Project Estimates Are NOT Commitments – Why The Confusion?
Article Written by Gwen Miller, PMP, APMC, CSM A major task for a project manager, and/or the project… [more]
Transforming To An Agile Project Management Office – A Study in Trust and Courage
Article Written by Gwen Miller, PMP, APMC, CSM Agile Methodologies such as Scrum, XP, and Kanban… [more]
Is It Possible To Change The Image Of The Project Management Office (PMO)?
Article Written by Gwen Miller, PMP, APMC, CSM Can we take the Project Management Office, known… [more]
Rolling Wave and Progessive Elaboration – Have PM’s been Agile all along?
Article Written by Gwen Miller, PMP, CSM Rolling wave and progressive elaboration are two terms that… [more]
Project Manager and Business Analyst – Does a project really need both roles?
Article Written by Gwen Miller, PMP Project Manager, Business Analyst - does that sound like the… [more]
Project Management
Transforming To An Agile Project Management Office – A Study in Trust and Courage
Article Written by Gwen Miller, PMP, APMC, CSM Agile Methodologies such as Scrum, XP, and Kanban are here to stay. To keep pace, Project Management Offices (PMOs) need to transform from traditional command and control, task oriented … [Read More...]
Rolling Wave and Progessive Elaboration – Have PM’s been Agile all along?
Article Written by Gwen Miller, PMP, CSM Rolling wave and progressive elaboration are two terms that are not foreign to project managers. As a matter of fact, both can be found in the PMBOK (Project Management Body of Knowledge) and can be … [Read More...]
The Missing Link – Executive Support for Project Management Processes
Article Written by Gwen Miller, PMP Executive support for project management processes required to successfully manage projects, especially IT Projects, seems to be almost non-existent. Why is it that so many C-level executives do not … [Read More...]
Project Management Tips
Project Estimates Are NOT Commitments – Why The Confusion?
Article Written by Gwen Miller, PMP, APMC, CSM A major task for a project manager, and/or the project team, is to estimate the work effort needed to deliver the project. Does this task seem to be one of the hardest to 'get right?'..Do we give the impression that the project estimates are … [Read More...]
Is It Possible To Change The Image Of The Project Management Office (PMO)?
Article Written by Gwen Miller, PMP, APMC, CSM Can we take the Project Management Office, known to be a cost center, and make it a cost-effective center? What would need to change to make this happen? Is it even possible? I think it is quite possible. Can we remake this … [Read More...]
Project Manager and Business Analyst – Does a project really need both roles?
Article Written by Gwen Miller, PMP Project Manager, Business Analyst - does that sound like the same role to you? I recently read two articles published in Tech Republic on two different days. The first article was from a Computerworld Survey on Top IT skills in 2010 and the other was … [Read More...]
Project Management Training
PMP Exam Prep versus Project Management Training
Article Written by Gwen Miller, PMP I think there is some confusion regarding preparing for the PMP Exam and Project Management Training. Let’s try to get some clarity to understand what to expect and why. These are the requirements to … [Read More...]
Using Your Career Path to Determine Training Plan
Article Written by Gwen Miller, PMP So you have decided that a career in Project Management is what you want. Now you need to determine how to arm yourself with all the tools, skills and knowledge to rise up the project management hierarchy … [Read More...]
Project Management Training Initiatives Derive Value Add for Company Investment
Article Written by Gwen Miller, PMP Let’s face it. In the past couple of years, the economy sucks, unemployment is at an all time high since the Great Depression (since I wasn’t there, I have to take the word of the media), and companies … [Read More...]