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What is a Work Package? Project Management in Under 5
Controlling who does what is a vital part of managing your project. So, what is a Work Package?
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5 Project Management Tips to Instantly Up Your Project Management Game
Five of my best Project Management tips for Project Managers to make a big difference to your project management. As an aide memoir for our 5 Project Management Tips, they are: 1. Use the SCOPE Process to stay in control under presure 2....
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What are Task Dependencies in Project Management?
When you are planning and scheduling your project, there will be some sequences of activities that you need to respect. They are generated by task dependencies. So, what are Task Dependencies in Project Management?
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What are Project Constraints?
Some things constrain the choices you can make, when you plan and deliver your project. They get in your way and it will not do, to ignore them. So, what are Project Constraints?
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What are Stage Gates or Gateways?
Stage Gates, Gateways, or Phase Gates... The Stage Gate process is a vital part of project governance and good project management. So, what are Stage Gates, or Gateways?
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Stakeholder Engagement Tips: 5 Tips For Project Managers
Stakeholders - and good stakeholder engagement - are the key to a successful project. So, in this video, we have 5 stakeholder engagement tips for you. These tips are inspired by our Kindle-exclusive eBook, 'Stakeholder Engagement:...
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Project Planning 101 - How to Build Effective Project Plans
The project planning process can be as complex as you need it to be or as simple as you want it to be. Each step can be detailed or summary. And you need only use the steps that are right for your project. All the steps in the project...
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Project Lifecycle and the Project Process: 5 Tips
At the heart of our core project management methodologies is the Project Lifecycle and the Project Process. This is the basis for how we deliver planned, predictive projects.
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The Role of a Project Manager: Project Management Responsibilities
The role of a Project Manager is a big one. There's a lot to do, just to keep on top of the basics. But have you ever thought of what is included? Have you ever asked yourself, 'What do Project managers actually do?' In this video, Mike...
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Dull Projects are the Best: Three Reasons Why
I love Dull Projects. Dull is good. So is boring... and drab. But WHY do I say this? Why do I think dull projects are the best? I have good reasons and, in this short video, I'll share them with you. By the way: at the end, I conclude...
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Where do Ideas Come From? 5 Ways to Get Creative
Where do ideas come from? Creativity and innovation are a little mysterious. But they are important for anyone who works on a project management environment. So, in this video, I will share my thoughts on where ideas come from. And I'll...
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Key Project Management Deliverables: The Documentation You Really Need
Running any project means creating a whole set of project management deliverables. These are the project documentation deliverables that you need, so you can control your project, manage it efficiently, and deliver it in an accountable...
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How to Run a Great Project Team Meeting
Projects have teams, and teams need to meet. So your next project team meeting is a valuable opportunity to advance your project and motivate your team... Or it's a chance to waste everyone's time! Do you know how to run a great project...
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Risk Management - 5 Tips to Do it Right
Shift Happens! Things go wrong. So, as a project manager, you need to be able to manage risks.
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How to Run an Effective Stage Gate Review
Stage Gate Reviews make a valuable contribution to project governance. So, if you can introduce a gateway process into your project, you will gain more control and greater accountability. But that does rely on you running an effective...
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What do Good Project Managers do that Average PMs Don't?
What do Good Project Managers do that Average Project Managers Don't? That's a question I get asked a lot. So, in this video I set out to answer it, and I focus on two priorities that good project managers tend to focus on, which average...
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Finding an Optimum - 'More Haste: Less Speed'
More haste: less speed' my dad would say. And it is certainly true when you are trying to find an optimum way of doing things. In this short thought-video, I muse on this and look at why shortcuts in project management tend to fail. I...
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Lessons Learned Meeting: How to Make it Excellent
Project Management is a huge and complex discipline and we can devote our working lives to getting better at it. And one of the best ways to improve our performance is by harvesting lessons learned from each project we do. And learning...
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Avoid Project Failure: 5 Top Tips
No one wants their project to fail. Despite this, project failure is all too common. When you start projects, you are often filled with optimism, and can barely recognize the possibility of failure. And the risk of project failure gets...
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How to Manage Multiple Projects
As you become a more experienced Project Manager, you will one day be called upon to manage multiple projects. And this does not just apply to full-time Project Managers… This is a question I have been asked about a lot by project...
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What to Put in Your Risk Register (Risk Log)
Risk Management is one of the core skills of project management. And your Risk Register - or Risk Log - is the primary tool you'll use. Risk registers come in many forms, but they all have two principal purposes: - creating transparency...
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Personal Time Management - How to Apply the OATS Principle
Project Managers need to be able to manage their own time. So, personal time management (as opposed to schedule management) is an essential skill if you want to be effective. I have written four books about time management and personal...
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What are T Shaped People?
One idea that’s big in the world of Agile that should be big throughout Project Management is that of T Shaped People. So, in this video, I will answer the question 'What are T Shaped People?' People with niche skills - depth in one...
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How to Get People to Do What You Ask Them to Do?
One of the toughest things for a Project Manager is getting your team to do what you ask them to do. And it's no surprise that the way you ask matters. But I'd like to suggest a three-step approach that can help you lock-in a mind-set...