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The 5 Ws of Project Management

Just like journalism, successful project management answers the Five Ws: Who, what, when, with what money, and why. (As you can see, we have changed out “Where” for the much more important business question: budget.) And just like journalism,...

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General Project Management, Project Leadership

Leadership Is Taken, Not Given – Part 3: Execution and Closeout

In our last post, we introduced the concept of Defining Moments for projects and their leaders. Unlike in life, they are predictable–they arise at certain points, or “hotspots,” of projects. We’ve already covered the hotspots pertaining...

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General Project Management, Project Leadership

Negotiation Tips for Project Managers

Project Managers As Negotiators In a lot of ways, a project manager’s success is tied to their abilities as a negotiator. Projects start out so nebulous that even when they go smoothly, it will involve negotiating a lot of gray area. But it’s...

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