Ronald B. Smith, MBA, PMP

Learn why 43% of IT projects exceed budget and discover Tom DeMarco’s four-point framework to improve cost estimation accuracy for software d

Learn 9 key stakeholder roles and 8 proven engagement strategies to control expectations and drive IT project success with real-world examples.

Discover how AI is transforming project management through predictive analytics, automation, and data-driven insights that improve success rates an

Learn how project management parallels swimming, from overcoming initial fears to continuous improvement, while mastering swim lane diagrams to enh

Learn how to evaluate projects with a weighted ranking matrix that compares new proposals against ongoing projects for better strategic alignment a

Learn how to evaluate and select multi-cloud service providers using objective criteria to enhance flexibility, security, and cost-efficiency for y

Learn why timing and structure of project status meetings matter, with real-world insights from a Daylight Savings Time project that reveals best p

Explore why project managers often shoulder blame for project failures, and discover why 76% of failure causes actually lie with executive manageme

Is your project haunted by scope creep? Terrorized by tight deadlines? In this seasonal piece, Ronald Smith shares clever parallels between project

Learn how reverse planning in project management can improve communication, innovation, and resource allocation by starting with the end goal and w