Project Management - CWS Technology

23 Aug

Keeping Your Project Secure: Quick Tips

A project manager needs to have this balance worked out; as part of their role is to ensure that the right people have access to the right information in order to complete their job. However there tends to come a time where the information could fall into the wrong hands if the process of information within a project management tool is not monitored correctly. Unfortunately for a project manager, security is less about the technology and more to do with human error. Read More

23 Aug

To Be Effective Be Responsive, Not Reactive

Categories: Project Management

In project work it is often necessary to act quickly and decisively as things change and situations arise. These changes and situations might include the loss of a resource without notice, discovery of a serious design flaw or significant new requirements, all in the face of a committed deadline and budget. Read More

22 Aug

Six Steps to Winning Clients and Influencing People

Categories: Project Management

How many times have you suggested a design or functionality, only for it to be shot down, and then end up building something you believe really is sub-standard without that input from yourself? If you’ve had these situations (and trust me, nearly all of us have), then it’s very likely that your client relationship wasn’t built on trust. Read More

22 Aug

The 10 Commandments of Project Management

Categories: Project Management

Though Shall Speak Thy Truth
Though Shall Not Say ‘Yes’ in Haste
Though Shall Lead Thy Sponsor Down the Path of Reality
Though Shall Not Present a Single Point Estimate
Though Shall Pay for Quality, Just as Surely as Thou Payest for Thy Errors
Though Shall Not Avoid Conflict
Though Shall Put Thy Stake in the Sand
Though Shall Not Plan The Unknowable
Though Shall Rid thyself of Incompetence
Though Shall Not Assume That Which is False