Last seen: Apr 27, 2026
@at644, while usually true, having documented procedures does not always guarantee compliance. Procedures can and will help avoid the pitfalls of trea...
When you mention the product life cycle, that can apply to a variety of things as there are several different components that make up the product life...
To ensure that the DHF is done properly and completely a PM would need to be cognizant and responsible for all nine steps involved throughout the enti...
Various people agree with the concept that roles should not only be clearly defined, but defined early in a project, or even before the project commen...
Reading through the responses, I agree with many of what was proposed; there are several good options for how to control expectations including consis...
Reading through the responses, I noticed that many suggested having team meetings as a whole as well as additional individual meetings with those invo...
The neat (and maybe painful part) of being a project manager is, that dependent on the industry, you can be expected to be a jack of all trades. In my...
@njq3 , this is exactly the point I want to touch upon. You mentioned how you sort of came into the leadership role in your current company and grew i...
Reading through the posts, I've noticed many have highlighted the importance of listening, defining roles, and respect. All very valid points in ensur...
@an83 Exactly. To add onto this, from the outside, it seems it may be difficult to even grasp a consulting position in the first place as a new gradua...
@hc255 agree; I also firmly align with how you pointed out that this doesn't necessarily have to be a scary thing. It is indeed important to ask an...
@rm829 , very true and I wanted to especially highlight one of the points that you brought up. Something important consider is location as it relates ...
@ag2357 , to play the devils advocate to you and @kaf43's suggestions to increase communication-what if increasing this communication within the organ...
@benjaminrofail , I agree. However there's another important point that should be made here. A good project manager will make their choice based off o...
As having worked in a Functional Organization and a Matrix Organization, I can say that my preference between the two has been the Matrix Organization...