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Andre Malowney writing at a desk, working through project management reference texts and printed process diagrams

Practical thinking for project professionals

Articles on project delivery, governance, risk, predictive, Agile and hybrid practice, alongside a growing PMP® knowledge library for professionals preparing for the current exam.

People Are Resources, But Not Just Resources

Planning has to count people in units, and the units stop describing anything the moment the work gets difficult. Both things are true and projects need both.

The PMBOK 8 Resources Performance Domain: What It Really Covers

Most readers assume this domain is about people. Half of it is, and the half that causes the expensive surprises is equipment, facilities, materials and capacity.

The Project Team Is Not the Project Manager’s Staff

The project manager owns whether the commitments are met. The team owns how the work is done. Most friction on a project is one of the two reaching across that line.

What Sponsors Should Do, and What They Shouldn’t

A sponsor holds four things nobody else can hold. Most sponsorship problems are one of those four going unattended while the sponsor helps with something else.

Feedback Is a Project Control, Not a Courtesy

Asking people what they think after the design is fixed is a courtesy. Asking while an answer could still change something is a control, and it is cheaper than rework.

Conflict Is Not Always a Problem

A project where nobody disagrees is not a well-run project. It is a project whose disagreements are being held somewhere you cannot see them.