August 2013 Blog Posts (6)

Whether you are managing projects, a portfolio or staff … bigger the size, more pressure you are under to make decisions under pressure. The pace of technology and resulting expectation means the time you had to consider options once seem to be reducing every day. Sometimes it feels like a daunting challenge to operate in this environment. What can one do about it?

Re-posted from my blog Project Management in…

Always have an exit strategy.

That advice is a truism for nonprofits, business owners and boards of publicly traded companies. All of them have a fiduciary duty to craft succession plans for key leaders. However, the adage equally applies to project managers. You don’t want to be stuck in your position for the foreseeable future – just as ambitious, capable members of your team deserve a chance…

By Amar Roy, PMP and Cornelius Fichtner, PMP



Are you considering studying for and obtaining your Project Management Professional (PMP)®Certification? Are you wondering what study tools and methods others have used successfully? Are you interested in reading about the exam experiences of those who have recently passed the PMP® Exam? Then there is a forum you should check out on The PM PrepCast website. All of…

Collaborative leverage is the ability to apply the right technology to the right process at the right time with the right people. It’s a concept I developed for my company,Collaborative Strategies, Inc., which talks about how to integrate collaboration into a work stream for the best adoption and highest return.

The value of…

If you are in New Zealand, you have probably had enough of the earthquakes. Difficulties …