Like a good story, every project has a beginning, a middle, and an ending. And just like in stories, a project can either have a happy end or end in a tragedy, depending on how it was managed. 

Every project has various stakeholders who have an interest in its successful completion. However, it’s not easy to meet everyone’s requirements as each stakeholder has different interests. 

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.

Ideally, you should’ve kept things in order all year long so that it’s always ‘spring clean’, but that’s most likely not the case. Just like furniture, projects can get dusty and processes can become inefficient.

US organizations have wasted $30 billion (!) over the last four years because of unused software. That's $259 per desktop. To save time, money and nerves, you'll have to plan the implementation of a project software carefully.

Everybody loves a good comeback, just look at all the extremely successful revivals of cult TV shows right now, like Full(er) House or X-Files. This proves that you should never fully discard an old project.

In part 1 we’ve covered how choosing the right PM method, creating a clear project and scope plan, as well as making use of Gantt charts can help entrepreneurs be more successful. 

Most people experience a parade, like Chicago's St. Patrick’s Day Parade or Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade in NYC, as a finished product. What they don’t see are the months of planning it took to deliver the perfect parade.

Starting a business is a risky endeavor, and it’s even harder to grow that business. A higher level of ‘uncertainty’ is what distinguishes startups from established businesses. Project management can help bring more certainty into entrepreneurship and help entrepreneurs take their business to the next level.