It is difficult to state that only one person can do a certain job. One person can certainly have more experience and knowledge, but is not the only one capable. This person going on maternity leave c...

It is an excellent idea to go over each member's role before beginning work. This "precious time" that might be seem that it is taken away from time to work is indeed "precious". What is the purpose o...

Team development is a controversial topic because it is questionable whether or not employees are required to interact outside of work hours. While it is true that team members can bond and develop fr...

It seems as the punishment for missed milestones or a failed project is that the project failed. This can result, as aforementioned, a decrease in bonuses or additional compensation. Also, it is a bur...

The best methods to store information about lessons learned at the end of the project is through a method by which all team members can contribute to their experiences. This can be in the form of a sl...

Based on your experience, I have only seen and done three forms of communication: Microsoft Teams messages, email, and verbal dialogue. All three are extremely effective when used correctly and with t...

The project manager needs to take into careful consideration all areas of management as aforementioned. This can be accomplished with careful documentation and assessment of every area. There needs to...

This can be a tricky question for many project managers. Often, the argument hiring internally is that familiarity with the company. This is familiarity with all aspect of the company, including peopl...

Often times, fatigue cannot be avoided as it is a natural part of the change process. As documentation changes and designs change, it is important that all team members are updated on these changes, a...

The types of risk mentioned in the original post of this thread, financial risk, schedule risk, resource risk, and quality risk, are all important components of the project. It is ideal to minimize ri...

Both email and Teams come with their advantages and disadvantages. Also, they are not direct substitutes for one another since they are completely different tools for different purposes. On Microsoft ...

As the original post mentions, email can be an effective method for communicating without setting up time consuming meetings. This type of discernment is needed by the project manager in order to maxi...

Based on the original post in this thread, it seems as though all projects, whether viewed as successes or failures, are actually successes. It seems as though any learning experience is a success, be...

Cross functional work is extremely important, but relies on the members of each party effectively doing their part and communicating. Often times, there is laziness in reaching out to research and dev...

Communication is of the utmost importance during the duration of a project. In my work experience, I prefer both teams and email, however, they each have their advantages and disadvantages. For inform...