Tag: Project manager
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Why is it often more difficult to manage a small project than a large one?
Ian Mitchell asks on Linkedin. I have spent the last 20 years a freelance consultant managing small hi-tech projects in large and small organisations. Examples include, satellite communications systems and integration of mail campaigns with data warehouses. Characteristics of small projects, the project manager is assigned 1 – 2 days/week people in your team will frequently also…
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SCRUM, PRINCE2 and ElephantPM
I have received several questions recently about how agile project management methodologies such as SCRUM can be used with deliverable-centric methodologies such as PRINCE2 or ElephantPM. ElephantPM is similar to PRINCE2 but is tailored for small and medium size enterprises (SMEs). Whereas ElephantPM is a generic methodology that can be used for almost any project,…
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The difference between “policy” and “strategy”
I am writing a book on project management (ElephantPM) and I have been looking for a succinct explanation of the difference between “policy” and “strategy”. The project management function itself is operational (project managers have line managers and do the same thing everyday) and is governed by the organization’s Project Management Policy. However, projects themselves…
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Stakeholder agreements are vital to successful projects
I am now writing the chapter in my book ElephantPM that describes how to start-up a project. When I look back over the projects that I have worked on, I think that there is one success factor that has caused me more problems than any other and that is “Stakeholder engagement”. PRINCE2 has this to…
Dr James Bayley 