Category: Project Management Advice
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Write your Project Management CV with your target audience in mind
Do you send out the same CV for every job you apply for or write a new for each application? Do you list ALL your previous experience or do you edit for laser focussed relevance? Do you write your CV with the person you want to read it in mind? You should. It’s more…
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Knowing When Your Project Has Been Successful
Every project manager, every business and everyone involved in a project, whether it’s a small local project or a highly complex global project, wants it to be a success. Successful projects are good for our careers and sense of achievement and well-being – something worth celebrating. But how can you be sure your project has…
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4 common mistakes that can lead to project failure
Project management by its nature is a balancing act. It requires an understanding of many different facets of business, the industry, and the clients overall goal. The most common cause of failure on projects is when this balance is disrupted, usually by neglecting or focusing solely on a single aspect to the detriment of others.…
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Come in the Project Facilitator
A project manager is often expected to deal with a whole range of situations that might not strictly be part of their role. They will often need diplomacy and tact to handle delicate situations, frayed tempers and personality clashes. In theory, at least, the role of the project manager is well defined but in…
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Project Management for Newbies
It’s well understood that any type of project will benefit from standard project management tools and techniques. Whether that project involves a single, co-located team or is a highly complex undertaking involving a range of teams in different disciplines. But for those new to the field or hoping to start developing a career as a…
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Controlling Scope Creep
It is quite normal that the business requirements for a project will change after the project has started – requirements become clearer once tasks start to be completed, market conditions change, budgets, priorities and resources are altered. So changes to the scope of a project shouldn’t be unexpected and should be embraced as a means…
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Defining Project Scope: Problems and Solutions
Anyone involved in projects knows the importance of accurately defining the project scope – this is one of the project management fundamentals. It defines what will be included and, importantly, what will not included in the final product, how it can be expected to look, feel, function. And anyone involved in projects at any level…
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Defining Project Success Criteria
Defining success criteria has been shown again and again in real-word situations to be instrumental in projects being successful. Any project management training course from the APM Project Fundamentals Course right up to the most advanced professional PM qualifications will teach the importance of accurately defining project success criteria. By knowing what we are aiming…
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Features and Functions in a Business Requirements Document
A Business Requirements Document is the document used in complex projects to define what needs to be done or altered in order to meet some business objective. It also documents what will, or will not, be included in the project and a certain amount of detail about risks, assumptions, training and quality measures. …
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Six Tips for Planning a Project
When it comes to project management, every project manager has a different approach. Project management planning depends a lot on the manager’s perspective, the size of the project, and how cautious the project manager wants to be. Also, one project planning framework cannot work for every project that a manager works on. With different projects,…
