Why Your Project Sponsors Must Define The Current State Before You Begin
Getting sponsors to tell you what they want a project to accomplish is easy. They want to increase manufacturing capacity, perhaps, or launch a new product. Describing how life looks when the business does that thing it wants to do is straightforward, it’s fun to envision, and it energizes stakeholders
ERP Implementation Projects: 4 Tips to Drive End Users’ Participation
ERP implementation projects involve many stakeholders from multiple areas of the organization. Each group has its own needs and expectations, and the project team must gather and understand a full-scope view of everything the various business teams want the project to accomplish. End users are one of the stakeholder segments
Power Your Outage Projects With An Effective Executive Communication Strategy
The ability to plan and execute multiple projects simultaneously requires significant experience and skill. Though many companies have these capabilities at a level that enables them to complete individual projects successfully, few can extend those resources across several linked efforts, such as when coordinating smaller projects to occur during a
Are Your Executives Worried About Your Office Relocation Project?
If you’ve executed an office relocation project, you know there’s an understandably strong focus on connecting with employees and workgroups to identify their needs and address any uncertainties they may have. However, your executives and senior staff will likely have their own questions and concerns. Their interests span many aspects
Boost Your Digital Transformation Project Results With These Best Practices
Digital transformation initiatives have become a familiar project type for most businesses, but that doesn’t mean today’s efforts look the same as those from a few years ago. Technology continues to advance and evolve, and so do the opportunities and risks shaping how project teams plan and execute digital solution
Driving Successful Projects in Regulated Environments
Projects that include a compliance element bring additional layers of complexity and a deeper need for expertise than a typical initiative. Manufacturing is just one environment where regulatory requirements are likely to drive project planning and execution, with healthcare, utilities, and others also commonly following one or more compliance frameworks.
