I will show you how to manage projects
Back in the days when I was a kid, we used to travel a lot with my family. One year we spent our vacation with friends in the UK. I remember this trip very well due to one reason: On the day we headed back to Germany, we left one important item in the fridge. …
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One of my friends recently asked me for advice on his project: Project planning is a broad topic and there are many factors that go into it. That’s why I dug deeper to understand what Carlo was actually having trouble with: If you think about it closely, the issue with project planning is: Effort estimations: You …
Read this article …Taking uncertainty out of your project plan
Need help with your new project? The Ultimate Guide to Project Management walks you through the process of setting up a project. Download the guide here for free. Project management is a broad topic and there are so many things we could talk about. I’ve made the guide very concise though with a focus on giving you …
Does this sound familiar to you? You ask one of your team members to work on something. Everything seems to be going well and you feel like you could move mountains: “Managing projects isn’t really that hard.” “I’m a real leader! People respect me and I get things done!” LOL Then the moment of truth …
Creating a project plan in MS Project isn’t that difficult. In the following article I’ll show how to create a simple project plan using a real project example. Setting up a new project Let’s create a new project and make some general adjustments. By the way I’m using MS Project 2016 here. Step 1: Creating …
Read this article …How to create a project plan in MS Project
This happened to me not long ago: A colleague of mine was giving a workshop. At the end of the workshop, he asked the participants to provide him with further information. He needed a list of banks the company was dealing with – including bank name, account number and address. “Please send me the details …
You have invited for a meeting, but the people don’t show up! This was the problem that James, one of the readers of tacticalprojectmanager.com, faced in his project. Here’s what he wrote to me: There was something I really liked about the way James dealt with this unpleasant situation. He could have just fired messages of …
Read this article …Ask Adrian: My team members don’t show up at my meetings. What should I do?
Today I want to take up a question from one of the readers of tacticalprojectmanager.com. Navin, a construction project manager, recently asked me: „How should I deal with large meetings in a project, where sometimes the project manager is expected to answer all the questions. I am bit wary of this situation. Can you please …
Read this article …What to do if you’re afraid of large meetings
Once you start taking over larger projects, you’ll come across new topic that you have to take care of: project budgeting. In this article I’ll show you what goes into a project budget and how you create a budget plan. What we are covering in this guide What goes into a budget? Things to keep …
Getting people to complete their work in time is one of the biggest challenges for every project manager. In this article I’ll show you a powerful strategy for creating accountability. “People are not sticking to their timelines!” I hear this complaint all the time when speaking to first-time project leaders. Welcome to the club! What you …
Read this article …How to delegate work: the Sandwich Strategy