First aid for projects

This article looks briefly at projects in crisis and provides you with some key first aid steps to follow when trying to resuscitate them.

Issues in implementing a project management office

This article provides you with some of the common yet hard-won wisdom and lessons learned that have been gained from professionals deploying PMOs.

Defining what your project management office will do

To deploy a PMO, you need to start with a Terms of Reference (ToR). This article will serve as a guide to creating a basic outline for a Terms of Reference for a PMO.

Is a project management office right for you?

This article looks at what a PMO is and what it does, and provides you with a basis for determining whether your organization would benefit from implementing one.

Four reasons for project failure

There is a hard reality that everybody has to face: sometimes our performances are less than stellar, and we are not always destined for success.

Motivating the project team

This article will provide you with some tips on how to motivate your team so that they deliver a good project.

A summary of highlights: Project management overview

Project management is a mixture of strategy, methodology, communication, and leadership. If you have been following this series of articles, you will have become acquainted with many of the basic lessons in each of these areas.

Project evaluation: Measurements of success

There are many, many methodologies for evaluating projects. A helpful tip is to realize that almost all of these resources will fall into one of three types.

Project communications in one thousand words or less

Communication is fundamental to smoothly delivering a project. Not-for-profit projects often involve multiple stakeholders, several organizations, and several funders – making good communication even more critical.

A hitchhiker’s guide to project change

This article revisits scope change by answering the question of how to manage change.