Group meetings
Back at my office from a group meeting I’m thinking about mistakes, misbehavior and bad planning. For this meeting I was invited as a guest. There was no precise agenda, no preparation documents – the...
View ArticleProject Definition
What are we doing? A project, by definition, is a temporary activity with a starting date, specific goals, defined responsibilities, a budget, a planning, a fixed end date and multiple parties...
View ArticleKeep an eye on quality!
Poor quality leads to poor results The Project Management Triangle (Graphic: (c) Peter Mazohl) The project management triangle is used by managers to analyze or understand the difficulties that may...
View ArticleTime Management Process
The Project Time Management Process describes how to monitor and control time spent within a project. It describes each of the Time Management procedures step-by-step, explaining how to use Timesheets...
View ArticleCreativity – natural skill or can be taught?
Problem solving is the process required when we seek some kind of a resolution, such as removal of a drawback or achievement of a specific enhancement or improvement. Problem solving usually includes...
View ArticleHow to be a great Team Leader?
A lack of leadership is often seen as a roadblock to a team’s performance Listen to others. Even though you are the team leader and you make the decisions, you should always ask people what their...
View ArticleVirtual and/or Multinational teams
Virtual/Multinational teams present added challenges … not taught in your typical college class or PM boot camp! Especially in European Projects/Partnerships you will work with multinational teams. The...
View ArticleBrainstorming
Brainstorming is a technique used to harness the power of a group to come up with creative solutions to a problem. Used first 1957 in an advertising company by Alex Faickney Osborn in the early...
View ArticleCommunication – a crucial issue in Project Management
Project Communication How much time do you spend in working through your emails o coordinate your project? You don’t like this email masses send in the project? What else would you prefer? Face-to-face...
View ArticleBudget and Budget Problems
Planning the budget is one of the big problems when you write the project plan (or a project proposal for a European project). The first step is to identify the estimated costs. A properly working...
View ArticleEvaluation of the success of a project
There are hard facts to measure the success of a project. The first is time and if you were able to manage your project in the foreseen timeframe it’s a success – that’s clear. The second factor is...
View ArticleProject Closing
The last milestone was passed, the product is ready, the customers are satisfied – OK, that’s the end of the project. End of the project does not mean end of the related work in the project. It’s not...
View ArticleLessons Learned
The products are ready, the customer (or target group) is satisfied – it‘s time to close the project. One activity – often forgotten or minimized – is a final “end-of-the-project“ meeting including a...
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