Project Management

We all want to be a project manager, right? But what does being a project manager mean, and how can we strengthen our project management skills to successfully engage others, enthusiastically plan and control tasks, and identify and manage risk?

35 posts

8 Essential Project Management Skills For Leaders

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What project management skills do you need to run a project or be part of a project team? In this post, we introduce the key project management skills.

Jul 10, 2021

Isn't It Time You Hired Project Leaders?

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Project managers come in all shapes and sizes. They come with different experiences, skills, and strengths. But they are often treated as a one-size-fits-all resource. They’re not. There are four types of project and as many types of project leadership.

Jul 9, 2021

What Everyone Ought to Know About Project Management Process Maturity

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In this article, the Lazy Leader explains why an understanding of project management process maturity helps organizations to deliver successful business change.

Jul 7, 2021

Why Project Management Is Different to Operations Management

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Project management and operations management are different. Here we summarize the main differences between operations and projects.

Jul 5, 2021

3 Essential Project Management Skills You Need to Succeed

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This is the Lazy Leader’s take on the top 3 project management skills needed to keep projects under control. Read about the importance of stakeholder management, project controls, and risk management.

Jul 5, 2021

How to Write a Killer Project Plan That Gets Results

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This is the ONLY guide you need to understand project planning. Learn to plan for quality and prepare and predict for difficulties.

Jun 30, 2021

Why Contingency Planning Is Critical to Risk Management

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Contingency planning and risk go hand-in-hand. In this post, the Lazy Leader defines countermeasures and contingencies and introduce a simple tool to assess business risk.

Jun 29, 2021

How to Write a Business Case―4 Steps to a Perfect Business Case Template

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The ONLY guide you need for writing a business case. We show you how to write a business case for your project using an outline business case template.

Jun 29, 2021

Ignore Conditions and Risks At Your Peril

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In this guest post, Dave Gordon takes a look at project risk and encourages us to consider operating conditions when assessing project risk.

Jun 28, 2021

4 Types of Projects—Fog, Quest, Movie, and Paint by Numbers

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Does your organization struggle with projects? Do you know about the types of projects? Stick with me, and I’ll show you a new way of thinking about organizational change projects.

Jun 10, 2021

How to Manage Stakeholder Influence—These 5 Essential Ways

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Managing stakeholder influence is an essential leadership skill. In this post, the Lazy Leader shares 5 tips for managing stakeholder influence.

May 25, 2021

Conflict Resolution and Negotiating For a Win-Win— Principled Negotiation

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Principled negotiation is about separating people from the problem. Focusing on interests rather than positions is beneficial when leading change.

May 24, 2021