Resource conflicts are very common, especially when managing large complex IT projects. For this write-up, I will like to site a personal experience from about 3 years ago when I was leading the implementation of an AI-powered chatbot for a leading financial services company. I experienced a major resource conflict that threatened the success of… Continue reading How to Manage Resource Conflict Challenges on Your Projects
Category: Best Practices
How to Apply ‘Agile Method’ to Achieve Success in Your IT Projects
In the last decades, the word Agile has easily been the go-to for software development projects. The agile method for software development and delivery is particularly prevalent because it gives room for changing requirements and iterative short cycles which happens to be effective in a world of fast-paced innovation. So what is Agile? And how… Continue reading How to Apply ‘Agile Method’ to Achieve Success in Your IT Projects
Scheduling and Facilitating a Successful Project Meeting
An IT Project Manager now and again is required to schedule and facilitate meetings with stakeholders for various reasons- be it onsite or remotely. Such meetings could be with the legal team for legal guidance; procurement team; operations or perhaps team meetings and so on. While scheduling and facilitating meetings sound like an undemanding task,… Continue reading Scheduling and Facilitating a Successful Project Meeting
How to Curate Project Documents for Accessibility to Stakeholders
The PMBOK(Project Management Book of Knowledge) specifies that a typical project manager spends 90% of his/her communicating. While this seems really high considering the grocery list of other items the PM is responsible for however, the PMBOK is right. A project manager should always ensure that there is information available to every stakeholder on the… Continue reading How to Curate Project Documents for Accessibility to Stakeholders