Our job as project managers is to manage the tension and interconnected-ness of all the project constrains and stakeholders. A sure fire way to get unhappy customers is agree to their plans without performing integrated change control.
Category: Project Management
The Most Important Part Of Your Project Schedule
If you come to me and say that your project schedule is ready to be baselined, I expect to hear (1) when you’re going to be done with the project, and (2) …
Tearing the Veil of Credentials
I’m starting to think that credentials don’t matter in the slightest. … Attaining my PMP credential was a fairly simple exercise in memorization and doing enough practice tests. It is difficult, don’t get me wrong, but the act of getting a PMP is a completely different skill set than being an excellent project manager.
Waterfall Project Management vs. Agile “Project Management”
Let’s settle this right here, right now. Should you use Waterfall (Predictive) Project Management or Agile “Project Management” for your next project? What about “Hybrid”? It’s a common question to ask, with a very simple answer:
Stakeholder Management is the Most Important Management
Yes, it's important to manage project costs and deliver on time with expected quality, but why is all that important? .... Because that's what the stakeholders want.
How I Got My PMP for the Price of a Good Burger
The typical cost of getting a PMP is around $2,500 including exam fees. I got mine for exactly $12.99 using a combo of online courses, free resources, and corporate reimbursement for test fees. Here is my exact and repeatable approach to get "Above Target" grades on all Knowledge Areas on the PMP exam:
Josh Newman 