Project Management Companion

29
Jan

2021

Milestones in Project Management – What are they?

A project milestone is a point that has important significance in relation to delivery of a particular aspect of the project or financial payment. This is delineated in a point in the project schedule so it is evident to the project team, stakeholders and management. These points can note the start and finish of a project, and mark the completion of […]

What is Stakeholder Theory and Why It Matters

Continuing on with our series of nurturing stakeholder relationship for project managers, let’s look at stakeholder theory and why it matters. Stakeholders can influence everything and everyone in a project or organization, including senior management, project leaders, team members, customers, users and many others. With so many ways to sway a project, as a manager it’s critical to prioritize and […]

Revisiting Managing Stakeholders, how to Nurture and thrive the relationship

Stakeholders can make or break projects, in order to ensure project success, effective stakeholder management is required. Identifying key stakeholders, dealing with difficult ones and creating a management plan can be overwhelming if you don’t know where to start. Building positive relationships with stakeholders and proactively meeting their expectations can make the life of a project manager much, much easier. […]

Project Management Leaders in an integrated team.

A leader is looked upon as the one who steers the course, and this is the case in project management. However, the person at the helm is only one in a system to deliver a project successfully. A leader is not someone who barks orders, and in project management it is someone who is a leader of an integrated team. […]

Lessons learnt from working remotely

Conducting projects in 2020 was a real challenge in 2020 and is set to continue in 2021. Delivering projects from the confines of the home environment provided new ways to ensure project success, many myths of remote working have been debunked during the pandemic. One involved productivity, it was proven that people have been more productive while working remotely that […]

Project Manager role enhanced by Artificial Intelligence.

The future is here, we hear that almost daily, how can the future help the humble project manager, should project managers fear the onset of Artificial Intelligence?(AI). Some fear the role of the Project Manager may be eliminated as AI becomes more prevalent in the workplace. Should that really be the case? or can AI help in delivering projects. AI […]