Project Speed, Energy And Results

A project passes through various stages - project initiation, development, execution, deployment, sign off and closure. All this takes a lot of strategy, energy and power to drive it in right direction. At times projects do get speed but lead to wrong results if not driven in right direction. And...
Project Manager Has To Be A Facilitator, Moderator And Curator

A Project Manager needs to have a top priority for his team. A motivated team can make you win any battle. And a demotivated team might not be able to stay confident in even normal situation. He needs to facilitate his team in all aspects. For that it is very important to understand what all it...
Right Requirements Capturing Leads To Right Project Closure

Customer requirement capturing phase generally is the period when exact requirements of the customer emerge. It starts with the "What-is" situation going forward to customer's "to-be" stage. The latter in any case has to be a better and advanced condition from the former. Current situation might be...
Crisis Management: Learning From #DriveWithSOUL

While driving towards Jim Corbett from Delhi with a Tata Safari Convoy of 22 Safaris and 4 additional official vehicles, organized by
#DriveWithSOUL : Five Great Learning For Project Managers

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Most Frequent Reasons For A Project Failure

What happens when a project fails. It is the turn of project manager to give valid reasons to safeguard himself. Management on the other hand have their own reasons to fire project manager especially if it is a high stake project. A direct question that goes to project manager is why he did not...
Do You Claim To Seal Your Project With Hundred Percent Success

Hardly 13% of projects see the light of day within prescribed timelines, budget and customer satisfaction. If any of the three is less than 100% in the project conclusion summary finalized at the end of a project, don't treat it as a successful project closure. Actually a project manager has to be...
Quire: A Simple, Effective and Collaborative Task Management Tool

This is a task management tool that allows to work collaboratively among different team members despite their geographic differences. The beauty of this product is that it builds tasks in a tree-type model and hence helps you in planning and organizing tasks in a better way. The product is called...
PMI addresses Business Analysis With New Certification

Business Analysis Certification has been launched recently (in November 2014) by PMI (Project Management Institute). A Business Analysis Practice Guide has also been launched in wake of the above mentioned certification. The two excellent online community efforts are in place for last twenty years...
Technology and Systems Will Not Dictate Their Terms To Business Anymore

The gap between technology and business now is a gone case. Technology cannot exist without a vast involvement and engagement in business to which it is catering to and hence a proper knowledge is must to amalgamate business and technology in right way. Gone are the days when systems used to drive...
Ten Gems For Project Managers From 10 Stacks To Success by Jerome Jay Isip

Recently read this book 10 Stacks To Success: How To Achieve Success One Goal At A Time by Jerome "Jay" Isip and found it quite useful for project managers. There are ten great lessons for a project manager that will definitely be a boon for them to get synergies in...
Rivier University: Launching Bachelors And Masters in Project Management In Jan2015

To cater to needs arising out locally and globally, Rivier University (that was earlier known as Rivier College, founded in 1933), has planned to launch three new graduate degree programs. Rivier University is located in Nashua, New Hampshire in the United States. The degrees to be launched are...