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Aug
PM Pointers: Managing a Team Member with Personal Issues
Part 3 in our 5-part Managing Needy Team Members series. As project managers, we often run into team members that require a great deal of attention....
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24
Aug
Part 3 in our 5-part Managing Needy Team Members series. As project managers, we often run into team members that require a great deal of attention....
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Aug
Did you think a Project Manager had just 1 job? There’s a lot more going on behind the scenes than simply “managing a project.” PMs...
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Aug
Part 2 in our 5-part Managing Needy Team Members series. As project managers, we often run into team members who require a great deal of attention....
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Aug
IT project managers cover a lot of ground during the workday. From meetings with their team, business counterparts, stakeholders, and users, to prep work before...
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Jul
Delivering on scope, on time, and on budget aren’t enough. Internal customers want tangible results from IT. They want real value. But too often, those in...
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Jul
IT often has a complex from being considered a non-strategic business unit, or a necessary evil. In response, many IT professionals try to prove the...
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Jul
A solely results-oriented project manager (PM) sees every project as a personal opportunity to achieve success. On the other hand, some PMs see a project as...
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Jul
Motivation is a concept well-covered in project management resources, and is required constantly for project success. Intensity is the level of focus by a project...
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Jun
Too often, Shadow IT systems—those not authorized by IT—are used by the business to perform work. Here are a few common examples: A cloud storage system (such...
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Jun
Throughout my projects with Abraic, I have worked with quite a few project managers. And while some were first-rate, others had a little catching up...
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Jun
How Much Risk You Are Willing to Tolerate? Every project manager deals with risk assessment and risk management. If done right, the project manager will...
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Jun
How Do You Fund Your IT Investments? First of all, if you are an IT manager or executive and have asked for money to fund...
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