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The definition of Agile is: “quick and well-coordinated in movement.” Your company is launching a new project and your boss asks you if you think the new project would be a good candidate to work as an Agile project. Your company is rather traditional, branching out occasionally to try new things, but you are not sure if this project is appropriate for an Agile approach. You definitely want the project to be successful. What do you need to consider when making a decision of this type for your new project? Here are some major factors to look at when considering an agile project approach. Is...


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Managing Projects for over 20 years has taught me a few things about what attributes a good project manager must possess. A good part of my role today is to find and place contract project managers. Great PMs have many traits and you can read tons of articles on what attributes comprise a good PM. After reading and reflecting on several of these article and then looking back over my years of project delivery and hiring PMs, I have compiled these 5 attributes I look for in a great contract project manager: PM Technical Knowledge: You must be able to demonstrate that you know a little about...


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The stakes are high: according to a 2007 PMI study, 28% of projects fail due to poor communication—the single most common cause. Data hoarding, ill-defined communication expectations, and sheer inertia all conspire against open communication channels. But if you hammer the communication basics, you’re contributing a vital ingredient to project success. If you want to encourage communication, practice it yourself. Lay out realistic channels, with your audience in mind . How well have you communicated with your team today/this week/month? Right-size your communications: don’t use the communications...


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Magic 8 Ball: Should you outsource your Project Management work? “Yes.” “No.” “It is decidedly so.” If only obtaining answers to our questions were that simple. In today’s world, it seems that transformation is happening all around us. From the simple changing of the seasons, to the complex world of technology, one thing is for certain: change is constant. Even in corporate work environments, change is occurring in how staffing models are implemented. Considering the economic conditions, many companies are focused on ways to minimize costs without sacrificing quality of services...


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One of the many issues that IT leadership or the senior management team may deal with is a project that is not delivering results. Whether it’s missed milestones, unplanned expenses, or scope creep, a project in distress can be very costly to an organization. It not only can burn money, it can also delay the implementation of other project/product launches and negatively affect the morale of the project team. Here are three ways that a company can tell that a project needs to be rescued: Project Schedule Health is Consistently “RED”—If the project milestones are consistently being...


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BCforward, a leader in IT outsourcing and staffing solutions today announced the formation of PMforward.  This division will provide project management consulting services, centralized management of project delivery, leadership coaching and training, process improvement identification, and management of PMO methodologies. “BCforward has always had a quite sizable project management office, with over 300 resources spread nationwide. We decided to create PMforward because it helps current and potential clients truly understand what our capability is” said Terrill Krigger, Director of Account...


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