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Project Success Criteria 101

Written by Eoin

The main objective of the project manager is to deliver the project on time and on budget. However that’s not all when it comes to project success criteria. In addition to above conditions, the project manager needs also to work closely with the customer to ensure that all the project deliverables have met the customer…

What is a Project?

Written by Eoin

By definition, a project is a temporary endeavour with a specific result or objective. If your project has no end in sight and/or no clear scope, then while what you are doing may be important, it is not a project. As a result you will have a hard time showing your team that they’re being…

10 DO’S and DON’TS of the Project Status Meeting

Written by Eoin

The project status meeting is a vital part of ensuring solid project communication. Like any meeting, a project status meeting needs to be run properly to avoid complacency and ineffectiveness.

4 R’s to help you beat the Recession

Written by Eoin

There’s no hiding. It’s been here for a while. It’s a recession. And for a lot of us, it is our first (and hopefully last). Just in case you are wondering, there are very few places to hide. I’ve tried to find them. This one is Global. That means it’s everywhere!!! So now that we’ve…

8 Tips for project success

Written by Barney

In smaller businesses, the project manager is quite often also the business owner or operational manager. The skills for both are quite different. So how does the operational manager try to ensure project success? Eight helpful hints on how to meet those challenges and come out ahead.

It’s probably not that bad!

Written by Barney

Effective project management will ensure that project issues are dealt with quickly and efficiently. As managers though, sometimes it is worrisome to stick your head above the parapet when things are going wrong and the instinct is to try and fix something before “the boss finds out”. But is this really the best approach? What are the worst things that can happen?

Ostrich or Silverback?

Written by Barney

There are two types of management techniques when it comes to addressing issues. THe first is simply to bury your head and hope the issue goes away. This can work if the rest of the team are capable but more often than not can bite the manager badly. And then there is planning and being prepared which helps not only with foreseen potential problems but in handling problems that come out of the blue.