Your ultimate goal in rendering a project is to finish on time, below budget and with a happy client. But how do you perform it? Here are five tips to assist you.
Be Honest
As the saying goes “Honesty is the Best Policy”.You have to be honest all the time in dealing with your customers. Tell them [...] Read more »

Whenever I tell people that I am both a PMP and an Agilist, many look at me as if this had to be some deep, dark secret.

How could one study and practice a formal project management methodology and also use Agile? Read more »

In Not the Status Report episode # 4 I talked about AskAboutProjects.com, a site similar in function to StackOverflow.com where anyone can ask questions. Answers are voted up or down and those ratings make the best answers rise to the top.

I really enjoy the site and what it offers. So, I recently interviewed Steven Kass… Read more »

Cornelius Fichtner (of The PM Podcast) and I are producing a new weekly show called “Not the Status Report”. Elizabeth Harrin from A Girl’s Guide to Project Management also lends her voice talent as well.

It’s a short-format podcast where we each share 1 item that we have recently found that might be helpful or just interesting for project managers. We have 3 shows up so far. Read more »

A Girl’s Guide to PM is doing a social media survey. Do it. Do it now. Read more »

Guest post by Dr. Paul Giammalvo

Dear Colleagues,
PTMC is pleased to announce that Bali, Indonesia has been selected as the site of the next Global Alliance for Project Performance Standards (GAPPS) workshop, http://www.globalpmstandards.org/ where we will be FINALIZING the development of PROGRAM MANAGER competency standards for release as an exposure draft. http://www.globalpmstandards.org/index.php/program-manager-standards/current-status.html .
This 3 day event [...] Read more »

Situation
* Current role: Software Testing
* Interested in: becoming a project manager Read more »

Guest post by Erika Flora
Years ago, I heard this great quote that has really stuck with me and become somewhat of a mantra. It is as follows:
There is no limit to the good you can do if you don’t care who gets the credit.
General of the Army George C. Marshall

What a fabulous concept! Often, we [...] Read more »

Guest post by Erika Flora
The principles of Project Management apply universally, so a good Project Manager should be able to manage projects in any industry, right?  Well…not if you ask most employers.  They want someone with project management experience in their particular field.  So, how do you overcome this?  If you are contemplating a move [...] Read more »