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What is the Critical Path Method, and How Do I Use It on Real Projects? concepts Feb 09, 2024

The critical path method is a way of creating and interacting with your project’s schedule. It works on waterfall projects (projects where tasks and timelines are planned in detail at the beginning of the project), or waterfall portions of hybrid projects (projects that are a mix of...

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Too Many Projects: Move Past Overwhelm and Make Meaningful Progress pain points Feb 02, 2024

This blog was inspired by this post on Reddit, and is an expansion on the comment I wrote in response.

What’s a “normal” number of projects for one project manager to lead or support at a time?

Usually I don’t find the word “normal” very helpful, but it’s...

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What is a RACI Chart, and How Do I Use It on Real Projects? concepts philosophy Jan 26, 2024

A RACI chart, or RACI matrix, is a tool used in project management to track the people involved or invested in your project (your "stakeholders"), and particularly what is expected of each person and when they need information. It’s a term you’ll likely come across while studying for...

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How to Lead Agile Projects with No Experience concepts pain points Jan 19, 2024

This blog was inspired by this post on Reddit, and is an expansion on the comment I wrote in response.

This month, my company—accustomed to projects with a waterfall or hybrid methodology—started running its first intentionally agile projects. I've been delighted to watch a project...

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What Is Your Company's Source of Truth for Projects? concepts Jan 12, 2024

A few years ago, the project management team at my company worked hard to develop standardized project documents. We outlined our best project charter, project plan, and project closure templates, and got input from key stakeholders and users at our company. We were proud of them, and we rolled...

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People: This is the way. inspiration pain points people Jan 05, 2024

I was talking to a peer mentor the other day, and she was giving me some great food for thought on simple ways to add data to project reports. As I complimented her approaches, she told me that out of all the parts of her job, manipulating project data comes easily to her—but project team...

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Be Off When You're Off pain points philosophy Dec 29, 2023

What does time off work look like for you? Does your company encourage you to take all your vacation time, support you in totally unplugging when you’re off, and maybe even offer sabbaticals? Is your company on the other end of the spectrum, rewarding employees who don’t use their...

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My Top PMP Tips for 2024 pain points Dec 22, 2023

I’m not receiving compensation for any of the products I endorse in this blog post.

If you read my blog regularly, you might be working toward earning your Project Management Professional (PMP)® certification—the premier international credential that proves you’re a...

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When Nobody Cares about Your Projects pain points people Dec 15, 2023

I was chatting with an email subscriber the other day, and he was telling me that when he’s assigned a project, it’s on him as the project leader to convince other company employees to complete the tasks his project needs done on top of their regular work. Nobody is directly expected...

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How to Kick Off a Project: A Practical Starter Guide concepts Dec 08, 2023

In my last post, I explained what a kickoff meeting is, why this type of meeting is such a critical part of the process for a smooth and efficient project, and why I think even your meeting-averse coworkers will eventually see how putting in the time for a project kickoff will benefit both the...

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