Before I became a project manager I was a sailor. During one of the voyages, I had a morning shift on the bridge for four months. In 20 minutes after the shift, there was breakfast. So, these 20 minutes were kind of useless. You can’t do anything with them. Except learning. 20 minutes … [Read more...]
Project Management Blog
Here you will find tips and tricks on project management, in-depth articles on the best approaches, leadership, and agile frameworks.
Risk Response Strategy (Definitive Guide with Examples)
How to select a Risk Response Strategy? Sounds complicated. But let me simplify it for you in this article. Here you will find examples of risk responses for both threats and opportunities. But there’s a catch: You may have a limited mindset in regards to dealing with risks. So, I … [Read more...]
Secrets Exposed: My Official Day of a Project Manager
It is 2:14 AM and I have just left the office. It was a long day to onboard a new project. Sitting in the car, I wonder, will it be like that all the time now? Next day, I had one meeting. Nothing really happened. Next week, five days in a row we had meetings after meetings. But only eight … [Read more...]
How To Create A Simple Project Plan (Project Planning Process)
Let me put this straight: Project planning is a challenging and complex activity. You need to apply knowledge and skills from all aspects of project management. You operate with an enormous amount of information. And let’s be truthful: You’ll race against the clock. Nevertheless, project … [Read more...]
My 4 Lessons Learned in Project Management in 2018
How to grow professionally as a project manager? You collect lessons learned. Then, you act upon them to make the next project better. To boost the process, every project manager in the company should share lessons learned with others. It multiplies the benefits. In this article, I’m … [Read more...]
Do You Know These 6 Practical Risk Identification Techniques?
How to perform risk identification? What risk identification techniques to use? Which ones are efficient? And in general: How to discover problems that you’re unaware of? Check the topic on PMBOK® Guide: It says nothing about the practical application of risk identification … [Read more...]
How to Find Relevant Experience of a Project Manager
So, you noticed that you need one or two years of relevant experience of a project manager. For an entry-level role of a project manager! I get it. It’s frustrating. You want to get your first job as a PM. But they want you to that much some experience. In this article, I'll share … [Read more...]
How to Collect Stakeholder Requirements (Real-life Example)
It’s always interesting to compare how other PMs manage projects, isn’t it? So, let’s see how we collected stakeholder requirements on a real project. It’s a software project. Rather big for a fast-paced project life cycles that we have. Interesting to notice that our clients were from a … [Read more...]
Project Management Basics That Will Make You a Better PM
Understanding project management basics is crucial for project success. Why? These basics provide the framework for the correct approach to project management. Here I’m not talking about PM methodologies. It’s about mindset or a very high-level approach. So, what makes management of … [Read more...]
Risk Management Examples: 9 Behind the Scenes Stories
It is hard to imagine what you can do with a project risk. Yes. Avoid, mitigate, transfer and so on. But what does it mean? What specific actions can you take to avoid something? What can you, as a project manager, do to mitigate a risk? Adding some risk reserves and removing … [Read more...]
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