Best Practices of Project Management - Part 2 - Standardizing Procedures
Most career training focuses on routines instead of exceptions. Yet, many stakeholders and project sponsors often ask for favors and considerations. …
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Best Practices of Project Management - Part 3 - Clear Communication
It’s tempting for project sponsors and stakeholders to be vague about requests and directions. Strong project managers demonstrate best …
Continue ReadingBest Practices of Project Management, Part 5: Choosing Project Management Tools
Instead of hiding behind so-called productivity tools, effective project managers use time during the early phases of the project cycle to figure out …
Continue ReadingLearn How to Overcome the Challenges Project Managers Face in an Economic Crisis
During these difficult economic times project managers will face several challenges such as: how do you decide whether to undertake a project, how do …
Continue ReadingLearn How to Effectively Manage Projects in Tough Economic Times
With the business world facing an uncertain economy, project managers are under pressure to cut costs but still deliver projects on time and at a high …
Continue ReadingUnderstanding the Three Stages of Engineering Environments
Engineering Environments are often described as a boy toy for System Operators or as a tool to legitimate decisions that don’t have any real …
Continue ReadingLearn a Structured Test Definition Process to Save Time and Money
If you set-up the test scripts in a structured way you will gain a lot of time - and money during scripting and testing. Definition of a test script …
Continue ReadingThe History of Project Management: Frederick Taylor and 19th Century Business Ideas
Most of us use benchmarking, re-engineering, and process redesign in our project management roles every week. All three of these ideas emerged from …
Continue ReadingThe History of Project Management: Into the 21st Century
Powerful computers and fast shipping processes revolutionize the project management professions from the 1970s through today.
Continue ReadingHow to Integrate Earned Value Management in Project Management
Earned Value Management (EVM) is not an essential tool for completion of your project, however, it will enhance your ability to provide a concise …
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By using Earned Value Management even on simple projects, you are empowered with some control because a method of measurement has been used. This is …
Continue ReadingStakeholder Analysis Example for Project Management
A stakeholder analysis is systematic gathering and analyzing of qualitative data to determine whose interests should be taken into account when …
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