Today I want to share five practical techniques to help you build a strong relationship with your project team. Why? Because a high-performing team is one of the most powerful assets a project manager can have. If your team is engaged, motivated, and working toward a shared goal, you’re far more likely to deliver your … More 5 Techniques to Build Strong Relationships with Your Project Team
Managing scope effectively is one of the most critical responsibilities of a project manager. Without clear boundaries, projects can spiral into chaos, leading to delays, budget overruns, and frustrated stakeholders. In this post, we’ll cover five red flags that indicate your scope management is failing—and what you can do to fix it before your project … More 5 Red Flags That Your Scope Management Is Failing
As a project manager, your time is your most valuable asset. Between juggling tasks, meetings, emails, and deadlines, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed. But what if you could free up time, clear mental clutter, and run your project almost on autopilot—all while leaving the office on time every day? In this post, I’ll share three … More 3 Powerful Productivity Hacks for Project Managers
Defect management is a critical aspect of any project involving software development, upgrades, or testing. It ensures that your product meets all requirements, functions as intended, and integrates seamlessly with business processes. Testing is one of the most intense and unpredictable phases of a project, often impacting timelines and delaying launches. That’s why effective defect … More Common defect management mistakes
Project Manager Interview Tips (Top Ten) Over the past ten years, I’ve applied and interviewed for for six increasingly senior project roles, and I was successful in all cases. I have also interviewed over thirty prospective project assistants/managers, for permeant and contractor positions. Throughout this process I have observed a number of commonalities regarding interview … More Project Manager Interview Tips
In this blog, I’m going to talk about project scope. I’ll explain what it is, why it is important, how to define it, and I’ll even throw in an example. The project scope is an essential part of a project manager’s toolkit, and will ultimately set the framework for your project outcomes. Let’s dive in. … More How to write the project scope
How to create an elevator pitch for your project What is an elevator pitch? An elevator pitch is a short ‘speech’ used to spark someone’s interest. That interest could be in anything. For example, it could be in you, your company, a product or an idea. As a project manager, you should be ready to … More Project Elevator Pitch
Top Sixteen Project Manager Terms The project world comes with a lot of ‘jargon’ that you need to be familiar with. It won’t be long before you hear these terms and to be fair, you will naturally pick them up as you go. However, it is certainly worth spending ten minutes to learn the most common … More Top Project Management Terms
We’re going to have a bit of fun in this blog. I’m going to ask you three questions, and if you can hand on heart answer ‘yes’ to all of them, I think it fair to assume you are a good project manager. If you answer ‘no’ to any of them, then get excited, because … More Are you a good project manager? Answer these three simple questions to find out!
Project manager interview questions and answer tips (Top Ten!) If you are applying for a job as a project manager, then you’re going to want to read this article. I’m going to share with you the top ten project manager interview questions I’ve come across during my eleven years in project management (both as an … More Project Manager Interview Questions and Answers
How to become a project manager in nine steps Are you thinking about getting into project management? Are you not quite sure how to do it or even where to start? In this blog I will break down the steps to become a project manager. I know they work because I followed them myself! This … More How to become a Project Manager
In this blog I’m going to share how I write my executive summaries for my project status reports. What is a project status report? It is a report on the status or ‘health’ of your project. Status reports can be read by anyone who has an interest or ‘stake’ in your project, however, they are … More How to write an executive summary for your project status report
Cons of being a project manager Overall, I believe that being a project manager is very interesting and enjoyable. However, as with most jobs, it does come with it’s ‘downsides’ too. In this blog I’m going to talk about some of the cons of being a project manager. Before I get started, I’d like to … More Cons of being a Project Manager
The Pros of being a project manager! I’m going to talk about why I love being a project manager and my favorite things about the role. This is all my personal opinion, however, I’m sure many project managers would agree. Let’s dive in. It’s not boring Project management is many things, but it’s not boring! … More Why I love being a Project Manager
What key skills should a project manager have? The good news is that all the skills I will discuss can be learned. However, if you already have natural talent for a few of them, then project management is likely something you could learn to be great at. Let’s go through the key skills one by … More Project Manager Skills
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