Has any Project Status Report looked suspiciously perfect to you ? The is an example of a weekly report where everything seems right from the outside with no issues presented from the project manager (PM) but when you dig deeper the ‘Red’ starts to appear; this concept is called the “watermelon effect”. As PMO (Project Management Office) when you review each week’s status report everything looks OK ..i.e. ‘Green’ But in reality, the project manager

I have been recently researching possibilities to make Project Management processes smarter using the latest technologies. Part of this study, I came across Blockchain technology which is the backend of Bitcoins. It’s unfortunate that with the popularity of Bitcoin, blockchain’s potential got undermined. This technology amazed me, and I think it will be creating a revolution once its unleashed as we had in 1990’s with the birth of Internet. In a gist, I foresee two

A Gist of Project Quality Management Historically, Project Management has evolved as a structured methodology within many industries since 1950s. During the initial era of project management, which was started by Henry Gantt and Henri Fayol the main focus was on resource allocation and WBS (work breakdown structure) as key components of project management (Martin Stevens, 2002). Eventually, in 1969, Project Management Institute (PMI) was formed who published the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) first

I got the dream team for my project but they aren’t performing! Individuals have different specialization and are unique in some way from each other. However, when all the different individuals come together with a common goal, they can create miracles. Our creator with a great wisdom has created exclusivity in everyone so that we work together with these exceptional skills for the benefit of all.  When this mind-set is realized between groups of individuals,

I thought PMP certification would make me a perfect project manager! Unfortunately, many professionals believe that only getting an industry certification like PMP, APMPQ or Prince 2 would make them in to a flawless project manager. But then realize that there is much more required to know the trade secrets of the job. In my viewpoint, a project manager must have a combination of hard skills and some critical soft skills. Hard skills like process