Take a deep breath and exhale. You’ve completed your project, turned over the keys to the customer and closed out all the remaining items on your project checklist. You can now loosen that tie and let your hair down. It’s time to celebrate yet another successful project that you timidly chalk up to years of [...]
With spring around the corner, I’m ready to shake things up and make full use of that extra hour of daylight. Slumbering through the winter months gave me a cold dose of reality that it’s now time to break away from some of the stubborn routine and habits that caused me to pack on a [...]
T here’s something novel about taking on a brand new project and envisioning that clear or not so clear path to success that continues to pique my interest. Forming a team, setting up goals, mapping out a project plan and working your way through milestones poses as somewhat of an adventure to those who favor [...]
The start of the New Year brings with it a whirlwind of challenges and opportunities waiting for people to conquer and seize them. Along with everyone else, I’m hardly one to shy away from making a new year’s resolution. Over the years, those lofty goals of eating right, losing weight, traveling the world and sleeping [...]
W ith the end of the year approaching, you’ve earned the humble pleasure and gratification to finally throw that fist in the air and let out a howling scream, “I did it!” Ticking off that last to do on your checklist, packaging all those assets and closing out on your project is most rewarding when [...]
W ith the holiday season upon us, the weather is quick to turn. The days grow shorter and the afternoons are gloomy and gray. Chilly winds and rainfall sweep across the city. The feeling of being cold and wet sends shivers down your spine. Luckily, you unpack those sweaters and boots boxed away in your [...]
V ital to a project’s success is the ability for project managers to identify their stakeholders, define their role within the project, and determine how to engage them and keep them engaged throughout the duration of the project. Whether those stakeholders have a direct or indirect role on your project team, their influence and guidance [...]
Y ou’re independent, organized and a leader at heart. You thrive in a fast-paced environment and your appetite to plan and control is freakishly insatiable. You relish both change and routine, and you intend on seeing things through from start to completion. You’ve experienced project success and failure, and you’ve overcome some of your biggest [...]
I n today’s project management world, it’s easy to get caught up in the tactics and the nitty gritty when you don’t have a project plan in place. Scope creep, indecisive stakeholders and over allocation of resources are all factors that can make your project go awry and blow your spending budget. If you’re like [...]
O ne of my favorite pastimes is people watching. Sitting down, taking in the sights and sounds, enjoying the environment and observing people in their element is a soothing way to relax and clear my mind. When I’m at a coffee shop reading a book or catching up on my blog, people watching makes for [...]
S pring cleaning is hardly a ritual that causes people to jump out of their seats – especially when they also lose an hour of sleep. The thought of rolling up your sleeves, wearing a pair of rubber gloves and carrying around a dust mop can seem like an arduous and mundane task for many. [...]
I f project management has taught me anything, it’s learning how to welcome failure. More often than none, project managers are tasked with managing sizeable projects without always having the necessary tools and requirements at their disposable to successfully drive a project. They’re asked to “think big” and “act small” in order to meet lofty [...]
Do you ever wonder what a work day for a Marketing Project Manager looks like? Have you ever wished you could see one in action and learn how to become a better project manager in the process? It comes as no surprise that project management is the talk around town, and more and more people [...]
Crisp, ornate and decorative describe the beautifully hand-tied ribbon that sits on top of that perfectly wrapped gift under the Christmas tree. I don’t know whether it’s the holiday season or simply that it’s the end of the year, but each time I hand tie that wired ribbon into its cheerful loop and perky tail, [...]
By nature, we’ve all had the opportunity to manage projects at some point in life in both a work and leisurely environment. The surprise birthday party you arranged for a friend last month, the baby shower you co-hosted in the spring, the dinner party you catered in the fall, the book club you planned the [...]
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