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Article Decision Making, Leadership 1 November 2019

PM Network

A Journey to Solutions

By Espy, Leigh Having the right information at the right time can make or break a project's success. But it's a mistake for project managers to assume this means that they have to have all of the answers at the…

Decision Making, Leadership 1 November 2019

PM Network

Un viaje a las soluciones

By Espy, Leigh Contar con la información correcta en el momento adecuado puede significar el éxito o el fracaso de un proyecto. No obstante, es un error que los directores de proyecto asuman que esto significa que…

Agile, Quality Management, Change Management, Complexity, PMO, Decision Making, Business Analysis, Governance, Leadership, Organizational Project Management, Estimating, New Practitioners, Procurement Management 25 October 2019

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Using the project management process to improve lessons learned resolution results

By Anderson, Peter The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has an established lessons learned program that documents both shortfalls for corrective action and best practices for wider dissemination. Most phases are…

Article Decision Making, Leadership 1 November 2018

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Learn To Let Go

By Fewell, Jesse Learn to let go of the decisions you think you can make faster. Facilitating the right people to take ownership of the right issues is not only better for the project. It's better for your career.

Article Decision Making, Leadership, Scope Management, Stakeholder Engagement 1 October 2017

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Fork in the Road

By Rockwood, Kate Scuffle, settle or surrender? That's the choice Farhan Shamim, PMP, faced last year while he oversaw a program to rebuild 26 schools affected by severe flooding in Pakistan. The program was going…

Article Quality Management, Decision Making, Leadership 1 June 2017

Project Management Journal

The Impact of Emotional Intelligence, Project Managers' Competencies, and Transformational Leadership on Project Success

By Maqbool, Rashid | Sudong, Ye | Manzoor, Nasir | Rashid, Yahya Project stakeholders always strive for a successful project, hence there is growing concern about the factors that influence project success. Although the success of a project is influenced by…

Article Decision Making, Leadership, Technical Skills 1 May 2017

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Life Hacks

Project practitioners from all over the world answer the question: How do you apply project management skills in everyday life?

Research Summary Leadership, Decision Making, Teams, Ethics, Organizational Project Management April 2016

The Metaphysical Questions Every Project Practitioner Should Ask

By Ika, Lavagnon A. | Bredillet, Christophe N. Based on research by Lavagnon Ika and Christophe N. Bredillet, this article contends that project practitioners become so familiar with the word “project” that they think about it more in terms of…

Article Decision Making, Teams, Leadership 1 February 2016

Project Management Journal

Enabling shared leadership in virtual project teams

By Hoegl, Martin | Muethel, Miriam Many virtual project teams perform better when leadership is shared (rather than centralized with the formal team leader); however, team leaders are often neither prepared to identify shared…

Article Decision Making, Leadership 1 January 2016

PM Network

The new sponsor

By Tilk, David You've found yourself as the sponsor of a new project, the one that's supposed to change the way your organization does business. Your business unit is going to be one of the most affected areas, so…