12 days of project manager's Christmas

Girl's Guide To Project Management

Are you feeling festive? I am! I can’t wait until the Christmas break and I’ve already started on the mince pies and mulled wine. Here’s the traditional 12 Days of Christmas carol reimagined for project managers. Enjoy and please share!  READ MORE

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The 10 Project Management Knowledge Areas (PMBOK)

ProjectManager.com

PMBOK stands for Project Management Body of Knowledge. It is a set of standard terminology and guidelines for project management published and updated by The Project Management Institute (PMI).  READ MORE

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Cultural transformations of high-performing teams

Easy in theory, difficult in practice

While I was delivering a course on agile fundamentals this week, one of the learners in the class asked me how the mindset and behaviors normally associated with agile teams might impact or be impacted by culture. He suggested context (low or high) as a cultural characteristic which would influence the starting point for a team and which could then change as the team matures, but the same can be said for other cultural dimensions.  READ MORE

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Why emotional intelligence matters for leaders

Gina Abudi

Emotional intelligence (EI) is our ability to understand our own emotions and manage those emotions. It also enables us to understand and manage the emotions of others.  READ MORE

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PM formulas: Understanding the math of project management

OnlinePMCourses

Project management is a structured discipline. And the basics are rigorous and logical. So it’s no surprise that mathematical formulas appear from time-to-time. In this article, I’ll do a round-up of all the PM formulas you need to know, as a working project manager.  READ MORE

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How to develop teams that talk less and achieve more

Leadership Freak

Talking gives the illusion of action. If the room goes quiet when you ask, “What are we going to do about that?”, you have a team that talks too much and achieves too little.  Talking gives the illusion of action. If the room goes quiet when you ask, “What are we going to do about that?”, you have a team that talks too much and achieves too little.  READ MORE