Many organizations, PMOs tend to follow the trend of adopting agile project management methodologies. Where it is applicable it's definitely recommended to go for agility in order to reach faster time to market as well increased customer satisfaction. However, while agile project management has the intention to be adaptive and flexible in order to increase productivity, on other hand it tends to ignore the quality of the product but also the quality of the project management process itself.

In the project we had teams across the Globe (Slovakia, UK, India). Different time zones, different culture and different level level of experience was present.

Based on my experience, managers who know how to use the URGENT - IMPORTANT MATRIX (called also the EISENHOWER MATRIX) are in an advantage in comparison to others. The matrix is used to evaluate and subsequently to have the ability to prioritize daily tasks.

How do I know that my boss is manipulating with me?

Hi, could you please give me some tips on what applications can I use to keep track of deadlines?

How often should we engage the whole team in risk evaluation&response process via Risk Matrix? Is it a good practise to include this on every iteration planning meeting? Or is this something which should be done only by PM during iterations?

As a project manager I have to solve a serious dispute with the project owner. How should I proceed?

What is the difference between added value and earned value?

I was nominated as a project manager. How can I asses how much risk is acceptable for my project?