On this page: In our last article, we outlined the main causes for projects getting into trouble – poor requirements, lack of resources, poor scheduling, planning and risk management. However, while we now know how a project can get into a hole, most project management practitioners will be keen ...

When we teach students about the Critical Path Method in our PMP® exam preparation courses, we use the Activity on Node (AoN) technique exclusively to illustrate the concepts. However, there is an Activity on Arrow (AoA) representation that might be of interest to advanced schedulers. An important point to ...

On this page: During the Irish civil war, one of the protagonists stated that “failing to plan is planning to fail” and stormed off the training pitch in Saipan. While not renowned for his project management skills, Roy Keane certainly would recognize at least one reason why projects get ...

It is sad to report that the Dilbert Mission Statement Generator is no more. However, others have picked up the baton and you can find similar generators out there. Even if you cannot find one, it is easy enough to create your own. Take a series of words and ...

As part of Velopi’s Blended Learning Solution, we provide our students with assistance in making their application to sit the PMP® exam. An important part of the PMP® exam application is breaking your project management experienced down across the five process groups – initiating, planning, executing, monitoring / controlling ...

One of Ireland’s former Ministers for Education, Ruiri Quinn, wanted to stamp out bullying in the classroom, in the schoolyard and online. He insisted that every school had to come up with an action plan to achieve this goal. But was he right? The problem with bullying is that it is ...