Where Projects Come From

Parents often dread being asked by their offspring: “Where do babies come from?” It could be a fear of causing the same discomfort that prevents Project Managers from being too curious about where projects come from. We often treat projects as a game, with the Project Sponsor laying down the ground rules and then we […]

Consulting the Delphic Oracle

Anyone who has learned to scuba dive or climb mountains will be aware that dangerous activities should not be attempted alone. I am sure that experienced Project Managers will agree that certain aspects of their work constitute dangerous activities, but they might not have thought to alleviate the danger by seeking help from the project […]

Coping with Unemployment as a Project Manager

Even in the best of times, there are always people out of work, including, sadly, several Project Managers.Unemployment can be extremely traumatic, especially if you are someone who identifies closely with your work. Losing your job can mean effectively losing your identity. This is not a new thing. If you consider some of the common surnames […]

Project Procurement Management

Some projects can proceed using only the resources internally available to the organization. In other words, the necessary skills can be found among our employees and all the equipment and material is already in stock. If this is the case then external procurement is not an issue. On this page: However, if there is something […]

Project Management Certification

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PMP® Exam Changes 2016 | Velopi

The Project Management Institute has changed its Examination Content Outline for the Project Management Professional (PMP)® exam. On the surface, this looks like a massive change – most of the tasks listed have been reworded and new ones have been added. According to the Institute, some 25% of the exam questions are going to change when […]

Training Software Developers in Project Management

The software industry is huge in Ireland. Indeed, the worldwide market for software products and solutions is creating a massive demand for software skills. The European Commission estimates that the industry in Europe will be short one million software developers by the end of the year. On this page: Challenges of Transitioning from Programming to […]

Are We Ready to Start? (Free Checklist!)

In another article, we pointed out that the Process Groups you find in the Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) are not the same as project phases. Instead we need to consider them as collections of similar types of processes, rather than processes that need to be carried out in a particular order. However, the […]

Project Management Quality – Joseph M. Juran

Anyone who has visited a factory where quality is vital to business will probably have seen a poster featuring a lonely, long-distance runner over the caption: “In Quality, the Race is never Run”. This must be the most demotivating slogan ever conceived – why start a race if there is no end? But when one […]

Project Management Feasibility Studies

Usually, in Project Management Professional (PMP®) courses, the first process we meet is Develop Project Charter. PMP® students are told that the Project Charter is a document that formally authorizes the project and allows the project manager to spend money in order to achieve project goals. We also learn that the Project Charter comes into being […]