Cohesive teamwork has become a gold standard in the business world. 90% of corporate leaders feel today’s problems are so complex they require different skill sets to provide effective solutions. Internal collaboration can also fuel knowledge exchange, creative thinking, and problem solving critical to positive...
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“To be or not to be” is no longer a relevant question. If Hamlet were a modern employer, he would be worried about other problems, and one of the most important would be “to hire or not to hire a distributed team.” Competition in the...
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Business analysts bridge the divide between business and IT staff to ensure everyone is on the same page with the business needs that the final product should fulfill. Here are the reasons why you need both a business analyst and project manager. Validating requirements Often, large IT development projects begin...
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Many of us, whether we are a Business Analyst or a Project Manager, have been involved in a project where the lines between the business analyst role and the project management role became less defined. This tends to happen more often on a project where...
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Is there a difference between the roles of project managers and business analysts and what is it? We are considering the roles in the context of the “classical” structure of software development teams. Also, pay attention to the word "roles"—in your team, they can be...
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Managing your portfolio resources without resource management software or resource scheduling tools can be a total nightmare—and that’s probably why you’re here. You know there must be a better way to manage your resources and team. Every week you’re busy trying to meet everyone’s crazy resourcing...
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In mature project management organizations, project management exists in a wider context that is governed by program and portfolio management. The organization’s strategies and priorities are interrelated and have links to portfolios and programs, as well as between programs and individual projects. Organizational planning influences...
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Imagine a girl who’s constantly bugging her boyfriend by asking, “When are we going to get married?” He’s changing the topic. Finally, she goes for the oldest trick in the book by changing the question to “Do you want to get married in May or...
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People who succeed in the role of PM in IT are typically those who have a background in software development, and who are skilled both in heavy, predictive methodology (like the waterfall method) and light, adaptive methodologies (like DSDM, Scrum, and Lean). Most positions within this field will also...
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