Expert insights on PRINCE2®, Agile project management, leadership, and professional development from the Stratsure team.
What is your current position in your company? How long have you been in the same position for? Sometimes we find ourselves in a rut when it comes to our jobs. To push forward in your career, consider taking a PRINCE2 course. This course is specifically designed to enable you with essential project management skills.…
During the practitioner exam, you will be presented with a series of questions and your appropriate response will be required. Most delegates have experienced time pressure to answer all the questions. Besides your brain; you only have the official reference manual available to yourself to find an accurate answer. Many delegates choose to be predominately…
Every company has its own way of working, and thus Agile works differently for each company. Every company needs a customised, personalised processes that fit their teams. However, with this said, there are still a few common mistakes that are made throughout. No matter how well your processes are developed and how great your plan…
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…
