Your Guide to Project Management Best Practices

Author: Jack Grabovski

Tips Managing Programs Successfully

PM Tips & Ideas

Tips on Managing Programs Successfully

Success in managing a program greatly depends on how well each related project is performed and whether all possible conflicts with other related projects are resolved early. In my experience in managing programs successfully I see that today’s normal business environment requires team leaders to carry out multiple projects in parallel, while those individuals should also take care of superior customer service and acceptable team performance. And a company that succeeds in managing parallel projects will outpace the competition. Thus, successful program management is a competitive edge and essential for business growth. Here I suggest you 5 tips on how to manage a program successfully.

Create a meeting agenda

PM Tips & Ideas

Creating a Meeting Agenda

A good agenda helps improve the effectiveness and the efficiency of any meeting; however it is frequently one of the most overlooked parts in the event planning process. Creating a meeting agenda can be compared to passing an examination when you need to complete all the tests in order to get the highest grades. In case one or more items are not completed you get lower grades; the same way, if you fail to include all necessary items in your agenda template the meeting is likely to be held ineffectively, with no expected results achieved.

Faclitation in managing projects

Teamwork & Leadership

Project Facilitation – Definition, Role and Skills

I can hardly image effective project management (PM) without good facilitation. As my experience proves, project performance considerably depends on how the team is facilitated to make decisions, solve problems and respond to risks and changes. PM facilitation provides a teamwork improvement mechanism that constitutes attitudes, performance, abilities, cultural patterns and results of the team.

Ensuring project manager's accountability

How-to Guides

How to Ensure a Project Manager’s Accountability

Accountability makes projects successful. Accountability ensures that the 80/20 of a project manager’s effort will be put on expectations, milestones and performance which are success drivers. When the manager is accountable for his/her decisions and actions, the project is likely to be delivered according to the expectations of the executive staff… In this article, let’s talk more about how to ensure the project manager’s accountability.

Tips on managing content marketing project

Marketing & SEO

4 Rules that Make Your Content Marketing Project Effective

Good web content marketing attracts target traffic and thus generates more leads. Google and other search engines “like” websites that contain regularly updated quality content. But sadly, many webmasters and website owners today do not realize that relevant content is one of the most critical success factors… In this article, I’m going to give you some advice regarding web content marketing and promotion. Here I describe 4 basic rules that can help you plan and implement your content marketing projects.