Project Management

What Is Project Management?  

Managing Complex Tasks and People

How Good Are Your Project Management Skills?  

Agile Project Management  

Organizing Productive, Flexible Projects

Program Management  

Structuring Projects as Part of a Program

The Iron Triangle of Project Management  

Balancing Your Budget, Scope, and Schedule

Words Used in... Project and Program Management  

The Planning Cycle  

A Planning Process for Medium-Sized Projects

Project Management Phases and Processes  

Structuring Your Project

How to Write a Business Case  

Getting Approval and Funding for Your Project

How to Write a Design Brief  

Getting Your Design Project Off to a Great Start

Project Initiation Documents  

Getting Your Project Off to a Great Start

Project Charters  

Getting Your Project Off to a Good Start

Request for Proposal Documents  

Getting Better Terms With a Competitive Bidding Process

Project Issue Management  

Identifying and Resolving Issues

Benefits Management  

Getting the Greatest Possible Benefit From a Project

Managing Project Uncertainty  

Planning for the Unknown

Managing Project Finances  

Understanding and Controlling Project Costs

Business Testing in Projects  

Involving Real Users as an Important Testing Step

Project Close Activities  

Ending Projects Properly

Rationalizing Your Project Portfolio  

Delivering Strategic Benefits With Limited Resources

Action Plans  

Small-Scale Planning

How to Use Burndown Charts  

Keeping Your Projects on Track

Gap Analysis  

Reaching Your Ideal Future State

"Planning Poker" in Agile Project Management  

A Fun and Useful Tool for Estimating

Estimating Time to Complete  

Calculating Realistic Project Timelines

Project Schedule Development  

Planning the Timing and Sequence of Project Activities

Kanban Boards  

Managing the Delivery of Your Projects

Gantt Charts  

Planning and Scheduling Team Projects

Critical Path Analysis and PERT Charts  

Planning and Scheduling More Complex Projects

Planning Large Projects and Programs  

Planning Large-Scale Projects

The MoSCoW Method  

Understanding Project Priorities

Logframes and the Logical Framework Approach  

Planning Robust, Coherent, Successful Projects

Scope Control  

Avoiding Too Many Changes in Projects

Business Requirements Analysis  

Clearly Agreeing What You're Going to Deliver

Work Breakdown Structures  

Mapping Out the Work Within a Project

User Stories in Agile Project Management  

Empowering Project Teams to Make Good, Customer Focused Decisions

Working With Project Sponsors  

Using Your Sponsor's Drive, Authority and Support

Project and Program Governance  

Using Senior Management Support to Ensure Project Success

Stakeholder Analysis  

Winning Support for Your Projects

What Is Stakeholder Management?  

Planning Your Stakeholder Communications

Effective Scrum Meetings  

Keeping Your Team Members Coordinated and Energized

Influence Maps  

Uncovering Where the Power Lies in Your Projects

The Responsibility Assignment Matrix (RAM)  

Knowing Where the Buck Ultimately Stops

The RACI Matrix  

Structuring Accountabilities For Maximum Efficiency and Results

Project Dashboards  

Quickly Communicating Project Progress

Project Milestone Reporting  

Keeping Projects On Track by Monitoring Significant Check Points

Immunity to Change  

Overcoming Unconscious Assumptions

The Four Principles of Change Management  

How to Support Change in Your Organization

How Good Are Your Change Management Skills?  

The Change Curve  

Accelerating Change, and Improving Its Likelihood of Success

Lewin's Change Management Model  

Understanding the Three Stages of Change

Beckhard and Harris' Change Equation  

Overcoming Resistance to Change

Kotter's 8-Step Change Model  

Implementing Change Powerfully and Successfully

Overcoming Cultural Barriers to Change  

Moving to a High Performance Culture

Leavitt's Diamond  

An Integrated Approach to Change

The Burke-Litwin Change Model  

Unraveling the Dynamics of Organizational Change

SIPOC Diagrams  

Making Sure Your Change Process Serves Everyone

The ADKAR® Change Management Model  

Using Goals to Accomplish Change

Bridges' Transition Model  

Guiding People Through Change by Managing Endings

Changing People's Habits  

Encouraging and Sustaining New Behaviors

Why Change Can Fail  

Knowing What NOT to Do

Sprint Retrospectives in Agile Project Management  

Five Steps for a Successful Review Process

After Action Review (AAR) Process  

Learning from Your Actions Sooner Rather Than Later

Post-Implementation Reviews  

Making Sure That What You Delivered Actually Works

Conducting a Project Healthcheck  

Finding Out How a Project is Progressing

Why Do Projects Fail?  

Learning How to Avoid Project Failure