Research among project managers globally identifies top communication skills for leading teams. Leading people - the experiential side of project management - is as important as task-based skills according to project managers in Europe, the Middle Ea…

Risk management (or more precisely risk avoidance) is a critical topic, but one that is often dull to read about and therefore neglected. One of the few useful and entertaining books on the subject is "Waltzing with Bears: Managing Risk on Software P…

I was recently invited to speak at a conference in Singapore on Effective Project Communications. I'm unable to attend, so I wanted to share my insights on this very important topic in a blog entry. As a Project Manager, communication will occur in m…

Introduction The purpose of this paper is to gain an understanding of project management and to give a brief overview of the methodology that underpins most formally run projects. Many organisations do not employ full time Project Managers and it is…

The benefits of risk management in projects are huge. You can gain a lot of money if you deal with uncertain project events in a proactive manner. The result will be that you minimise the impact of project threats and seize the opportunities that occ…

Project management in the modern sense began in the early 1950s, although it has its roots further back in the latter years of the 19th century. The driver for project management was businesses realising the benefits of organising work around project…

What is Issue Management? Issue Management is the process to make others aware of the problem and then resolve it as fast as possible To understand this, take the following exercise -   There are some typical issues in the project Strategy The Projec…

"I need a project plan by tomorrow morning." As project managers, that's what we hear. But we know that what the boss usually means is that s/he wants a project schedule. There is a problem though, how can you come up with a schedule without hav…

SENG201 (Software Engineering I) ProjectSpace ExplorerFor project admin queries:For project help, hints and questions:March 25, 20191 Introduction1.1 AdministrationThis project is a part of the SENG201 assessment process. It is worth 25%of the final…

You have asked some very important questions. I think the first step is to prioritize the issues: You have an interview in a few weeks and you need to perform well. This is first priority. What can you do to predict the specific skills, topics and ot…