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Who Should Project Managers Report To?
In many organizations, project management is part of the IT department, but this is not the best organizational structure for ensuring projects meet the needs of end users.
Change Management Is Not a Cure-All
Even the best change management cannot make up for poor project management and bad process and system design.
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Who Should Project Managers Report To?
In many organizations, project management is part of the IT department, but this is not the best organizational structure for ensuring projects meet the needs of end users.
Change Management Is Not a Cure-All
Even the best change management cannot make up for poor project management and bad process and system design.
The Importance of Leadership Alignment
Successful change initiatives require organizational leaders to be aligned on the initiative’s level of importance.
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Who Should Project Managers Report To?
In many organizations, project management is part of the IT department, but this is not the best organizational structure for ensuring projects meet the needs of end users.
Change Management Is Not a Cure-All
Even the best change management cannot make up for poor project management and bad process and system design.
The Importance of Leadership Alignment
Successful change initiatives require organizational leaders to be aligned on the initiative’s level of importance.
The Real Role of a Project’s Executive Sponsor
The role of a project’s executive sponsor is not to remove roadblocks encountered by the project team. It is to keep such roadblocks from ever popping up in the first place.
The Project Timeline as a Change Management Communication
A project timeline is typically not considered a change management communication, even though it is a clear statement of a project team’s priorities.
The Value of a Good Dedicated Project Manager
Good project managers are hard to find and expensive to hire, but not using one could cost your organization a lot more.
How You Communicate Matters
Two of the most important aspects of project communications are the timing of messages and the channels used to deliver information.
The Benefits of Feature-Driven Development
Feature-driven development is not as well known as many other Agile methodologies, but it just might be the best Agile methodology for large and complex projects.
How to Ensure You Build the Right Thing
Following good traceability practices is the key to ensuring software development projects deliver the product end users need.
The Case for Organizational Change Marketing
While few organizations actively pursue it, internal marketing of critical change initiatives can greatly increase the odds of a project being successful.
The Most Important Aspect of Change Management
Creating desire for a change is much more important than any other aspect of organizational change management.
The Misapplication of Agile and the Myth that Waterfall is Dead
The popularity of Agile has led some organizations to use it on projects that would be much better served by a different project management methodology.