I get this question all the time from business leaders who are standing at a crossroads: “Should we hire someone full-time or bring in a consultant?” And honestly? I get it. On the surface, it feels like hiring internally is the “safer” bet, someone who’s part of the team,...
I’ve seen it happen more times than I can count: a technically brilliant IT project that fails spectacularly, not because of bad code or poor infrastructure, but because the team just didn’t gel. You can have the best developers, the sharpest analysts, and state-of-the-art tools, but if your people...
When it comes to Project Management, meetings and follow ups are constantly necessary to assure a smooth communication, guarantee collaboration, and reach goals. But there are different types of meetings depending on multiple factors such as time, urgency, objectives, and so on. As we know, time is a valuable...
By Patrick Young – Able USA …… Reopening a business during a pandemic comes with many challenges, not the least of which is figuring out how to keep customers and employees safe. If you’ve already tackled that hurdle, you also have to face the prospect of staying open and...
A project meeting is a regular event where people involved in a project gather to report on progress, discuss issues, approve or reject ideas, and solve problems; its purpose is to increase communication and accelerate the project’s progress to optimize time. Taking that into consideration, project meetings are a...
It has been a while since social media and its numerous platforms made their great appearance in the world and quickly became an essential part of people’s lives. Today, you can instantly post, capture, and store every single moment and event of your life, just by taking your mobile...
Welcome to the new normal, where everyone is working remotely and project managers are faced with the challenge of keeping their team together….when they aren’t working together. The dictionary definition of a team is a group of people coming together to achieve a common goal. Now, thanks to COVID-19,...
For over 25 years, I worked as an IT project manager and consultant throughout the United States in various companies and corporate cultures. I have helped teams in projects which involved difficult installations, relocation of data centers, deployment of new software, and cybersecurity amongst others. I also worked as...
“It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.” — Nelson Mandela On the internet, a search for “leadership” brings up...
“First, have a definite, clear practical idea; a goal, an objective. Second, have the necessary means to achieve your ends; wisdom, money, materials, and methods. Third, adjust all your means to that end.” –Aristotle The term “Project Management Methodology” was first used in the early 1960s when many...