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Would You Hire A Project Manager Or A Business Analyst?
Written by George Bridges, Greg Geracie, Frank Kowalkowski, Neal McWhorter and Steven Starke If You Had to Choose, Would You Add a Project Manager or a Business Analyst to Your Team? This was one of several questions posed to a cross-functional panel of industry...
Think outside the Box
How many times have you heard the phrase, "Think outside the box?" Usually, when this phrase is used it is to encourage someone to create a solution or solve a problem by thinking differently. In this article, I want to show that in order for you to think outside the...
99 Obstacles to Getting Good Requirements
By George Bridges October 1, 2019 Current Challenge to Getting Good Requirements Over the years in one of my courses on Writing and Managing Requirements, I have an exercise where the participants prepare a list of obstacles for getting good requirements. Here...
Business analyst vs. project manager – You Choose!
By Oswin Newton Kakumanu Often, in most of the workshops that I conduct, one of the frequently asked question is about the roles of a business analyst and that of a project manager. I usually give the analogy of a consultant physician at a hospital. A patient who...
The Ultimate Key to Project Success: Your Stakeholders.
More About Project Success by George Bridges What is project success? How can we define it and how can we measure it? Is it realistic to have one definition of project success that all investigators, project managers, and stakeholders can agree upon? ...
Project Success may not be what you think.
The definition of project success has changed over the last fifty years. A project was considered to be successful if it was on time, within budget and within the proper scope. This definition of success is often referred to as the triple constraint. It...
Project Management is like Venturing into Deep Water
Project Management is like Venturing into Deep Water Is the PM Body of Knowledge enough to build and sustain a rewarding career in project management? Over the past years, we have seen the increase in the number of Certified Project Management Professionals...
4 Tips on When to Hire a Project Manager
4 Tips on When to Hire a Project Manager As a business owner or director or manager of a company, when should you bring in a project manager? Having a project manager on your project is a very popular thing to do in today's business climate. In a past project...
Project Management and Risks (Q & A)
What is a risk? A risk is the possibility of a problem occurring on the project that threatens the project’s successful outcome in some way or poses an opportunity the project team should investigate. Name some of the planning documents or elements of the...
Strive For Level 3 Feedback
Feedback is the key to Successful Communication An effective, successful communication requires feedback. Often we think of feedback and we do not judge or access the quality of the feedback. To be successful in communication you have to incorporate feedback to...