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Experiments are not just for scientists; they are in fact a tool project managers and engineers have used for years to better understand and refine processes. In the context of project management, an experiment is not in a secret lab with bubbling liquid in beakers; instead, the testing is done in a controlled manufacturing setting. […]

Change is the Competitive Skill Adaptability

Megan Bell

As you look at your recipe and then at your motley collection of ingredients, you realize you are missing many required ingredients. No butter, but would the olive oil work instead? If ketchup is needed, and you have tomato sauce and vinegar, could you create the needed ingredient? How fast could an online delivery service

Project Management

Plan Your Project Virtual Postmortem

Megan Bell

When the project is done, it is easy to simply slip into planning for the next project, whether because you have pressing deadlines, or you are looking for the next challenge. Seasoned project managers know the risk of skipping the project close, or postmortem, and ensure that they and their teams always take time to

Agile, Project Management

Put the User First: True Value of a User Story

Megan Bell

In marketing, best practice is to understand your customer to make an emotional connection leading to brand loyalty. In sales, the customer relationship is paramount; lose that trust and you lose business. In project management, the customer’s needs should be paramount, but sadly are often lost in the cacophony of voices from various stakeholders. Project

Project and Strategy Alignment Are Good For Business

Professional Development, Project Management

Project and Strategy Alignment is Good Business

Megan Bell

One of the most important questions a project manager can ask, regardless of the methodology practiced or size of the business is: “What is the business reason for this work?”. And if the answer is, “because the CEO (or any high-ranking leader) said so,” the project manager most likely is facing endless challenges trying to

Professional Development, Project Management

Lead With Influence

Megan Bell

Those with Project Manager responsibilities in their work may be responsible for hundreds of thousands of dollars of company budget, be overseeing the work efforts of dozens of people or multiple teams yet have no formal authority within the organization. This is one of the challenges of project management, that you cannot depend on your

Professional Development, Project Management

Emotional Intelligence for Project Managers

Megan Bell

Critical skills are those that apply across industries, across roles, and in any size organization; emotional intelligence (“EQ”) is a critical skill. Project Management, a skill that fits within any industry, most roles, and any size organization, has wide professional applications. As such, emotional intelligence as a skill has great significance for any Project Manager

Project Management

Speaking Project Management for Non-Project Managers

Megan Bell

What all professionals need, those with formal Project Management (PM) titles and those without, is a keen understanding of what makes a business function and how that business fits into the relevant industry. That understanding is known as “business acumen.” Consider this scenario:

Project Management, Training and Development

Creating Future Leaders: Psychological Safety

Kiron Bondale

A study by HBR.org has indirectly found that companies with high levels of Psychological Safety have more successful leaders in the pipeline, suggesting to some experts a causal relationship between these two phenomena and leaving us wondering when we will see this change enacted on all levels within organizations as it is an important factor

Project Management

Leading Virtual Stand Up Meetings

Megan Bell

The Daily Stand-Up or Stand-Up is baked into Agile, with the team gathering every day for a focused review of tasks. The daily team meeting is by no means limited to those formally practicing an Agile methodology, project teams across industries hold them. A time to connect with each other, to refocus on the immediate