Your Guide to Project Management Best Practices

Author: Daniel Linman

ERP PM approach

IT & Software

An Activity-Based Approach to ERP Project Implementation

ERP project management involves a set of processes and tools for keeping ERP project implementation on schedule, managing project costs, building and maintaining beneficial relationships with vendors and suppliers, and avoiding ERP project failure through ensuring successful utilization and regular update of ERP project management software. In this post we will talk about an activity-based approach to ERP project implementation. We will review the five steps (or activities) of this approach. The information in this article will be helpful to ERP project managers and other professionals who can use the approach to control the critical phases of planning for a new ERP project implementation system.

total project management (TPM)

PM Framework

Total Project Management Solutions for Project-Thinking Organizations

Total project management solutions (TPM solutions) will help a project-thinking organization to stabilize the business processes and begin leading employees towards achieving refined efficiency and accountability. In this article, I will briefly talk about what TPM concept means and will also outline a 5-step model for implementing total PM solutions. I guess my considerations will be helpful for management staff and executives in project-thinking organizations.

team planning tips

Teamwork & Leadership

Basic Tips on Project Team Planning

In this article we’ll give a series of project team planning tips presented in the form of a step-by-step checklist. Our tips will focus you only on the basic considerations regarding recruiting project staff members while the details of the team selection process won’t be highlighted in the article (the details of better team management and project resource management will be the matter of our next articles).

Essential Self-Management Skills for Employees to Be Productive at Workplace

Career & Lifestyle

Essential Self-Management Skills for Employees: How to Be Productive at Workplace

Developing self-management skills becomes one of the best management practices and activities of those people who have decided to become more productive employees. While companies tend to spend large amounts of both money and energy to provide their employees with special self-management skills training, each employee can personally organize self-assessment surveys to define whether he or she has the required skills. This effort is extremely important for workers oriented on aggressive career development. Without the personal effort for developing self-organization and self-management skills, it’s hard to imagine a productive employee succeeding in career promotion and professional advancement. This article is designed to help you answer the question “What are self management skills?” and how to be a productive employee.

forming business partnership

Business & Finance

Forming a Business Partnership in a 3-Step Plan

Take your time to think about the opportunities of partnering with others. Perhaps, your small company requires a winning business partnership, so be ready to analyze the current market situation and consider developing a business partnership plan. In this article we’ll talk about the definition of business partnership and review the key steps for developing a template of partnership plan.