Project Management certification is not a good criteria to assess professional competence – Podcast

by Philip R. Diab | May 21, 2017 | PM Practice

One of the hardest parts of the interview process is determining if someone is competent and able to perform the job they are applying for. In fact, incompetent employees cost organizations millions of dollars every year, both in lost productivity and rework to repair...

Competence is more important than loyalty when it comes to trusting team members and employees – Podcast

by Philip R. Diab | May 6, 2017 | PM Practice

Competence is the ability to do something effectively and efficiently. Loyalty on the other hand is a strong feeling of support or allegiance. Competence and loyalty are both important in situations where team members must trust each others. Strong teams are able to...

Hail to the micromanager without whom no project gets done – Podcast

by Philip R. Diab | May 1, 2017 | PM Practice

Is there any redeemable quality of the micro-manager? Can it be argued that there are circumstances that call for micro-management and that it is not always bad? In the business world micromanagers have a bad reputation but is it really deserved? Don’t employees...

Percent complete is not a good indicator of project status and progress toward completion – Podcast

by Philip R. Diab | Apr 23, 2017 | PM Practice

Measuring project performance has always been a challenging task. Many approaches exist to determine how close the project is to being done. Project manager use this information to identify issues, remove obstacles, and find root causes of delays and slippage. But is...

On troubled projects it is better to bail out than double down – Podcast

by Philip R. Diab | Apr 17, 2017 | PM Practice

Recognizing a project is in trouble may be easy but deciding what to do about it is a whole lot more complicated. Similarly it might be easy to put a stop to a project that has no business justification, dealing with a poorly performing project is a different story....