Managing the expectations is important on all projects. It's the major purpose of your status report, but managing expectations requires more than just sending out an accurate status report on a ...

PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. (February 20, 2015)--"Managing expectations can be the difference between project success and failure," said consultant Ernie Baker, speaking to project managers at Picatinny ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Start a project with a happy ending in mind, and it quickly becomes a disappointing cliffhanger. Anyone leading a team has felt this ...

Efficient project planning requires a knowledge of your stakeholders' and clients' needs. With a clear understanding of the needs and requirements, you are able to detail the project phases and carry ...

Mismatched expectations are caused by information gaps. If you tell someone to make coffee and don’t specify decaf, they’ll have to choose regular or decaf. Half the time they’ll decide on the one you ...

(This article is part one of a two-part series outlining key questions a leader should ask during a project kickoff meeting to head off costly confusion and risk during the life of the project.) ...

Keeping projects on track — especially in the face of constant change requests and additions — is a project manager’s greatest challenge. And when project managers don’t properly set expectations from ...