Personal: Project Management Basics
Master the fundamentals of project management methodologies, processes, and best practices. Learn essential PM concepts, tools, and techniques for effective planning, execution, and delivery.
What Are the Different Project Organizational Structures?
A company’s organizational structure is the system that defines a hierarchy within the organization. It typically describes job functions and reporting relationships. It can also describe how ac...
Back to Basics: Project Manager vs. Project Sponsor
I regularly conduct PMP training workshops. About one hour in, I discuss project stakeholders, and almost always the same question comes up: What is the difference between the project manager and the ...
Back to Basics: What is the Role of a Project Manager?
There are a few reasons you may wish to understand the role of a project manager more fully. Perhaps it is because you are looking for a project management job and want to have a career in project man...
Overview of the PMBOK® Guide Seventh Edition – Lesson 3 Transcription
Please find below a transcription of the audio portion of Jeff Bongiovani’s Overview of the PMBOK® Guide Seventh Edition – Lesson 3 being provided by MPUG for the convenience of our members. You may w...
Strategizing for Project Threats and Opportunities
Over a decade ago, I was put in charge of a group of projects. One of the projects had been running for almost a year, but had never seen a single live release to the customer! I realized there were t...
Top Agile Project Management Activities
Are you a user of Project Online desktop client (subscription version) and wondering how to best manage an Agile project in Microsoft Project? I’ve written an entire chapter on Agile features in my la...
Overview of the PMBOK® Guide Seventh Edition – Lesson 2 Transcription
Please find below a transcription of the audio portion of Jeff Bongiovani’s webinar, Overview of the PMBOK® Guide Seventh Edition – Lesson 2, being provided by MPUG for the convenience of our members....
Time is Money: The Importance of Earned Value Management
In my previous article, I discussed the importance of a baseline, and how, without one, a PM doesn’t have a yardstick, per se, to measure with. Project Management presents many tools and techniques fo...
How to Download PMBOK Guide 7th Edition
Did you know that if you are a PMI member, the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK)® Guide Seventh Edition in PDF format is available to download for FREE? You can get it by logging on to the ...