Expert insights on PRINCE2®, Agile project management, leadership, and professional development from the Stratsure team.
What does AGILEPM® Umbrella? Scrum Scrum is an agile framework for managing complex processes. It is mainly used for software development processes. Kanban Kanban, adopted from the inventory control system used to optimise Toyota’s manufacturing efficiency, is a new, effective technique for managing a software development process. Lean Lean comes from lean Manufacturing, which promotes…
Having a failed project can be detrimental and quite devastating for the team involved, as well as the company. However, they can and do happen every once in a while. If you find yourself in that situation, the key is to figure out why your team failed as quickly as possible, and fix it in…
Your project management method is a blueprint that shows your team how to “build” a successful project – it should be a step by step guide. There are a large amount of project management methodologies to choose from, many course you can take, and methodologies that can be combined, but how do you know which…
Question: What is the most common issue that customers face when seeking a specific service from a business? Answer: Broken promises. Many businesses lack customer service skills; this is often due to individual employees’ lack of service skills. The lack of customer service skills causes employees to fail to meet their customers’ high expectations. Here…
Becoming an expert at anything doesn’t happen overnight. In fact, it may take many nights practising to end up where you’d like to be – which is an expert in your field. As an aspiring expert project manager, there are certain aspects you’d need to learn and revise over and over again, and some things…
Many projects find their source within the following business areas: Projects are placed into a portfolio and ranked according to priority criteria e.g. ROI, risk, strategic alignment, investment requirement, etc. Projects often form part of programmes because they are related to each other. Projects deliver products – a principle of PRINCE2® projects – and are…
Are you ready to hop up out of your office chair, grab your workbag and march out of your workplace – never to return again? I’ve been there, in fact, most people have felt like giving up, especially after a stressful work period or after spending too much time with an unfair boss and negative…
Or are you just standing in your own way? Are you so busy being a good project manager that you forgot to give attention to your biggest project, yourself? No matter what you have heard about success, one thing is for sure, it doesn’t come free, nor without work. And the only thing that can…
If you are thinking about adopting an alternative project management methodology, consider Agile methodology. Agile Methodology, mostly used in software development, enables working teams to work in various environments that require evolved solutions and organisation systems. It is ideal for teams that are working towards a common goal, but with different functional expertise. Agile methodology…
