Project Management

Project Management Best Practices  by Simon Buehring

What are the best practices at the heart of good project management? In this article, Simon Buehring summarises succinctly the fundamental aspects of successful project management.

Ten Tips for Running Successful Projects  by Leslie Allan

All organizations run projects from time to time. Yet more than half of all projects started fail their objectives. Why is this so? Read this article to discover ten things you can do to improve the chances of success with your project.

An Introduction to Earned Value Project Management  by Bibi Kasmed

Reporting project performance and predicting final cost and schedule is a difficult exercise for any project manager. Bibi Kasmed takes the reader through a primer on a reliable method for doing just that.

Earned Value  by Kay Wais

Earned value (EV) is one of the most sophisticated and accurate methods for measuring and controlling project schedules and budgets. In this article, Kay Wais outlines the advantages of using earned value in your project reporting and management and the keys to successful implementation.

How to Improve Project Delivery Through Good Business Requirements
   by Niall Kennedy

Here are some key reasons why gathering and documenting good business requirements can lead to improved project delivery.

Managing Small Projects  by Simon Buehring

A question that is often asked is whether the project management best practices that are applicable for large projects can be applied on smaller projects. This is a really important question and one which all project managers must face up to when managing small projects.

How to Get Out of "Project Overwhelm"  by Adele Sommers

This article offers a simple, sanity-saving approach to handling projects that have not followed expectations, or have otherwise gone awry. It explains how to extricate one’s team from "project overwhelm" by regrouping and swiftly charting a new course. It explores the pros and cons of attempting a last minute, heroic maneuver versus proactively re-planning the tail end of the project.

Ten Top Tips for Creating Good Business Requirements  by Niall Kennedy

Creating good business requirements will go a long way towards ensuring the success of the project and eliminate design and development risks that result from poor business requirements documentation. This article shares ten useful tips for writing effective business requirements.

Seventeen "Must Ask" Questions for Planning Successful Projects
   by Adele Sommers

Why do some projects proceed without a hitch, yet others flounder? One reason could be the type and quality of the questions people ask at the very start. This article suggests 17 insightful queries that can expose the uncertain aspects of your project, and thereby help you avoid expensive surprises later.

The Emerging Role of the Business Analyst  by Barbara A. Carkenord

Ever since organizations began to use computers to support their business tasks, the people who create and maintain those "systems" have become more and more sophisticated and specialized. One of the "specialties" to arise is the role of the Business Analyst.

Managing Stakeholders in the Requirements Process  by Niall Kennedy

Navigating the process of gathering business requirements and creating the business requirements can be hard enough without adding the issue of stakeholder management to the equation. Nevertheless, fulfilling the needs of the stakeholders is what the project is all about, so it is critical that the analyst keep them on his or her side throughout the project.