Project Management Practices

Project management is being increasingly recognized as a vital skill-set for many management positions, not just those with the title of “project manager”. As businesses increasingly have to do more with less, implementing strategy effectively has become more important than ever. Project management best practices meet this need – by providing proven, standardized practices for meeting project goals.


Key Consulting has been using Project Management Institute (PMI) best practices and standards since 2002. Key Consulting employees have been part of PMI since 1991.  Check out our free project management templates. We also provide a variety of public project management best practice training courses that cover everything from project management fundamentals to project management certification. Select a location for a listing of course dates: Seattle/Bellevue, Tucson, Grand Cayman, live online.

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Why Are We Working On The Wrong Project? 2 comments

Last year I spent a considerable amount of time working on business cases with a client. They were using the “Five Case Model” of developing […]

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What is Progressive Elaboration? 1 comment

In the project management world, the term “progressive elaboration” involves continuously adding to, improving and detailing a plan as more specific information and more accurate […]

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Engaging Project Sponsors for Better Project Management

As a follow up to the article “The Importance of Project Sponsorship” from Key Observations February issue, if poorly engaged executive project sponsors are the […]

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The Importance of Project Sponsors for Project Success 1 comment

In late 2014 PMI surveyed almost 1000 project management professionals and over 200 project sponsors as part of their Pulse of the Profession® research.  Not surprisingly, […]

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The Power of In-Person Networking

  Social networks have become de rigueur for working new career contacts. With users that number in the millions, LinkedIn, Mixi and other sites allow professionals […]

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What to Collect When Progressing Your Projects

Each reporting cycle, you should be collecting updated information about how your project is progressing (“Actuals”).  In the last post we discussed how to collect […]

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Suggestions for More Productive Project Status Meetings – Part 3

Track and record issues. Produce short, meaningful, useful meeting notes. Record decisions, issues, and action items where people can see them. Structure the meeting around […]

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How to Collect Progress for Your Projects

Each reporting cycle, you should be collecting updated information about how your project is progressing (“Actuals”).  But how should you collect this information? There are […]

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Suggestions for More Productive Project Status Meetings – Part 2

If this is only time the team meets, schedule two meetings back-to-back, instead of one long meeting. Use the first meeting for status, and the […]

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Suggestions for More Productive Project Status Meetings – Part 1

Schedule the meeting on an appropriate, regular, and well publicized basis. Create an agenda. Understand the meeting’s desired outcomes. and plan the meeting processes. Standardize […]

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