by Elizabeth Harrin | Apr 12, 2022 | Books, Managing Multiple Projects, This article contains affiliate links.
What are the key skills for working on multiple projects simultaneously? What tools do you use to prioritize your work? How do you get through the day when you’re juggling All. The. Things? I posed these questions (and more) to our community and the insights were...
by Elizabeth Harrin | Apr 7, 2022 | Books, This article contains affiliate links.
Communication in the workplace is what we all do, day in, day out. Our ability to communicate with colleagues makes the difference between people taking us seriously, doing what we ask (without too much hassling) and our ability to influence others. So it is worth...
by Elizabeth Harrin | Apr 3, 2022 | Books, Skills, This article contains affiliate links.
Sometimes I pick up a project management book and it’s like: “I have to read this, book reviews are part of my job, but at least with this one I’m going to get a nice nap at the end.” Project Management for Humans isn’t like that. Loving the sticky note inspired cover...
by Elizabeth Harrin | Apr 2, 2022 | Books, Glossary, How To, Managing Multiple Projects, This article contains affiliate links.
Rolling wave planning, also known as progressive elaboration, is an iterative planning technique to use when it’s difficult (or pointless) to schedule too far ahead. The APM Planning, Scheduling, Monitoring and Control Guide (2015) defines rolling wave planning as...
by Elizabeth Harrin | Apr 2, 2022 | Books, This article contains affiliate links.
In the past I have interviewed Susanne Madsen on the topic of project leadership and her book, The Power of Project Leadership. I read it prior to our interview and it wasn’t at all what I expected. The second edition is out now, and it’s even better. I expected a...
by Elizabeth Harrin | Apr 1, 2022 | Books, Stakeholders, This article contains affiliate links.
I work in a virtual team. In both my jobs, as a project manager and as a writer, I work in virtual teams, sometimes leading them, sometimes not. That’s why I was keen to read Virtual Leadership by Dr Penny Pullan. I read it in one sitting on a long train journey —...