All projects are iterative; it's just that some managers choose to have the iterations after final delivery.

Project Smart is the project management resource that helps managers at all levels to improve their performance. We provide an important knowledge base for those involved in managing projects of all kinds. With weekly updates it keeps you in touch with the latest project management thinking.

Project management is a skill to learn and refine like any other skill. It takes time and experience to become a good project manager; longer to become a great project manager. A good starting point is our Introduction to Project Management

Following processes is a very good thing. If we managed all of our projects like we were shooting from the hip, then each one of our successes we experienced would be based far more on luck than any best practices. We would never be able to replicate what we did because there was no real plan behind it. Yes, a methodology is a good thing, a necessary thing if you want to have any hope of replicating your project successes...

When In Rome...

When in Rome... When most of us hear that, we mentally complete the phrase. "When in Rome, do as the Romans do." It means that you basically try to follow the local customs when travelling or even act like your hosts would in their home when you are visiting across town. Fit in. Act 'normal' for where you are. That's one of those clichés that seems pretty self-explanatory. So much so that we've even taken to excluding the second half...

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