Using Timeboxes in Project Management
In this blog post, Mike Pearce explains why timeboxes are not just a buzzword, but rather a useful tool for project management… and beyond.
Author: Project Management Planet
Bid Writing for Project Managers
This is the first chapter of a book on this topic. This chapter introduces the key aspects of commercial project bidding. The bid is the foundations of project success and must not only persuade the client of its worth, but it has also to offer a feasible and commercially viable...
Measure Software Testing Effort with EVM
EVM is a simple quantitative technique that can be used to measure the schedule progress and optionally the budget progress of software projects. This article explains what EVM is and walks you through an example of using EVM to measure test-effort progress.
Collaboration: More than Facilitated Meetings
Meetings that encourage participation and building consensus are valuable, but true project team collaboration assumes shared responsibility and ownership to boost creativity and learning.
Resource Allocation Issues in a Multi-Project Context
Scheduling and resource allocation is a critical part of project planning in multi-project environments. In this blog post, Kailash Await explains that resource allocation issues are a consequence of flawed organisational procedures rather than poor project management practices.
Agile Project Risk Management
The article “Managing Schedule Flaws using Agile Methods” presents several symptoms and causes of schedule problems, describes metrics and diagrams that can be used to track your team’s progress against its schedule and proposes Agile approaches to mitigate these risks.
DO’s and DON’Ts of Motivational Management
In this blog post, Vitaly Dubravin provides some knowledge about to do or NOT to do in order to motivate a project team.
Project Meetings: 3 Steps to Maximize Efficiency
In this blog post, Kathlika Thomas provides a few tips for managing your project meetings and a meeting outline that you can use over and over on your engagements.