Traditional Project Management Software has Flatlined. It’s time to Evolve.

Posted by on Apr 17, 2022 in PMChat Blog, PMChat Guest Experts | Comments Off

In life we are taught that if something is broken, we should fix it. So why doesn’t that apply to broken software then? As a project manager you focus on traditional PPM, but doesn’t your work encompass much more than just traditional PPM? The truth is our work has evolved and traditional PPM tools fail to adapt to how our teams work today. Much of the work our…

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Don’t Decide In A Vacuum…Get Clarity!

Posted by on Apr 9, 2022 in PMChat Blog, PMChat Guest Experts | Comments Off

Don’t Decide In A Vacuum…Get Clarity!

A number of market forces are making the world a tougher place in which to be successful as a business. Globalization, consumerization of IT, competition from startups and the rise of new technologies are changing the rules. Expanding consumer expectations are creating a marketplace where the most agile businesses thrive, but those who adopt change slowly lose…

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Using Microsoft Project to Conquer Project and Portfolio Management

Posted by on Apr 4, 2022 in PMChat Guest Experts | Comments Off

Using Microsoft Project to Conquer Project and Portfolio Management

Does this feel like your company? Everyone is busy, hard at work on something, but it is hard to see across teams what that something is and even if that something is the right something. When people are asked to give a status update on something, there is no common language so it is hard to tell which something’s to be concerned about. When deciding which…

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Coaching Project Managers

Posted by on Mar 27, 2022 in PMChat Blog, PMChat Guest Experts | Comments Off

In a PM context, Coaching is the practice of helping project manages to identify and articulate what their professional challenges, goals and aspirations are and subsequently assist them in achieving these goals through in-depth conversations.   A typical starting point for a coaching conversation is to enquire about aspects that aren’t working as well for the…

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Moving From FTE to Contractor

Posted by on Mar 7, 2022 in PMChat Guest Experts | Comments Off

In the UK, according to the 2013 Project Management Benchmark Report from Arras People a third of project management practitioners choose to work as independent contractors rather than working for an employer on their payroll in exchange for a wage. In fact as the economic situation persisted over the last 5 years and some practitioners found it difficult to…

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Communication Model by empoweringLEADERS LLC

Posted by on Feb 28, 2022 in PMChat Blog, PMChat Guest Experts | Comments Off

You’ve done it. You’ve scored the big meeting you need to push your project through – the key stakeholder, executive, customer conversation… and you know with their approval, your project is going to change the world – or at least your piece of it. We recently talked with a senior leader in a development group that was complaining about a meeting with her…

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