It’s unwise to strive for perfection, as you can always improve something. A method that helps organizations and projects improve continuously by eliminating waste and optimizing processes, is the 5S methodology.

Bees play an extremely important role in the ecosystem, as they’re responsible for pollinating flowers and plants. Most people probably associate bees with honey, they also offer us important project management lessons.

There’s lots of talk about the importance of a successful kickoff meeting for a project. What’s equally important is the close-out meeting at the end of a project, as it gives the project team the chance to review their work.

Meetings are not “out of sight, out of mind” affairs – or they shouldn’t be, because after the meeting is when the action really starts. To get the most out of meetings, it’s important to have clear meeting minutes.

Meetings are at best seen as a necessary evil, and at worst as a time waster and productivity killer. The reason is that most meetings are very one-sided. The solution? Make meetings more collaborative! 

Brainstorming – a staple of collaboration and teamwork. But is brainstorming really the best way to come up with new ideas and creative solutions to difficult problems? Some studies say no.

In Part 1, we explained what a scope is. The basis for a scope statement is always a requirements specification statement that specifies the project requirements and objectives of the client. 

Businesses are under more pressure than ever to create new and better products and services faster. Everybody is talking about disruption and everybody wants to disrupt. 

Earned Value Management (EVM) is a widely used project management process and technique to measure project performance. It is also an extremely important part of the PMP exam. 

A successful project start is extremely important because it’s a good indicator for the further process of the project. To ensure that your project initiation goes smoothly, you should ask yourself the 5 W and 2 H questions.