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By Gina Abudi, on July 25th, 2018 The executive’s role in project management is as the project sponsor. The project sponsor is a leader, or a group of leaders, who provide the resources and support for a project they launch. The sponsor should ensure a vision for the project and share that vision with the project team. The sponsor should ensure that […]
By Gina Abudi, on January 3rd, 2018 Every project has stakeholders that may be labeled as "difficult." While I’ll acknowledge that some people just choose to be difficult and contrary; many times there is a valid reason for someone being difficult. They are just not expressing themselves in the best way possible. This is not to excuse their behavior; but, look deeper […]
By Gina Abudi, on August 2nd, 2017 So many are needed for success!
I recently posted a question on LinkedIn asking individuals their thoughts on the “one skill” that is a must have for project managers. We all know, of course, that many skills are necessary for project managers to be successful – there is no one skill. The challenge in this […]
By Gina Abudi, on July 18th, 2017
Increase the number of people who contribute to improving a process using brainstorming
Often, when we are trying to improve upon a business process, we want to gather ideas from as many users of that process as possible. This is not always easy to do, especially when we have a larger group of users. Consider […]
By Gina Abudi, on April 19th, 2017
Responses to a Poll Question and a Client Story
A poll question1 asked of 700 project managers, project team leads, and program directors regarding their opinion of the most difficult part of pulling together a project team, delivered the following responses:
Option
Number of Responses
Finding the right internal resources (mix of skills, availability)
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