Welcome to the blog, where practitioners share project management insights with the community. The blogs are written by volunteers of the SVPM Scrum Team Program and external contributors.
Since Project Managers play the role of planning, organizing, and managing resources – all social tasks – they should be embracing, using, and benefiting from using Social Tools to manage their projects.
How Project Managers Can Use Social Media Read More »
Facebook has become the most popular internet site, but Social Networking hasn’t become mainstream at work. Will it?
Social Media Coming to a Job Near You Read More »
“Project management? That’s just a lot of useless overhead!” I remember hearing variations of this a lot years ago.
On this theme of Conventional Wisdom…. Not too long ago I was hearing lots of things about Agile. Most of
Traditional versus Agile — false war? Read More »
I have been lucky enough to witness (and in some cases be a part of) several overturns of conventional wisdom.
Conventional Wisdom? Read More »
As project managers, it’s tempting to focus entirely on our project plan. But successful execution of your project plan is
Don’t just manage the plan, engage your team members! Read More »
Your team members get a bit wiggy in giving you an accurate estimate for a lot of reasons. Maybe they
Getting beyond padded estimates — part two! Read More »
You need to come up with an accurate schedule for your project – well, as accurate as you can –
What’s a little padding between friends? Read More »
For years I’ve been using a rubber chicken in my consulting work to burn into people’s consciousness the concepts of
Making Your Message Memorable Read More »
I’m delighted to post this story on behalf of Emily, who sent it to me as evidence that she was
Take a Shot of Scrappiness and Call Me in the Morning Read More »
In many organizations leadership is often only related to management positions that are associated with authority and direct reports. Most
Must the project manager become a chameleon? Leadership styles for project managers Read More »