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Mar
Who Cares About Your IT Initiative?
Sure, we all want our IT initiatives to succeed. We regularly evaluate our projects, in-flight or upon completion, looking for tangible lessons to learn. We...
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Feb
PM Pointers: 3 Ways to Maximize Success with Inter-Team Dependencies
Managing an IT project often requires working with resources across other teams—not just those fully allocated to your initiative. Supporting resources and teams can be...
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Feb
The Fallacy of Multi-Project Resource Allocation
Organizations tend to divide the same resources over multiple, simultaneous projects and still expect the same level of productivity as if each person were dedicated...
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Jan
The Value of a Communication Plan for IT Initiatives
Communication plans for an IT project might come off as overkill, or even remind you of a nagging parent’s chore chart. In fact, the two...
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Dec
The 3 Lists that Control the Success of Every IT Project
Preface: In a perfect world, key elements like project requirements and execution steps would be issued by a product owner or PM. But the real...
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Sep
PM Pointers: Managing Superstars
Part 5 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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Sep
PM Pointers: Managing a Team Member with a Personal Agenda
Part 4 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
The 4 Most Important Skills for an IT Project Manager
The title of Project Manager (PM) assumes a specific set of skills. While PMs certainly qualify as leaders, and the best possess the same qualities that...
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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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Aug
The 5 Secret Jobs of an IT Project Manager
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
PM Pointers: Managing a Team Member Who is Coasting
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
A Day in the Life of an IT Project Manager
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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