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PM Network
Unexpected Lift
Rising 55 stories above Johannesburg, South Africa's financial district, the Leonardo is a rugged yet gleaming mixed-use skyscraper. But it wouldn't be the tallest building in Africa unless the…
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PM Network
Breathing Room
Take a glance at the calendars of your project team members: Are they a back-to-back kaleidoscope of color with no break between meetings? In the short term, scheduling meetings like this can seem…
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PM Network
One For All
How many times have you heard IT staffers complain about unrealistic requirements from business teams? And how often have you listened to colleagues from the business side gripe that new tech tools…
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Project Management Journal
Systemic View to Understanding Design Change Causation and Exploitation of Communications and Knowledge
Frequent changes pervasively undermine project schedule performance. Despite voluminous research into project delays, however, the persistence of the problem demands that a systemic approach be…
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PM Network
Birds of a Feather
Keeping leadership in the loop on multiple projects is easier when the projects have a lot in common. When initiatives share similar scopes and execution approaches, project managers can…
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PM Network
Fill the Vacuum
It's an odd thing to note in 2018: At many organizations, there's a project leadership vacuum. I see this in many IT business units I encounter. There are plenty of projects in motion, of course.…
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PM Network
Stand and Deliver
PM Network asks the project management community: How do you ensure concise and targeted responses at status update meetings?
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PM Network
Gather Round
The power of storytelling is timeless. It's one of the most effective and influential communication techniques. Whether you call them plans, scripts, models or narratives, stories explain how things…
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PM Network
Solving Sponsor Woes
Problem sponsors —whether they are monsters who flood the team with too many demands or wafflers who disappear when pivotal decisions must be made—remain prevalent. And they can wreak havoc on…
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PM Network
Speak Their Language
Traditional project management is concerned with cost, schedule and scope. When communicating with CIOs, however, the focus can dramatically shift to more strategic concerns. Savvy project leaders…
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