Eileen O’Loughlin — June 26, 2018 — June 26, 2018 If you ask five different people to define “project failure,” you’ll likely get five different answers. This is because project failure is subjective, determined by both a project’s success criteria and the metrics used to evaluate its performance during and after its end. One project … Continue reading Project Success Metrics: Keeping Projects on Time & on Budget
Denyse Drummond-Dunn — May 21, 2018 Follow @Denysech — May 21, 2018 Although there is no magic bullet to transform your business into a successful powerhouse, I have witnessed similarities amongst those that grow more profitably. And what they have in common is the process steps of their business projects. Why not compare your own … Continue reading 7 Essential Steps to Successful Business Projects: A Useful Roadmap
Stuart Cross — April 4, 2018 Follow @stuart_cross — April 4, 2018 In recent weeks I’ve come across several examples where leadership teams have been struggling to get important new projects off the ground. In one instance, a three-month gap had emerged between agreeing the need for a particular set of projects and any work … Continue reading How To Kick-Start Problem Projects
John Rampton — February 18, 2018 — February 18, 2018 JESHOOTS / Pixabay No matter how hard you may try, you can’t control time — but you can manage it a little better. Time passes whether you like it or not. Instead, when we discuss time management, we’re really talking about how we can make … Continue reading Managing Projects Over Managing Time
John Hawthorne — May 25, 2017 — May 25, 2017 Crowdfunding can be incredibly thrilling, right? You’ve been dreaming about something for months, maybe even years, and now you finally have a chance to bring it fruition. And so you carefully put together your Kickstarter campaign, estimating how much it will cost and when you’ll … Continue reading 10 Mistakes That Cause Kickstarter Projects To Be Delayed
Jodi Schechter — February 15, 2017 Follow @jjschechter— February 15, 2017 FACT: The majority of digital experience projects fail You read that right. A recent survey by Forrester Consulting reveals that more than 60 percent of all digital experience transformations do not succeed. An even more dire stat by Consultancy.UK pegs the shocking failure rate … Continue reading Why Digital Transformation Projects Fail
by Amanda SingletonAugust 23, 2016 For most businesses, their websites are the lifeblood of their inbound marketing efforts and sales enablement tactics. A website that is attractive, informative, and usable pulls in visitors to learn more about your product or service, then keeps them coming back, even after converting them into customers. Whether a business … Continue reading Website Redesign Projects: Key Metrics to Track from Day 1
by Joan Harbin May 25, 2016May 25, 2016 If you aren’t managing the benefits expected from the project (assuming they were identified before the project commenced) the probability of them being realized is low. We recently addressed the “Big, Small, Quickly” approach to managing complex projects. Diving into one piece of that — it is … Continue reading Manage Complex Projects – Manage Project Benefits, Not Just Deliverables
by Jamie MacDonald January 28, 2016 Follow @MindGeniusJanuary 28, 2016 Every project manager knows that you need the right information to make your project a success. Vital information such as a projects requirements, client’s expectations and assumptions and understanding the risks are all a key part of the planning process. But how do you get … Continue reading The Pros and Cons of 10 Information Gathering Techniques for Projects
by Brittany Berger January 24, 2016 Follow @bberg1010January 24, 2016 Write it down. All of it. Whether you’re a side hustler with a growing freelance gig or a full-time boss lady with multiple projects and income streams, solopreneurs are usually doing a thousand things at a time. There’s only one way to stay sane and … Continue reading How I Stay Organized (and Sane) Juggling a Dozen Projects
