David Miller

The success of any project is largely dependent on how it is initiated and executed.   Creating a detailed project outline while keeping the end goal in mind lays a solid foundation for the project. An outline will help you identify your goals, tasks, and timeline to stay organized and complete your project. Without it, the...

Do you exchange a ton of emails with your co-workers every day? Or do you struggle to meet tight deadlines with every project? If your answer is a ‘Yes,’ it’s time to lift your spirits up. We know what’s missing. It’s collaboration! Common collaboration challenges like lack of transparency, miscommunication, and misunderstanding hinder project management....

“Can you brief me about the progress on that project?” “Oh, was there a defined due date for the task?” “Well, I was too busy to grasp how the project was moving forward.” Do you often experience such things at the workplace and can’t help but deal with these issues that affect the quality and...

If you ask a fellow project manager to recount what goes behind delivering a successful project, you both may get too overwhelmed with the flashback! Poor cross-department collaboration, widening project scope, shifting priorities, and delayed deadlines are a few roadblocks project managers tackle daily. If you start managing everything manually, you only welcome missed deadlines...

“If you want to do a few small things right, do them yourself. If you want to do great things and make a big impact, learn to delegate.”                                                                                                                     -John C. Maxwell As a project manager, leadership success is much more than managing a long list of tasks and working day in and day out for...

As a project manager, you build actionable plans that have a company-wide impact on project execution and accomplishment. You are single-handedly responsible for delivering projects in line with expected outcomes. This involves adjusting existing workflows and molding them to adjust to real-time requirements. Things become even trickier when managing work across cross-functional teams and departments....

As a business manager, some of your goals may include completing the deliverables on time and within budget, checking project quality, and exceeding the last quarter’s results. But there’s something not quite right with these goals that would prevent you from achieving them. These goals lack a clear-cut, measurable aim. No wonder it’s hard to...

What key factors help you select or reject a project portfolio for your business? The cost-benefit analysis? Or the impact it will have on your overall business goals and objectives? While the approach may vary from project to project, how you plan, execute and deliver the project remains constant. The success rate of every project...

Shifting priorities, unexpected events, and resource reallocation – are only a few of the challenges you face while managing large and complex projects. As project managers strive to find new ways to improve efficiency and effectiveness, many are turning to agile methods. Agile planning helps you deliver the project in short, manageable sprints. This prevents...