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Project, Program & Portfolio Management Articles
The following PM Articles have been compiled as a FREE resource for all individuals and organisations interested in improving the standards of their PM management and as a support tool for those new to our great industry 
 
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As a Project Manager, you often have to write lengthy documents that are critical to the success of the project. So it’s important that you do a good job. If you want to improve your writing skills, read on to learn...

Author: Jason Westland

Ten tips for boosting team performance

As a Project Manager, your success depends on how well your team performs. So if you want to improve your team performance, then read this article...

Author: Jason Westland
As a Project Manager, you need to manage people, money, suppliers, equipment—the list is never ending. The trick is to be focused. Set yourself 5 personal goals to achieve. If you can meet these simple goals for each project, then you will achieve total success.
Author: Jason Westland

The best way to find out whether your project is feasible is to complete a Feasibility Study. This process helps you gain confidence that the solution you need to build can be implemented on time and under budget. 

Author: Jason Westland

PM Certification around the world

Project management certification is proliferating worldwide as organizations around the globe 'projectize'. This article surveys the various flavors of project management certification out there today.
Author: John Reiling                                          

An important strategic decision to make during the Initiation of a Project or Programme is to decide which of the two management approaches you should employ for the work in hand; Project or Programme Management? Make the wrong decision and you could be sounding the death knell for the initiative.
Author: Graham Fincham

Programme management aligns the three critical organisational elements of corporate strategy, delivery mechanisms for change and the business as usual environment. For those managing this overall delivery the principles of programme management are key to successful delivery of the programmes’ outcomes and realization of the programmes’ benefits,

Author: Graham Fincham

Managing Successful Programmes (MSP) is the Office of Government & Commerce’s best practice standard for programme management. These best practices have been set into a framework which is the basis for a range of qualifications administered by the Association of Project Management Group (APMG).

Author: Graham Fincham
Portfolio, Programme and Project Managent explained

Portfolio Management is the corporate level, ongoing and permanent, business-as-usual activity of coordinating successful delivery of projects, programmes and other business activity.

Programmes and projects on the other hand are temporary endeavours that require a different and specific set of tools, techniques and procedures.

Author: Graham Fincham
Are PM Qualifications important? 

As we all discover from time to time, having a collection of qualifications is no guarantee of intelligence, professional ability or satisfactory service. It is also the case that many first-class and talented Programme/Project Managers have become so because of their many years’ experience in the role, not because they were required to obtain a qualification.

However, there is often a correlation between a good Programme/Project Manager and a commitment on their part to learn as much as possible about their profession.

Generally, someone who is prepared to put in the effort and hours needed to learn about a subject and pass an examination is showing a higher level of commitment than others who don’t make the effort. 

Author: Graham Fincham