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Project managers ascend the career ladder based on accumulated experience-derived wisdom and managing progressively larger and more complicated efforts.  A typical trajectory involves moving from managing projects to programs, portfolios, and project management organizations.  Success at one level is not a guarantee of success at the next.  It is the classic case of “what got you here will

Stakeholder alignment—or lack thereof—can be the difference between project success and failure. In today’s dynamic business environment, projects face multiple stakeholders and constituencies. Often, these groups have competing or divergent interests.   read more

Does it baffle you that project resource shortages continue to cause time and cost overruns despite technological advances? Find out why in our blog post. The post Leading Without A Title: How to Unlock the Power of Influence appeared first on Project Control Academy.

Hybrid projects are not constrained by a single methodology or well-defined framework.  By definition, they are a melding melding of practices.  A huge responsibility accompanies this unbounded freedom of choice.  Project managers must clearly describe how the project will be executed to be successful. read more

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A project manager’s first major decision is selecting the approach and lifecycle.  Historically, this was a non-issue.  The default option was preordained based on the project type, organizational preferences, and inertia.   Construction and engineering projects were always predictive. For software projects, organizational factors outside the project manager’s control often drove the predictive versus agile decision.  Ad hoc

I authored my first project management article 10 years ago.  A mentor recommended I start writing to launch my transition from managing project organizations to teaching. Writing those early articles was challenging.  Reducing complex ideas into writing is a skill requiring practice and discipline. read more