New to Project Management?

So, you’re new to project management. First of all – don’t panic! I still remember my first full project management role. Despite myself, I started to feel a little overwhelmed. But you don’t need to – here are some of my posts that will help you through.

General

Starting the Project

Planning

Day to Day

Risks and Issues

Change

  • All Change! – An in-depth look at dealing with change in your project.

Quality

  • Feel the Quality – A look at how we decide on quality criteria, and what characteristics those criteria need to have.
  • Continuous Quality – A reminder that the quality of the outputs isn’t an afterthought, it needs to be central to what we do throughout the project.

Ending a Project

  • Your Mistakes Are Valuable – The importance of learning lessons from the problems we encountered and the mistakes we made.
  • Closing Up – What to do when finishing a project, whether the project has reached its natural end or been stopped prematurely.

I hope you find these posts useful – taken together, they will give you a firm foundation to start developing your project management knowledge and skills. Let me know if there is anything specific you’d like me to cover.

If you’re looking for more in depth information, you can also check out my audio lecture course, Understanding Project Management – The Essential Guide.

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Dansette