Once while doing a student project where we were tasked to write our strategic recommendations for a Caribbean cruise company, I was paired with a student who said, “You can write the actual paper, Deborah.  I am a thinker, not a doer.” Now, to be fair, if there ever was a guy meant to be […]

I recently posted a question in the LinkedIn group Project Management Link about how project managers juggle the needs of meeting a schedule versus taking suggestions from team members once the project has started (which could push the project back).  Here are the spectrum of responses: Leaning Toward Schedule “Managing projects involves different roles and […]

According to numerous websites, project management is… The discipline  of planning, organizing, and managing resources to bring about the successful completion of specific project goals and objectives.  (Source: Wikipedia) The process by which projects are defined, planned, monitored, controlled and delivered such that the agreed benefits are realised. (Source: The Association for Project Management) The […]