Project Portfolio-Program Management

Project management stories When it comes to project management, there are definitely many stories with  everyone out there to tell it may be Good, Bad and Ugly, Whatever it may be it  does not matter as far as it is meeting the successful delivery of the  project and said goals and objectives are achieved. But each story will have different colors to tell and how it can be managed, it may be with relationships, infrastructure, stakeholders, execution, resources in terms of cost, scope, operations etc. Readers can classify them as per their appetite. Make simple things simple: It is always good to be simple for straight forward task to be done. Always  have to do list in a diary in written it helps a lot. It is always good to track task and status in Spreadsheet. Using a web based Wiki for project can really work based on its availability to users. A wiki can work as single location for processes, planning,  docs, collaborate, communication point, issue lo...

Transformational leadership and Project management One of the many stints I have been through my experiences, the followers have shown exuberance to me is the change which is happening around them and transforming individual aspirations into realities via transformational leadership management. A leader transforms the needs, values, attitudes and aspirations of followers by a strong vision. A leader with a vision can lead organizations and individuals to successful and sustainable development by bringing in continuous change. Organizations are driven by innovation, they continuously innovate to survive competition, growth, bring new ideas to products and drive change via transformational leadership. As part of project management, driving projects requires leadership style for a project manager to continuously manage resources and change as per time and business environment demands. Project managers create opportunities for team members to connect and drive projects who ...

CSR ( Corporate social responsibility ) in context to Project management : Projects are unique entity units, they have a start and a logical end. Projects executes in a time frame with certain goals and objectives to achieve by the end of project and obviously Business as whole is connected with project where sustainability matters. Project managers seek responsibility and accountability from each team members in projects to make project a success, there comes the role of CSR wherein project managers can engage project members to achieve the stated objectives in a project in a sustainable way with responsibility. Corporates do CSR but at the corporate level, if we drill down CSR initiatives at the implementation level and align operational objectives with CSR which can drive projects in a holistic way by driving individuals inside-out from organization perspective and projects outside-in. CSR is just not one word but a gamut of activities are associated with it where in on...

Agile Project Management (Photo credit: VFS Digital Design ) Service delivery in agile times: As part of project management , quality service delivery is the focus of any managers goal to achieve client satisfaction by optimizing resource allocation. Specifically information technology projects are quite dynamic by nature because of their direct correlation with business itself, since changing business scenarios pose risk of project usage , its goals and objectives, which leads to expanded time horizon, resources and cost. So, we are using Agile methodologies to execute successful projects and deliver services in agile environment. Obviously, here we will talk about Iterative and incremental model. Now comes the question of how we device our processes, tools, techniques to achieve optimized ROI and definitely sustenance and repeatability of the business. In recent times IT project have several infrastructure tools enabled like online collaboration meeting via voice ...