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Meetings. Ugh. Am I Right? If you think this way…Read More »

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Table of Contents What Is Scrum? Scrum Master vs. Product…Read More »

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Fast-tracking in project management is a way to manage time,…Read More »

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What Is an Action Plan? In project management, an action…Watch »

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Part 1 – Elicitation This article is the first in a series I’ll be writing about critical skills that all project managers (PMs) and business analysts (BAs) need for success. We need these skills regardless of the type of project we’re on, the industry we’re in, the technology we use, or the methodology we follow. […]

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Githens defines the rolling wave as, “a program management approach that applies an iterative style of planning and execution in defined time periods. Initially, the program establishes a top-down structure and then fills out the work bottom-up within each defined phase. The work proceeds iteratively” (Githens, 2001). Read Ryan Buma’s post exploring this alternative to standard waterfall project planning. While Buma extolls the virtues of rolling wave planning in a single software solution, there are various superior solutions including Wrike which can handle this iterative approach to planning.

Sometimes the whole picture isn’t clear when you’re planning a project. But with a traditional project management methodology, such as waterfall, you set everything up first and then you’re stuck with it.

But the waterfall methodology is only one way to manage a project. Other project managers prefer a more iterative process, like scrum. Others still prefer forms of agile software development where they have room to adjust their project plan. That type of agile project management is called rolling wave planning or wave planning.

Rolling wave planning might not be for every project, but it could be for yours. Wave planning, project management software and a skilled and experienced team might be just the combination to deliver project success for you…Read More »

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Githens, G. D. (2001). Manage innovation programs with a rolling wave. PM Network, 15(5), 35–39.

Dye and Pennypacker write that, “managing multiple projects is a challenge within many organizations because of current practices that ignore the basics of project priorities, project categories, project standards, and multiple tool applications. Lack of priorities, categories, standards, and uniform tool applications complicates the startup and initiation of projects especially in a multiple project environment” (Dye, Pennypacker, 2000). Marshall Simmons explores the challenges associated with multi-project management at the link below and touts software-based solutions as a way to organize the projects. I have had success with solutions such as Wrike, Workfront, and, now, Proofhub. Read Simmons’ article and return here to comment on the solutions you’ve had success with in order to manage multiple projects.

It’s hard enough to manage one project. Every single project is really hundreds of smaller projects to control—it takes so much time and energy to deliver just one project on time and within budget!

That’s why multi-project management is a challenge that requires a project management office (PMO) or experienced project manager to manage resources and team members.

Multi-project management is just as it sounds, a managerial practice where project managers are leading several projects at the same time. It’s a way to optimize the resource planning and resource management in an organization and use resources and team members more efficiently across all projects…Read More »

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Dye, L. D. & Pennypacker, J. S. (2000). Project portfolio management and managing multiple projects: two sides of the same coin? Paper presented at Project Management Institute Annual Seminars & Symposium, Houston, TX. Newtown Square, PA: Project Management Institute

Knutson states that proposal management in projects includes understanding the customer, establishing protocols, and isolating evaluation criteria (Knutson, 1996). Read Marshall Simmons’ blog post at the link below and return to comment on how critical proposal management is to the start of your projects.

What is a Project Proposal? A project proposal is a project management document that’s used to define the objectives and requirements of a project. It helps organizations and external project stakeholders agree on an initial project planning framework.

The main purpose of a project proposal is to get buy-in from decision-makers. That’s why a project proposal outlines your project’s core value proposition. It sells value to both internal and external project stakeholders. The intent of the proposal is to grab stakeholder and project sponsor attention. Once you have people’s attention, the next step is getting them excited about the project summary.

Getting into the heads of the audience you are writing the project proposal for is vital: you need to think like the project’s stakeholders to deliver a proposal that meets their needs.

We have created a free project proposal template for Word to help structure documents, so you don’t have to remember the process each time…Read More »

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Knutson, J. (1996). Proposal management: generating winning proposals, part 1. PM Network, 10(2), 5–9

Establish Trust. Be excellent in every facet of the project. Develop relationships. These are just a few of my favorite tenants of teambuilding. Read Drew Gula’s post at the link below and return to comment on your approaches to get the most out of your team members.

Project managers are expected to do more than just see tasks to completion. To really succeed in the job, you’ll also need to support and enable each member of your team. Developing strong team chemistry is a big achievement — it’s the sort of cohesion that has powered startups and sports teams to levels of […]

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