Author: Quratulain Habib, PMP

Basics Project closure is perhaps the hardest part of a project mostly because it not only requires a thorough understanding of everything that has happened over the course of the project but also because it is the least action oriented part of the project lifecycle. It consists of documentation, meetings and sign offs ‚Äì much…

Basics Within the realm of software development projects, project managers are generally considered as nosy, irrelevant and obstacles on the path to project completion ‚Äì both by developers and their managers. This is mostly because by nature software development is driven by a wish list and constrained only with time, scope and money. Time and…

Introduction Every project is difficult, unique, and has its own set of problems that come with it. Nowadays more often than not, projects involve business change as well, which essentially means that people will need to learn a new way of working. They might get reassigned to another department or the company may no longer…

Project control is quite possibly the second hardest part of project management — after project closing. For instance, project managers on a software development project using waterfall methodology will need more than luck for successful project delivery. Some of my first projects were of similar circumstance, which made the case for me why following best…