5 Steps in Using Project Delivery to Save a Project From Failing
Posted on
by Jeff Collins
If the concept of Murphy’s Law (which dictates that anything that can go wrong invariably will go wrong) is true anywhere, it is true in the realm of project delivery. Even when you’ve got a team filled with talented and passionate individuals that are being led by an oil and gas industry professional who can clearly see…
Read more5 Steps to Assessing Your Projects Risk
Posted on
by Jeff Collins
Risks are inherent within project management, and understanding how to properly assess your project’s risk can be the determining factor in its success or failure. Additionally, failure to monitor, analyze, and mitigate risks in an effective manner results in an untrustworthy appearance to stakeholders. However, you can make assessing your project’s risk simple by following…
Read more
5 Steps To Becoming A More Productive Project Manager
Posted on
by Joe Somerville
Overcoming challenges and adapting to the needs and demands of your surroundings makes up the most common aspects of productive project managers. However, project managers are not born productive, and many continue to work hard to learn how to become more effective, productive, and reliable in their work. Fortunately, the steps of becoming a productive…
Read more5 Time Management Tips to Start Practicing Today
Posted on
by Jeff Collins
In project management, there never seems to be enough time to get everything finished. Upper-level management wants detailed analyses on the project’s budget and progress, employees have concerns about assigned activities, and members of the project management team are awaiting your instructions. Your responsibilities as a project manager can be extensive and draining, but all of your…
Read more
7 Elements Needed for Running A Project Management Office
Posted on
by Jeff Collins
Before you can start running a project management office, you must first define the purpose and what the PMO will look like. Without this foundation, all of the other work you do will be in jeopardy. This helps gain clarity and agreement on what you are doing and why. You can think of this as chartering…
Read more5 Must-Know Project Management Techniques For Your Project Team
Posted on
by Innovative Management Solutions
Project management presents a bigger challenge than just telling everyone on the team to do things a certain way. People that are not used to working within a formal structure and framework can sometimes rebel when they are asked to do it for the first time. These people will first tend to get negative and…
Read more
10 Best Practices for Running an Effective Project Management Office
Posted on
by Innovative Management Solutions
Running an effective project management office is like being a student teacher. You will need to be cautious, determined and friendly to those in your team, and you need to be prepared for success and failure. Following these 10 best practices is essential to successfully running a project management office. 1. Identify Opportunities for the…
Read more15 Skills the Best Project Managers Carry
Posted on
by Innovative Management Solutions
As a project manager, you have found yourself in a variety of difficult situations and distressing events. However, the best project managers are able to adapt and survive these situations through their skill set. To help you grow as a project manager, or if you’re currently involved in the project management team, take a moment…
Read more
3 Actions To Avoid Scope Creep
Posted on
by Innovative Management Solutions
Some argue that scope creep is unavoidable, and this concept is true to an extent. Environmental or political factors could result in the addition of whole sections to a planned project. This is detrimental to efficient, effective project management, and is also the result of underestimating the intent of a project. Learn how project managers can…
Read more3 Keys to Enhance Project Selection to Achieve Business-Driven Goals
Posted on
by Innovative Management Solutions
Traditionally, the Project Portfolio Management sector has attempted to take organizational strategy and translate it into reality. Unfortunately, the success rates of these traditional PPM projects have left organizations searching for a better method or process. In order to understand why success rates of projects have been so dismal, we must remember why we execute projects, which is…
Read more
3 Project Scheduling Best Practices
Posted on
by Joe Somerville
When creating a project schedule for the first time or revisiting a schedule for updates, project managers should fall back several best practices. However, understanding the best practices for project management can be trivial at best. Fortunately, the majority of best practices focus on identifying certain relationships in the project schedule, assigning reasonable values, and…
Read moreAvoid Missed Project Deadlines with Better Project Management
Posted on
by Jeff Collins
Even if you approach the situation as prepared as possible and with the best of intentions, missed project deadlines may still occur for a wide variety of different reasons. When they do occur, however, it is important to treat them as a temporary stumbling block and not a major disaster that stands to derail the…
Read more