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Study Highlights the Benefits of Project Management Training

A recent survey released by Parallel Project Management shows that attending a professional project management course provides a multitude of benefits, both for the project manager and the corporation. Statistics show that management training increases overall success rates for project completion. Past attendees of the Parallel Project Management Training Courses took a survey on the […]

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How to Always Make Great Project Decisions

Insights, Leadership

I realize I said “always” in the title and that’s probably a little misleading. Why? Because it’s just not possible. There’s no way we can guarantee that every project decision that we make as project managers on all of our engagements will be great decisions…or even good ones. However, there are things we can do

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5 Human Hurdles in Project Management and Tactics to Overcome Them

Insights, Leadership

As a Project Manager you are rather familiar with buzzwords such as ‘Return on Investment (ROI)’, ‘Risk Analysis’ and ‘Iterative Planning’ among a host of other terms that are commonly used in your day-to-day activities. In fact, when it comes to project management, there’s generally a lot of business jargon that gets bandied about. Allow

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Using Project Controls for Effect

Leadership

Describing scheduling, Earned Value and financial management as ‘project controls’ is, I would suggest dangerous! The steering mechanism on a car is a control system, you move the steering wheel and the front wheels turn; and if the car is in motion its direction of travel is altered. Control systems cause a change. Altering the

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Trends in Project Management

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Just a few short decades ago, project management wasn’t a part of the everyday business vernacular. Although it was practiced in some cases, we didn’t have a name for it and it wasn’t thought about very much. Then suddenly sometime in the 1960s the concept had a name and companies started hiring consultants and project

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Ten Benefits of Good Project Management

Leadership

The benefits of good project management serve all those who are involved in the process: the manager who is responsible for the project, the customer who is anxiously waiting for the completed project and the production team that gets this project up and running. Understanding benefits of professional management is not difficult, but they often

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A Definitive Introduction to a Project Charter

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The initial step of every project is an idea but for it to be productive and reach completion, it needs a comprehensive business plan or charter. A well thought out charter is essential in the initiation process of a new project. A project charter is that document which outlines the goals, responsibilities, the people involved

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Stakeholder Management or Customer Service?

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Customer service is part of stakeholder management that is frequently overlooked. Most projects develop a list of stakeholder as part of their communication planning include customers, clients or ‘end users’ in the list and then get on with the work of the project. However, if you think about your own life, the cafés, service stations,

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Controlling or Influencing? The real use of project controls

Leadership, PM Software

Describing scheduling, Earned Value and financial management as ‘project controls’ is dangerous! The steering mechanism on a car is a control system, you move the steering wheel the front wheels turn; and if the car is in motion its direction of travel is altered. Control systems cause a change. Altering the duration of a task

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Change is hard!

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The purpose of undertaking a business change activity is to have the new processes used so as to create value! Value can be measured in many different ways, improved quality or safety, reduced effort or errors, increased profits or achieving regulatory compliance; the measure is not important, what matters is the business change is intended

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