Insights on Teaching, Learning, and Cultivating a Career in Project Management
Last week, I attended numerous sessions at the PMI Global Summit in Atlanta that shared how generative artificial intelligence can be used to optimize project management practices. The presenters were excellent, and the topics were relevant and timely. However, because so much good information was presented, I needed to find a way to organize it. … Continue reading AI and PM – Key Ideas from the PMI Global Summit 2023
TLDR: I used ChatGPT to create a student assignment related to project identification and selection. ChatGPT produced a relatively good assignment with clear steps and an assessment rubric. I had to make a few revisions around specificity and sources, but overall, I spent less time than I would otherwise have to create the assignment. The … Continue reading Using ChatGPT for Project Identification
Project managers spend the majority of their time communicating. Therefore they must be good communicators, promoting a clear, unambiguous exchange of information. As a project manager, you must keep many people well informed.
Conflict in a project is to be expected because of the level of stress, lack of information during the early phases of the project, personal differences, role conflicts, and limited resources. Although good planning, communication, and team building can reduce conflict, the conflict will still emerge. How the project manager deals with the conflict results in the conflict being destructive or an opportunity to build energy, creativity, and innovation.
Skill #1 Leadership, Delegation, and Influence - Strong interpersonal and technical skills help project managers excel at their work and enable others to see them as effective leaders and managers. In this series of articles, I will share six key interpersonal skills that project managers should focus on developing.
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