Expert insights on PRINCE2®, Agile project management, leadership, and professional development from the Stratsure team.
There are 6 important things you should read about project management principles and techniques before getting your business year started. As a successful project leader that has to choose the right management style for your team, it is always best to base your approach on the kind of project at hand and not on the…
Programme Management aligns three critical organisational elements: It manages the natural tension that exists between these elements to deliver transformational change that meets the needs of the organisation and its stakeholders. It also manages the transition of the solutions developed and delivered by projects into the organisation’s operations, whilst maintaining performance and effectiveness. MSP Principles:
AgilePM is a complete package incorporating enough structure to manage projects and an agile delivery method. You don’t need anything else to manage and deliver projects in an agile way. It is easy to understand and apply to your business. The Agile Business Consortium (formerly DSDM Consortium) is a not-for-profit organisation behind AgilePM. This approach is a…
As a successful business owner, you can agree that building an empire requires diligence and passion. To be diligent, you must plan well, work hard and act smart- but what does it mean to use passion as its own driving force for success? It’s probably quite a personal question- each person may have a…
Going for your first interview as a young person straight out of high school or university is often overwhelming. Alternatively, moving from one job to another, or striving for a better job title also poses many challenges. For employers, the process of hiring someone who does not fit into their appointed position is costly; therefore,…
The word agile describes something as being able to move quickly and swiftly. Other words that are associated with agile includes witty, intelligent, active and acute. The agile movement, however, explains something that seeks alternatives to traditional project management. They could not have chosen a better name. When companies big or small start adapting agile…
Reaching a glass ceiling in the workplace is something that’s dreaded by all working professionals. Though company structures are often a very real boundary that one has to overcome to advance professionally, equipping yourself with relevant knowledge and skills is the first step in breaking down this illusory barrier. If your next career step involves…
As soon as you become permanently employed after completing your secondary or tertiary qualification, you usually realise that your education hasn’t ended yet. Learning is, indeed, a lifelong process. So, what’s the principle behind formalised experiential learning based on? It’s actually quite simple: learning through experience. If this is your first run-in with the concept,…
Effective project management is a vital skill set that all employees in a company need to attain. There are a variety of accredited courses, such as Prince2, that can help employees in accounting, banking and other industries alike understand the flow of effective project management. Focus on business justification In order to ensure a positive…
As nerve-wrecking as starting your career is, we all have to do it at some point. They say that if your dreams don’t scare you then they aren’t big enough. Luckily there are ways can you turn the fear of a big dream into a positive reinforcement that will make your career start off with…
