The Hole in the Wall Project is a unique IT experiment that has brought computer literacy to over 40,000 Indian children in just five years. By setting up computers in public places, children in urban and remote areas have been able to...

Zinedine Zidane, a retired football superstar, has dedicated his post-football career to giving back to the community. As a United Nations Development Program Goodwill Ambassador, Zidane has been involved in numerous initiatives to help...

Didier Drogba, the legendary football player, is known for his on-field passion and off-field philanthropy. From being a Goodwill Ambassador for the UNDP to donating millions towards the construction of a hospital in Abidjan, Drogba has...

In this video, I'm focusing on Project Planning, and asking what is the key deliverable in your project plan?



It started with a question I
was asked:
What is the main deliverable if you are asked to create
a...

Measure twice, cut once.<b<br/>r/>

This is a proverb ofte<b<br/>r/>n quoted by my father.

It reminds us to take our time before committing to something irrevocable. It's vital advice for a project manager. The keyword is caution.

It is never a good idea to take over a project someone else has started. There is too much risk that they will not have set it up to succeed. But, if you have to, you're going to need my Project Takeover...

Your relationship with your Project Sponsor is crucial to the success of your project - and to your success as a Project Manager. So, in this video, I look at 5 tips to help you get that...

Before you aim for promotion, focus on not getting fired.



Here’s a question I was asked: why were y
ou fired?
If you haven't been what

is your secret?

I've never been fired...

The Black Swan is a book about risk, by polymath, Nassim Nicolas Taleb.



Black Swans risks that meet
3 criteria
1. Outlier - not expected from prev
ious experiencer/>2. Extreme impact
3. E

xplainable...

A project risk is simply ‘uncertainty that can affect outcome’.



And when we classify risks, we focus on the types of impact that they
can have:

- S
chedule

- Budget

- Techn
ology
-...

7 lessons from Star Trek that do not demand you are a big Star Trek fan, Trekkie, Trekker or whatever. All you’ll need is a glancing familiarity with one of the main shows or films.



In Star Trek, the leading...

There aren't many books I recommend unreservedly to professional and business people I work with. But the Wisdom of Crowds is one of them.

So, Who does Get the Best Ans
wers?
It...

If you look on the web, you’ll find there are only three sources of conflict…

or maybe it’s f
ive…

>or eight…

The truth is - as anyone who has lived any length of...

A clear vision and mission for your project is a basis for both:

- clarity of purpose
, and
- team

motivation

Mission and vision address the importance of answering
the question 'Why?'...

I want to argue why I believe Benefits Management is a missing knowledge area from so much of Project Management.



There's a whole load of potentially missing Knowledge Areas. Domains of knowledge,...

Benefits Management follows a simple process. And I will describe the one in my new course, Project Benefits Management.

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hers)

My Project Benefits Management process has seven steps. We...

Motorola introduced the idea of Six Sigma to reduce defects, and match the quality standards their competitors were able to achieve. So, what is Six Sigma?



Originally, Six Sigma was a...

The more I give you, the happier you are. That’s the essence of the Kano Model. But it’s starting to be talked about a lot in Project Management circles, so what is the Kano Model?



The Kano model...

On a project, we can end up in all sorts of trouble, if we have multiple versions of the same document, and make a mistake about which is current. If we act on out-of-date information, we can easily...

You're a Project Manager. So, I can predict one thing with confidence... You spend a lot of time in meetings. This means that anything you can do to have better meetings is a worthwhile change.





So,...

Epics, User Stories, and Story Points are three terms that are widely used in Agile Project Management and some of its methodologies, like XP (eXtreme Programming) and Scrum....

Ground rules… What are they, does your project team need them, and how to set and maintain them if it does? That’s what we’ll look at in this video.



What are Gr
ound Rules
Ground...

Do people listen when you speak, and take your advice when you offer it? Part of growing, as a Project Manager, is becoming more influential. Here are seven of my top tips.



Raising your level of influence...

There are six (arguably seven) strategies for managing risk. But the one that is least understood is the most powerful of all… if you can make it work: removing a risk entirely.



So, let's survey one...