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Construction Project Team: Roles And Responsibilities Of 9 Key Positions

Construction projects require a lot of resources. Not only does construction need materials, equipment and workers to build it, but they require planning, contracts, scheduling, documentation, payments (receiving and issuing) and countless other management-related tasks. Contractors in charge of a large project need a team of people to manage all phases of the project, from inception to completion. Today, we’ll explore the typical construction project team roles and responsibilities that are found on successful projects, as well as the required experience level.

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Pat Finnegan September 12, 2019
Why Is Emotional Intelligence Important In Project Management
Project Management

Why Is Emotional Intelligence Important In Project Management?

Everybody knows about IQ – the “Intelligence Quotient” – which measures our problem-solving capabilities, reasoning and overall cognitive intelligence. But in recent years, there’s been a buzz around ‘EQ’, or Emotional Quotient, which measures our overall Emotional Intelligence. More specifically, our emotional intelligence represents our abilities to control and convey our emotions, as well as to empathize with other people, nurture our relationships and make conscientious judgements. While emotional intelligence seems at home in a therapy or counseling session, it’s just as important as IQ in business, too. So why is emotional intelligence important in project management? Let’s look into it.

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Pat Finnegan September 4, 2019
How Do You Transition A Project To A New Project Manager
Project Management

How Do You Transition A Project To A New Project Manager?

It happens all too often. Projects get reassigned. A project manager decides to leave the company. A P.M. on another project is leaving, so you get pulled off your project to go manage theirs. Does this sound familiar? While common in the industry, the project “hand off” is one of the most significant and impactful events on the project’s outcome, and a bad handoff can take a big bite out of the results. At this stage, there’s a logical question to ask: How do you transition a project to a new project manager? Like most things, a good project hand-off

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Pat Finnegan August 21, 2019
What Is The Agile Project Management Process?
Project Management

What Is The Agile Project Management Process? 4 Simple Techniques

We all desire to work more efficiently, improve our results and stop wasting so much time. Unfortunately, many traditional ways of doing business are becoming outdated. Working in an office eight hours a day, five days per week was once the gold standard. Now, flexible work hours and working remotely are commonplace. Conference calls have replaced meetings – heck, even conference calls are now outdated thanks to Skype and video conferencing! We all know what it feels like to space out during mind-numbing, useless meetings. The world of business is evolving quickly, and the Project Management profession is no exception. You may hear certain buzzwords echo around the industry. In this article, we’ll discuss one of the top recent trending words in project management: Agile. What is the Agile project management process exactly? Let’s find out.

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Pat Finnegan August 19, 2019
DIFFERENT PERSONALITIES: 5 TYPES AND HOW TO MANAGE THEM
Project Management

Different Personalities: Work With These Five Types

We’ve all heard the saying, and we all cringe every time we do. Who even came up with these expressions? Regardless of how corny the expression is, it’s true. In project management, you’ll need to work with many different personalities: people you may not see eye-to-eye with, people you don’t care for, and even people you can’t stand! I’ve been there many times, and it gets easier. By easier, I mean your focus will remain centered around the overall results, and less on the individual actions happening around you. You can have all the skills in the world, but knowing how to approach and work with different personalities will make managing a project team a much easier process.

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Pat Finnegan June 5, 2019

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Projects can’t get done by one person only. Read more about teamwork in project management.

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