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. 

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Leadership – the must-have skill in most job listings. Everyone talks and writes about it, but what many get wrong is that they mistake ‘management’ for leadership. 

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.

Email is one of the most prevalent communication methods but also one of the biggest productivity killers. With these 8 tricks, email management can actually help you work and communicate more effectively. 

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.

Innovation is about improving existing processes. At its core SCAMPER is an easy to implement creative thinking and problem solving method that facilitates continuous improvement. 

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.