T-shaped and I-shaped skills are terminology used to define the expertise and talents of team members. T-shaped skills T-shaped skills relate to persons that possess a broad variety of knowledge and abilities across numerous domains, as well as in-depth expertise in a single domain. This shape shows the range and depth of knowledge across a […]
A good project manager must be a master of many skills, and the awareness and knowledge of cybercrime must be one of them. Our remote world and continued dependence on technology provide hackers with many new opportunities to breach corporate systems and steal private customer data. As a manager, allowing this to happen during your […]
Effective Communication is one of the significant roles of a project manager. Most of their time working is spent communicating with different groups to ensure the success of a project. Good communication across the board, with the client and the team members, contributes significantly to a project’s success. For project managers, strong communication skills are […]
Not sure if any of us can provide a name of the project from our professional life which followed the plan 100%. Projects are highly unlikely to follow the plan. In order to be able to identify and measure the differences between the plan and the actual work performance, progress on the project is required […]
No one can be a master of all; it’s too difficult a task. But you can definitely be a Jack-or-Jill-of-all-trades. As project managers, we wear multiple hats—from being facilitators and problem-solvers to translating corporate needs into actionable plans for teams and supporting assets This exposes our weaknesses on multiple fronts. I strongly believe that when […]
Before embarking on our journey to understand the mentioned terms, let’s understand Decomposition Decomposition as a means of breaking down scope into work package or work packages into smaller activities I understand that for many of us, the project manager it doesn’t make a lot of sense to have two activities as we usually deliver […]
Project Risk Management Future in ambiguous, future is unknown, no one controls the future. Even with the perfect plan, no one can guarantee that things will go as the team has charted out. The risk is a future uncertain event, which means that it might happen or might not. In order to maintain good control over […]
Project Risk Management (A high-level snapshot) Risks are inevitable. Whatever you do, some of the future uncertain events will happen on the project. You got to be ready to face them. Project Risk Management Knowledge Area helps you prepare for these unexpected and unplanned events. Project Risk Management Knowledge Area Processes Plan Risk Management (Planning) it […]
Project Risk Management Changes and Risks are inevitable, you can’t run from these. To be an effective project manager it is in your favour to plan for these calamities beforehand. The challenge with this planning is that both risks and changes are unknown and this is where Project Risk Management plays a vital role. The […]
