@merzkrashed great feedback. Are you a product manager? Some years ago I had the unfortunate experience of being apart of a product launch that was ...

The planning phase has enormous value to the success of a project. It determine its trajectory. However, often times the surprises don't happen until...

I agree! Specifically, the selection of vendors is critical. This is especially true if the vendor is spread too thin, or they do not have capacity....

The change request log has definite importance, but the change request meeting is probably more significant. Often it is very difficult to articulate...

My favorite project is when I hired a software programmer to build a software app and he was on budget. My worst was the programmer I hired before th...

The communication challenges described in this question’s scenario are reflective of challenges within the culture of the company, or lack thereof. A...

For all the clichés regarding how important it is to plan, perhaps the most famous being: “Measure twice and cut once”, I cannot recall the cliché tha...

Upon graduating from college, my first professional job was working in a project-based organization. I had one main boss, and a second leader who wan...

Competency is completely different from personality. Competency can be taught. Personality is innate. In fact, approximately 15 years ago I sold pe...

Typically, the overlap between the product and project lifecycle is the development phase of the product. Within the development phase of the product...

Thanks wms7 for this explanation. I'm new to the project management of a medical device. The office of combination products seems makes so much sens...

For a new PM, my advice is to plan around other stakeholder’s ideas when feasible – especially when they are the customer. Specifically, go beyond a ...

The impact of an organization type on efficiency of a project is highly dictated by organization culture and size. We are all familiar with the phras...

I believe that consistency is the most important soft skill that a project manager needs. Consistency is so important because it stretches a variety ...

I am a 6’4” Athletically built African American man, and as such, I must constantly evaluate my emotional intelligence during project management engag...