To be a successful project manager, you need a certain set of technical abilities as well as soft skills that can help overcome inherent project management challenges – from scope creep to delays and conflicts among team members. Read More
As business environment changes faster and faster, and projects become more complex, PMs have to acquire new knowledge and develop new skills to stay afloat and be successful. Project management involves multiple disciplines, and learning new stuff in this field may seem overwhelming and even intimidating at times. But it doesn’t have to be this way! Read More
All successful projects start with a strong team, and project teams are strong only when they have effective communication strategies and each team member is informed about what’s going on. Read More
There are many things that can get your project off track – poor communication, scope creep, team members who don’t understand what’s expected of them… This is just a small list of problems project managers have to deal with on a daily basis. So how do you keep your project under control and complete it successfully? Read More
Job interviews are often even more stressful than the new job itself. This is especially true for project managers as the PM role differs from company to company in terms of responsibilities and the level of accountability. Most candidates expect to be asked about their strengths, weaknesses and skills. But there are often a couple of tricky questions that you’d better think over and prepare to answer in advance. Read More
One of the biggest challenges project managers face is how to get people to do work without constantly having to chase them. In other words, how to manage without authority. Read More
There is no one-size-fits-all approach that would guarantee project success. No matter how experienced you are, every new IT project brings new variables and new risks that differ from project to project and from organisation to organisation. However, there are steps you can take towards project success that will help you meet all milestones and deadlines, and keep customer satisfaction high. Read More
Every job has its joys and sorrows, and being an IT project manager is no exception. You have to set priorities, make decisions and deal with constantly changing requirements, tasks and deadlines. Working at such an intense pace and managing so many things at the same time is really stressful and can blow anyone’s mind. Read More
When agile became a buzz word, lots of companies decided to adopt its every framework – Scrum, Kanban, Extreme programming… you name it. But as a result, many of them forgot the real meaning of agile. Read More
