How To Close A Project In PRINCE2

by Elizabeth Harrin | Jul 4, 2020 | How To, PRINCE2, This article contains affiliate links.

If you aren’t using PRINCE, or if you want some general guidance as well about project closure documents and so on, read this next: How to close a project. A project has a start, a middle and an end, so closing a project is an important part of the project management...

6 Easy Ways to Manage Group Think and Risk at Work

by Elizabeth Harrin | Jul 2, 2020 | Project Management Skills, This article contains affiliate links.

This is a guest article by Dr Mike Clayton, the brains behind OnlinePMCourses.com. It’s an edited extract from his book Risk Happens! Dr Mike Clayton In the 1970s, the social psychologist Irving Janis examined how groups make decisions. He found that a group’s dynamic...

Project Management Trends [2020]

by Elizabeth Harrin | Jul 1, 2020 | Project Management Skills, This article contains affiliate links.

There are trends in all industries and professions. Project management is no different: we see trends come and go, or stay with us and develop over time. Recently I’ve been reflecting on what the shifts are and where that is taking us as project managers. I’ve done a...

10 Career-Limiting Mistakes To Avoid

by Elizabeth Harrin | Jun 30, 2020 | Build a Career, This article contains affiliate links.

I write a lot about how to be better at your job, how to excel at interview, how to improve your skills and so on, and I interview a lot of experts who talk about those kinds of things. Today I want to talk about the opposite: what you should avoid doing at work. I’ve...

5 Common Scheduling Mistakes (And What To Do Instead)

by Elizabeth Harrin | Jun 26, 2020 | How To, Stakeholder Engagement, This article contains affiliate links.

When I was researching Shortcuts to Success: Project Management in the Real World I came across a multitude of studies on how projects run late. The headline figures are often impressive, but it’s harder to find research into why scheduling doesn’t go to plan. In my...

How To Take Over An Existing Project [Free Checklist]

by Elizabeth Harrin | Jun 24, 2020 | Templates, This article contains affiliate links.

Consider this. You’ve recently been asked to take over an existing project. Your handover hasn’t been that great. The previous project manager might have moved on to do something else and you’ve got the project as part of an internal reshuffle of resources. Or they...