milestone?

Project goals are the bedrock of defining your project. They aren't even your foundation: they are more like the groundwork you do before laying your foundation. So what is a Project Goal exactly?

Transformational Leadership can be set against the alternative; transactional leadership. The distinction was drawn by James McGregor Burns and clarified by Bernard Bass. As a Project Manager, you are involved in transformation, so...

This is a video extract of our long-form article: <br/>
Project Politics: How to Win The Game of Projects.

There is no single change curve: there are many. And they are all useful to a Project Manager involved in change. So what is the change curve?

One thing ties together many important project management concepts... so, what is the Primary Project Hierarchy?

You've heard of Scrum... <br/>
You've heard o<br/>f Kanban...
So, what is Scrumban?

Projects - especially IT projects - need to release new software into a live environment. So, what is Release Management?

The Critical Path Method is well known. But, what is a Critical Chain?

Good collaboration harnesses the differences between people, and is an essential part of project management. So, what is Collaboration?

In the world of business transformation, what is the master plan that guides the definition and planning of your project? It's a Business Blueprint. So, what is a Business Blueprint?

On software and technical projects, there is a chain of project definition deliverables, and one of them is the Functional Specification. So, what is a Functional Specification?

I am proud that the OnlinePMCourses feature article, 'Risk Response Strategies: Full Roundup' has won PM Updates Most Valuable Post (MVP) award in the Risk Management Category.

The Work Breakdown Structure (or WBS) is one of the most basic and most important of your Project Management toolset.<b<br/>r/>

So, what is a Work Breakdown Structure?

The term 'Senior Responsible Owner' or SRO comes from the UK Government's Program Management methodology, Managing Successful Programmes (MSP). It also appears in the related and far more widely known PRINCE2 methodology.



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Projects have a lot of processes, tools, and methods. One thing allows a project manager to hold them all together. So, what is Project Integration?

Your project gets delayed...<br/>
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So, what is Crashing the Timeline?

Six short, sharp, easy things you can do to improve your project management, that will have big results in improving your project outcomes.<br/>