Project Management Blog

Here you will find tips and tricks on project management, in-depth articles on the best approaches, leadership, and agile frameworks.

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 … [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...]

How to Exploit Junior Project Manager Interview Questions

Junior Project Manager interview questions are tricky in many senses. From one side, you need to show an understanding of Project Management. From another - you must demonstrate practical skills relevant to the role. In fact, you have none of that in the beginning. I interviewed junior … [Read more...]

How to Make Friends When You are the Project Manager

The higher you get on the career ladder, the colder and lonelier it becomes. You may be a talented leader. Nevertheless, you are in the role that prescribes management. People don’t like to be managed. Your job is to make people do what needs to be done. And it is always at the top of … [Read more...]

Delphi Technique In Project Management (How to + Example)

Talked with the client yesterday. He asked me to look into a new technology on iOS called "layers". He wanted to see if we can leverage it. I had no idea what was that. For sure, I could open a developer’s documentation and try to read it. But that is not what a project manager … [Read more...]

5 Effective Communication Methods You Need to Know

Imagine you found a defect. One of your team members made it. And you know it. What communication methods can you use? You can tap her on a shoulder and whisper, “I found a defect. Please fix it.” You can send an instant message, “Here is a defect, please fix it.” You can send an … [Read more...]

5 Actionable TED Talks for Project Managers I Recommend

TED talks for project managers? I can list dozens! They would all make a perfect sense. Why? The role of a PM is that much diversified. In this article, I want to share my top five TED Talks any project manager should watch. (In fact, I hope you will find time to watch at least one or … [Read more...]

7 Essential Project Planning Concepts that Work

Planning is science and art. Whatever you call it, it is a challenging and complex process. A plan should be feasible, challenging, realistic, usable, efficient and optimal. It is difficult. I get it! Below are the project planning concepts that will help you to deliver a plan that leads … [Read more...]

Untapped Powers of Micromanagement in Project Management

“It looks like a micromanagement to me,” Corwin said just as we left the room. “What’s the problem?” I asked. “Micromanagement is a bad technique, isn’t it?” Corwin was surprised. Micromanagement got a bad reputation. It is a tool of evil project managers! Only despotic leaders use … [Read more...]