We’re devoting this month’s issue of Cheetah News and the Know How Network to the bottom-line – and how Project Management can help boost it. I can already see some of you rolling your eyes, but stay with me here. Every project you’re involved with, as a team member or project manager, is an opportunity to positively impact the bottom-line simply by consistently applying PM methodology. Take a look at both our Know How Network article and “Boost the Bottom-Line with Project Management.” And if you’re looking for specific ideas on how you can find costs to cut, we give you some ideas in our second article, “Finding Ways to Save Money.”  Carrying the theme all the way through, you can check out our PDU Corner this month and learn how to favorably impact your personal bottom-line with our “Project Weight Loss SmartStart^TM” course. This is the end of the first quarter. How’s your bottom-line looking?

Michelle LaBrosse, PMP, Chief Cheetah

I Think Finding Ways to Improve the Bottom-Line is the Responsibility of...

In a business meeting, the words “bottom-line” evoke grimaces, eye rolling, snickers, snide comments and guilty looks, but doesn’t often result in a flurry of suggestions on how to improve it. Part of the problem is that no one seems to be convinced whose responsibility it really is. As a project manager, you can certainly impact that bottom line, but are you the only one who should be devoting yourself to the effort? Click on our link above and let us with whom you think bottom-line responsibility rests.