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Change Control - The Best Techniques 27 Aug 2013 | 12:29 am
Project managers who try and fight off every change to their project plans routinely lose those battles. Even worse their projects are usually late, over budget and have dissatisfied stakeholders and ...
Project Tradeoffs 21 Aug 2013 | 10:46 pm
Project managers who fight for their plans generally lose and the project often fails. PMs who approach project planning as a trade-off between Scope, Cost, Time and Resources can custom tailor a proj...
Team Member Commitment 24 Jul 2013 | 05:51 pm
Having your team members’ commitment to the project’s scope, deliverables, budget and completion date is a rare and valuable asset. It gives you a team that anticipates and solves problems early. This...
How to Pass the New PMI® Certification Exams 18 Jul 2013 | 12:38 am
We revise our learning materials every time a new Project Management Body of Knowledge® is released. This is our 5th edition over the last 18 years. We see five keys for passing the new exams while mi...
Project Department Death Spiral 9 Jul 2013 | 09:03 pm
Internal project departments like IT, facilities, training and development and graphics/advertising serve other departments. They can descend into a death spiral if they don't produce measurable busin...
Project Finish Dates 5 Jun 2013 | 02:42 am
Sometimes all the project sponsor wants to talk about at the initial planning meeting is the due date, to which he wants you to commit. Here’s how to handle those situations and make some progress in ...
Project Planning Steps Template 29 May 2013 | 02:36 am
This project planning template gives you all the steps to follow in working with your sponsor and stakeholders to craft a solid project plan. It’s a step-by-step guide with optional steps.
Project Scope Statement 16 May 2013 | 02:31 am
The project scope statement is never a matter of the project manager politely writing down what the sponsor wants done. Project managers must know how to ask the right questions to get the sponsor’s a...
Company Project Management 14 May 2013 | 10:15 pm
In too many organizations, project managers have to overcome the burden of executives, sponsors and team members who don’t know how to play their roles in a successful project. PMs also have to overco...
Project Team Micro-management 7 May 2013 | 10:36 pm
Each project team takes on its own character and develops its own culture. We’re exploring the most frequently encountered project team types in this series of articles. The micromanaged project team ...
