Tag: business analysis

  • Eliminate Pointless Project Meetings

    Eliminate Pointless Project Meetings

    Some project managers seem to have an addiction to meetings. Arranging a meeting to discuss a meeting even! OK, there’s an obvious need to keep people informed to ensure that everyone is singing from the same hymn sheet, but sometimes the frequency and types of meeting become ridiculous and unnecessary, especially if they seem to…

  • The Secret of Successful Project Management

    The Secret of Successful Project Management

    Getting good, honest advice from someone with business acumen and years of experience is always a welcome event whatever stage of your career you are at. I consider myself lucky when I’m on the receiving end of such advice so here are some of pieces of advice I’ve been given over the years. They are…

  • Questioning Project Management

    Questioning Project Management

    Project Management as a profession has to be one of the most elusive to define. Should anyone enquire as to what you do for a living, your reply is almost guaranteed to provoke some puzzled follow-up questions. Maybe the best way to answer this question would be just to list the skills you need to…

  • What You Need To Know About Planning A Project

    What You Need To Know About Planning A Project

    Perhaps the first thing to note about project management and planning a project, in particular, is that projects never stick to the plan. Change always happens and provided you accept that, then it is really just a matter of altering the plan in a way that will allow the project to still deliver a successful…