Project Management and Change Articles

The Seven PMBOK 8 Performance Domains: A Practical Guide

Reciting the seven takes ten seconds. The useful skill is telling which one a problem belongs to, because most problems arrive wearing the wrong label.

Manage Communications: Sending Information Is Not Communication

Everything issued, everybody acknowledged, and a team doing the wrong thing at two in the morning. Messages die in three places, and each one has a different repair.

Communication Plans That People Actually Use

Ask three people on your project where the communication plan is. The answer tells you whether you have a plan or a document that passed an approval gate.

The Standard for Project Management vs the PMBOK Guide

One binding, two documents, and no explanation on the cover. Knowing which half answers your question settles most arguments about project process in about a minute.

Identify Stakeholders: Who Needs Attention Before the Project Starts?

In the weeks before mobilisation there is nothing to report, so communications planning waits. By then several first impressions have been set by accident.

Managing Stakeholder Engagement Is a Continuous Job

A stakeholder can receive twenty accurate reports and still be materially misinformed about the part they care about. Here is what closing that gap takes, week to week.

Practical thinking for project professionals