Sometimes the whole picture is not clear when you are planning a project. But with a traditional project management methodology, such as waterfall, you set everything up first and then you’re stuck with it. But the waterfall methodology is only one way to manage a project. Other project managers prefer a more iterative process, like… Continue reading What Is Rolling Wave Planning?
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What Are The 5Cs Of Communication In Project Management?
Project management is all about communication. To be successful, you need to be able to communicate effectively with your team, your clients, and your stakeholders. This article covers the 5Cs of communication to help you communicate effectively through written words. The clarity in communication is essential for project managers in order to ensure that all… Continue reading What Are The 5Cs Of Communication In Project Management?
Strategies for Handling Conflicts
There are many ways to handle conflict at the organisation level: Conflict Management Strategy # 1. Ignoring the Conflict: If the conflict is not too severe and the consequences are not very serious, managers tend to ignore it and pretend that it does not exist. Some managers think conflicts speak badly about an organization, so… Continue reading Strategies for Handling Conflicts
Project Cost Estimation Techniques
1. Expert Judgment Expert judgment implies consulting with experienced cost estimators or specialists in the field of your company’s performance. When predicting costs by using this technique, you rely on experts’ knowledge of the project’s contents and the general business environment. In return, you get meaningful, evidence-based assumptions and explanations of relational patterns between relevant… Continue reading Project Cost Estimation Techniques
2 Techniques for Schedule Compression: Fast Tracking & Crashing
No matter how well you plan a project, actual results will differ from what you have planned. In terms of schedule, the actual durations of tasks can take longer than planned. In order to meet the project deadline, you need to take corrective actions to get back on track and these are called schedule compression… Continue reading 2 Techniques for Schedule Compression: Fast Tracking & Crashing
How to Give Human Touch to AI Content?
The launch of numerous AI content writing (assistant) tools over the last decade or so has greatly disrupted the content writing field, as many content creators and companies engaged in content development & marketing have started using these AI tools to make their writing more efficient and fast. If you are also using an AI… Continue reading How to Give Human Touch to AI Content?
Unlocking the Power of Knowledge Management: Strategies for Organizational Success
In today’s fast-paced and information-driven world, knowledge is a priceless asset for any organization. The ability to effectively capture, organize, and leverage knowledge can make the difference between success and stagnation. This is where knowledge management comes into play. Knowledge management is the systematic process of creating, capturing, organizing, and distributing an organization’s collective knowledge… Continue reading Unlocking the Power of Knowledge Management: Strategies for Organizational Success
Twelve Leadership Styles (Part 2)
7. Bureaucratic Leadership For bureaucratic leaders, rules are more important than freedom of expression. Such leaders follow a set hierarchy and a fixed set of principles and do not appreciate when their team members exercise individual freedoms. Such leaders might consider the opinions of their team members but are under no obligation to follow these… Continue reading Twelve Leadership Styles (Part 2)
Twelve Types of Leadership Styles (Part 1)
Overview: You will find that some styles overlap (i.e., charisma and transformational). They can be used together (facilitative and team leadership). Others are used less frequently (strategic and cross-cultural), and some are opposites (autocratic & participative). 1. The Transformational Leadership Style “Nothing so needs reforming as other people’s habits” — Mark Twain. “It a poor… Continue reading Twelve Types of Leadership Styles (Part 1)
Laissez-Faire Leadership
Leadership styles can make a significant impact on the success and work environment of any organization. One such leadership style is the laissez-faire leadership approach, which basically the opposite of micromanaging. Here, we will dive into laissez-faire leadership’s benefits and drawbacks and how it compares to other leadership styles like authoritarian, autocratic and democratic leadership.… Continue reading Laissez-Faire Leadership