Project Management

Making the right decision about which projects to pursue should be easy. But it often isn’t.

Forecasting is recognizing how current patterns may impact the future — and it’s a learnable skill.

Articulating what problem you’re trying to solve is an important (and underrated) management skill.

There’s value in looking at good processes to figure out what works.

Projects can lose momentum if stakeholders grow skeptical. Here’s how to avert a ‘cycle of doubt.’

Many organizations are finding success with IoT projects with thoughtful planning.

This year’s winning article is “Accelerating Projects by Encouraging Help,” by Fabian J. Sting, Christoph H. Loch, and Dirk Stempfhuber.

When a group of industry leaders work together to find new solutions and products, who’s in charge?

Stanford economist Nicholas Bloom’s study of 30,000 firms identifies the practices common to well managed operations.

Putting data and analytics to work hasn’t just helped Ford more competitive — it has transformed the company’s processes.

Digitization has not resulted in increased productivity growth. A University of Chicago economist explains why.

Operational excellence requires cultivating an expectation for continuous improvement in all employees.

There are positive correlations between improvisation in product development and team performance.

U.S. veterans are helping customize medicine through big data that will unravel the role of genes in health and disease.

Over-reliance on email is sapping people’s time and energy, says author Phil Simon. There are better ways to do things.

The Spring 2015 issue of MIT SMR highlights project management — and the importance of expecting the unexpected.

The role of project sponsors is often overlooked, but actively engaged executives are crucial to a project’s success.

Successful project managers often combine elements of traditional and agile approaches to project management.

A project’s “unknown unknowns” can be reduced through both product design approaches and behavioral approaches.

Making it safe to be honest about when projects are getting off track can promote cooperative behavior.