Portfolio & Project Management...
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Basic Project Management Skills for Managers
A Project Manager is a particular job title that is distinct from the traditional role of Manager, and has a discipline and field of it’s own....
Basic Risk Management for Managers
Managing risks is a necessary part of any Managers job. Whether considering risks to business operations or risks of a particular piece of work or project, managing...
Building Your Management Career: Action Plan
As with any target, if you want to achieve something having a plan can help; this also applies if you want to move into Management....
Contingency Planning
Contingency Planning is about planning for when things go wrong. It isn’t pleasant and it can be tempting to try and ignore it. But just as unfortunately events will...
Managing the Change Portfolio
Quite simply a Change Portfolio is a business’s To-Do list. It contains the list of changes, often called programmes or projects, that need to be done, and most...
The Basics of Good Project Planning
What makes a Good Project Plan? It isn’t fancy software and it’s not colourful wall charts, it’s the knowledge that the plan is based on accurate and complete...
Understanding the Business Case
The Business Case is a document often associated with Programmes or Projects. Managers are typically involved in the approval of Business Cases, therefore it is...
What are Key Performance Indicators?
Successful businesses have a mission; strategic objectives to help guide and shape the business and to help achieve the required results. The senior management team...
What Does it Mean to be a Project Sponsor?
A Manager is often called upon to fulfil a variety of roles, above and beyond his or her standard management duties. One such role is that of the...
What is a Communication Plan?
Communication is something that goes on all the time in business. We communicate over the phone, via email, in person, we have big team announcements and one-to-one...
What to do When a Project Goes Wrong
In a perfect world we would plan our projects and they would all follow according to the schedule. But perfect worlds are for fairy tales and the project world...
