Project Management – Influence of Personnel Behavior Preface Being a Project Management Professional and in the profession for a significant duration, I have come across a gamut of personalities. Every time I am part of those varied team dynamics, consisting of great performers but all with their unique personalities, style of work, approach to handling [...]
Program management is often confused with project management and / or project portfolio management, which has caused a lot of argument in the PM world. Even among the best sources in project management literature there are inconsistent definitions. However, these terms are actually quite easy to understand if explained clearly. Below, I hope to provide [...]
When it comes to projects someone once said:” If everything is going exactly as planned, something somewhere is going massively wrong.” And it is true, although project managers have difficulty saying it loud, in the everyday workflow of the project, mistakes do happen. But the biggest question is whether these mistakes will be something which [...]
Organizational leaders must have a reason to launch projects. The Standish Group conducted a survey of IT companies, and the results concluded that only 34% of all projects are completed. In my consulting work, I’ve learned that most organizations are often well below that mark regarding their project success. My experience suggests that projects [...]
With my current role of managing global virtual project teams, I have been asked repeatedly by my peers on what are the key success factors of implementing SAP for plant start-up in Asia, especially since the users have no previous SAP experience and business process knowledge ,and English is not their first language. As you [...]
1.Introduction: Successful project management has several significant characteristics. To the value of project management, it is necessary to understand the fundamental nature of a project; the core characteristics of project management processes; how success is evaluated, the roles, responsibilities, and activities of a project manager and the expertise required; and the context in which projects [...]