What do you do when you have an important decision to make? Draw up a list of pros and cons? Flip a coin? Do you postpone hoping someone else will end up making the decision for you? CONTENT When should you use a decision matrix (and when not to)? What exactly is a decision matrix? … Continue reading “Decision matrix: how to make important decisions in a project”

Strengths and weaknesses play an important role in determining who we are, both for employees and project managers. CONTENT How to find out the strengths and weaknesses of a Team: Be up-front and honest How to find out the strengths and weaknesses of a Team: Listen and observe How to find out the strengths and … Continue reading “Determine the strengths and weaknesses of a team”

Ethics for a project manager is a very modern topic and highly relevant to their career, although talking about ethics may seem to be something much more relevant to an ancient branch of philosophy. CONTENT What is ethics? What are the ethical dilemmas that a project manager faces? Why should a Project Manager act ethically? … Continue reading “Project manager’s code of ethics”

The skills required from project managers are manifold and among them we also find transversal skills, also called soft skills. CONTENT Project Manager’s Soft Skills: Leadership Project Manager’s Soft Skills: Motivation Project Manager’s Soft Skills: Communication Project Manager’s Soft Skills: Active Listening Project Manager’s Soft Skills: Negotiation Project Manager’s Soft Skills: Conflict management Soft skills help a project manager … Continue reading “Project manager’s soft skills”

Project management metrics are fundamental to implementing sustainable project management practices and processes in any organization. The key is to keep them simple and relevant to the organization. Project management metrics are also central for improving the way projects are managed and delivered, as well as showing improvements over time in project management maturity. CONTENT … Continue reading “Project metrics”

Receiving feedback in an effective way as a project manager is as important as being able to give them. CONTENT The benefits of feedback What are the most important feedback in a project How does the feedback request process work? Feedback is a key part of any manager’s skills and contributes enormously to the success … Continue reading “The most important feedback in a project and how to receive them”

Everyone knows that individual decision making is faster and easier than team decision making, right? CONTENT What really is collaborative decision-making How to make the decision-making process collaborative: Choosing a facilitator How to make the decision-making process collaborative: Identify and understand the problem How to make the decision-making process collaborative: Develop a positive dialogue and … Continue reading “Collaborative decision-making process”

A reporting system is a key process in any organization and for every kind of project. The information is used to provide all interested parties with information about the status of the project and is of course also used to make decisions. CONTENT Types of reporting in project management Resource availability report Project status report … Continue reading “Reporting system in projects”

INDICE DEI CONTENUTI …who is a project manager? Project Manager Responsibilities Additional responsibilities of a project manager that few people mention Additional responsibilities of a project manager: Ethical Conduct Additional responsibilities of a project manager: Motivating and training people Project managers play a key role in every phase of the project life cycle, from planning … Continue reading “Project Manager: the role and all you need to know”

The traceability matrix, also called Requirements Traceability Matrix or RTM, provides documentation of the links between the proposed requirements, concerning the project output, and the test phase. Simply put, it is a document to map and track requirements and to ensure that an adequate level of testing is achieved for each of these requirements. CONTENT … Continue reading “The traceability matrix: what it is and what is it used for”

Team Building activities can be an amazing asset for a Project Manager who needs to manage a team. It can be hard to believe that you can have fun at work or with colleagues, but if you had the chance to work with forward-thinking companies you know that this is not only possible, instead it … Continue reading “Team Building activities for team improvement”

The capability of mitigating risks means they can be recognized proactively and addressed by implementing specific mitigation strategies. CONTENT Risk mitigation strategies: Expanding requirements Risk mitigation strategies: Have the right project team Risk mitigation strategies: Risk distribution and/or transfer Risk mitigation strategies: Communicate and listen Risk mitigation strategies: Assess project feasibility Risk mitigation strategies: Run … Continue reading “Risk mitigation strategies in project management”