Project Office

By Rob Betcher

Simple Project Management Methodology (SPMM) is a simple approach to managing projects less than five million worth in budget. There are countless project management frameworks and methodologies within the industry and most of these are extremely process intensive. The problem with this is that when a project manager and project team are focused on process, they usually lose focus on managing the critical tasks for the project.

I am in foggy San Jose in Silicon Valley, teaching a course for Stevens at NASA Ames. It is an intense, inquisitive, and exceedingly bright group of students. Some of their questions got me to remember some truths in the proposal profession that I began to take for granted – so I am sharing them with you after quickly jotting them down at 4 am (I am still on the East Coast time). Here are some of my proposal lessons learned:

By Steve Wilheir

'Time and tide wait for no man' is an old saying that never loses its propriety and relevance. We always find people everywhere in the society, who murmur repeatedly, that scarcity of time made it impossible to carry out anything worthy in their lives.

By Steve Wilheir

Behind every business card and every skyscraper is a leader; A leader who brings efficiency and progress. Yet, these kinds of leaders are hard to find. If you were a hiring agent looking for prospective employees what would you look for? Well here are the top 10 characteristics of truly effective leaders.

By Justin Mountford

There is no denying that in 2012 the competition for a project manager's job is intense. If you've decided that this is the year your going to get into project management or upgrade your current job here are 12 suggestions that will help your resume leap of the desk ensuring you get the recruiter's attention.

Planning your project is one of the most important aspects of sucessful project management. These steps will guide you through the project planning process.

You may have heard the phrase "Project Management is all about people". If you are a Project Manager or part of a project team you will be reliant on people. You will need your team to work together, complete tasks on time and to present a positive message about your project.

If you Google '10 reasons projects fail' you will find many different opinions on project failure, but all of lists will contain something about stakeholders, communication, people or teams. To dramatically improve your chances of project success follow this four step process.

Any activity that has already been given the name of "Project" is likely to involve considerable amounts of resources, whether that is time, people, money or all three. So it is fairly obvious that whoever has authorised the project will want to be certain that it delivers what is expected, that it meets the business requirements and stays within budget and on schedule. A sponsor will also expect that risks are managed and controlled in an effective way.

Project management training is a crucial aspect for the success of projects within an organization. A solid project management training course for your organization's employees will ensure your people possess the right knowledge and skills for efficient management of your organization's business projects.

The knowledge area of project quality management includes the organizational processes that determine quality policies, objectives, and responsibilities. The PMBOK identifies three processes for quality management:

• Quality Planning
• Quality Assurance
• Quality Control