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Basic Project Management Skills for Managers
Basic principles of project management that can be useful to all managers....
Basic Risk Management for Managers
Managing Risks is a necessary part of any Managers jobs. Whether considering risks to business operations or risks of a particular piece of work or project, managing…...
Building Your Management Career: Action Plan
This article can assist you in building an Action Plan for moving 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 Contingency Planning is a necessary…...
Managing the Change Portfolio
What is a Change Portfolio and how do you manage it?...
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
Managers are often involved in the approval of business cases, therefore it is helpful to understand the purpose of the business case and the impact it has to the…...
What are Key Performance Indicators?
Successful businesses have a mission; strategic objectives to help guide and shape the business and to achieve the required results. Key Performance Indicators are the…...
What Does it Mean to be a Project Sponsor?
What does it mean to be a Project Sponsor? And what are you expected to provide in this role?...
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…...