To Value People Over Processes – How beneficial for a PM ?

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People or process? : At times very tough to choose one over the other. Every project manager come across some challenges throughout the life cycle of the project. There is a difference between managing them and managing them successfully in the most appropriate way. A good project manager would ensure industry best practices to ensure the success of the project.If you have found yourself in a situation where the process seems to change, accountabilities keep changing, people management became a challenge then perhaps you have a people, process and technology problem.  It is essential to align all 3 in a […]

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How Does A Java Virtual Machine Works?

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Even an amateur Java programmer knows that a given Java byte code is executed in Java Runtime Environment. JRE plays an important role in Java as it composes of Java APIs and JVM. Java Virtual Machine (JVM) is known for analyzing and executing the byte code of Java and it is not necessary to know, as a developer, how JVM works. But learning and understanding the architecture of JVM helps you to gain knowledge on the overall insight of a virtual machine. Not only Java, but Java Virtual Machine (JVM) also supports a set of languages which are high-level languages.

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Webinar Recording: How To Effectively Manage Your Time In Getting It Done!

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Do you wish to develop an understanding on how to effectively manage your time and get you work done? Learn it through the webinar taken by Mr. Simone M. Yarber, Program Manager, Hewlett-Packard: [youtube video=”dI7NVphDYUA” width=”100%” height=”350″] How To Effectively Manage Your Time In Getting It Done – PMP Webinar from Whizlabs Wish to develop an in – depth knowledge on the same? Sign up for upcoming webinars and develop a complete understanding through live and past recorded webinars.

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Tips for Project Managers

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To be a Project Manager is not an easy task, it is easy to do work, but to get it done by others is a tough task. Below are some of the best tips given to the thought leaders in the area of project management. Value people over process & tools. Don’t delay the work of today till tomorrow and read between lines. Do not assume anything, ask and clear even the smallest doubt that seems to make senseto the project. You can do wonders if you apply your project management skills religiously. Time lost in starting a project is

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The Key Steps In The Project Portfolio Management

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The Project Portfolio Management is the management of project portfolios for maximizing the value of the project portfolio to the overall success of the enterprise, based on the investment goals. Planning and maintaining the optimized portfolio of projects, is one of the challenges in managing the project portfolio. Optimization of portfolio means working on a set of projects over a period of time, delivering the maximum value to the business investments. Thus, the Project Portfolio Management is an art of applying the management skills, techniques and the management tools for the projects with the aim to meet the financial objectives.

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Challenges For Project Managers In Global Project Management

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There are many challenges that the project managers have to encounter. Throughout the project implementation, the project manager’s aim is to meet the objectives of the project, to define the project tools, methodologies and schedule the deadlines. The project managers supervise the daily activities, observe the project progress and deal with the challenges. Managing the projects is a challenge for the project managers and it becomes difficult to meet the objectives of the project, once the project changes from local to global. Some of the challenges the project managers face while managing a global project are: Geographical boundaries: In a

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The Myths About The Tools In The Project Management

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The project managers do planning, execution and monitoring of all the components of the project. To complete the project efficiently, they usually need the assistance of the project management tools to ensure that every task is handled satisfactorily. The project management tools help in keeping track of all the aspects of the project, ensuring that the project objectives are met timely and effectively. The project managers are eventually responsible for the managing the projects and producing the desired outcome. And a good project management tool for managing a project is essential for the organization. However, there are some common myths

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How do you handle a difficult project team member if escalation to their manager has not helped?

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Each one of us have dealt with such situations, it is really hard to tackle them. It doesn’t go away easily, the only way to move things forward is a face-to-face meeting with that individual, and question the person until some agreement is reached. This works, but is this sort of micro-management, is the right way to handle a project and its team? Please ask some questions to yourself: Is the person very influential? Is there a suitable replacement available? How did he performed in past, with other project managers? Is the person really not serious or you feel it

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Communication Skills : A Skill Or A Gift ?

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People lacking in communication skills are likely to have difficulty in both social and professional interactions. Can it be developed or enhanced with time and practice? When we are born the brain of each individual is wired in a unique way that distinguish one person from another- this is the gifted part- which differentiate our nature and behavior, differentiating one from other. There are other skills which we develop and or enhance as we grow. Communication is a skill we can learn, develop, and practice, for instance we must learn it from different people in our social and professional network

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Top 5 Project Management Mistakes which can Cost a Project Manager

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Below is the list of top 5 project management mistakes 1. Unclear Statement of Requirement (SOW) resulting in incomplete Scope – There are times when many project managers assume certain things, basis their past experience or limited knowledge. The scope of the project should be documented in detail with each and every information in black and white. You need to document – who, what, why and how of your project. But most of the time people don’t, they fall victim to scope creep, and the project veers wildly off track.Consider 3 things while defining the scope of the project- What is

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