A project never exists in a vacuum. Rather, a project is executed by a team within an organization that has some sort of a project management framework established to enable the process. This framework, whether deliberately designed or not, acts…
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Time isn’t on your side when it comes to project management. Work piles up and deadlines approach quickly. While project managers haven’t figured out how to bend time and space to their bidding, there are time management techniques that you…
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Not everyone works the same way, which is why there are different work styles. Some prefer the morning for the heavy lifting, and others that can’t get started until the afternoon. Some work better in groups and others alone. Some…
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Scheduling a project can be daunting. Fortunately, there are tools and techniques such as the precedence diagramming method to help organize activities and get them all done on time. Precedence diagrams are used to visualize the tasks in a project…
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Projects always need resources such as materials, labor and equipment, which generate costs. Those costs must be estimated and controlled throughout the project life cycle to complete the project. What Is Project Cost Management? Cost management is the process of…
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A project has a beginning and an end, but without an objective, it’s a rudderless ship. To steer your project successfully and land in a safe harbor, you’re going to have to define your project objectives. What Are Project Objectives?…
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Project management is a highly complex field. There are many things that a project manager must understand to be successful such as the methodologies, reports and tools that exist. To help you simplify things, we’ve listed the top 14 project…
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In project management, a program is a set of related projects executed simultaneously by organizations to make the most out of their resources and maximize their return on investment (ROI). Program management requires company-wide collaboration and lots of planning. A…
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If you need to manage multiple projects, it’s recommended to have a matrix organizational structure in place. Projects have many activities, from resource planning to task management and everything in between. Therefore, that organizational structure shouldn’t be rigid, but flexible…
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What project management is good at is making the complex simple, or at least manageable. That’s done by using project management tools such as project network diagrams. A project network diagram helps project managers simplify a complex project plan, enabling…
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Planning a project, setting up a schedule and assembling a skilled team only sets the stage for project execution. To make sure everyone works at capacity and keeps things moving forward, you need to implement workflow management. But, before we…
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Project management is made up of processes. Project managers and their teams depend on those processes to ensure that a project runs smoothly. But what about those processes? Are they chiseled in stone or can they be improved? Too often…
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When managing projects, users have many options. Microsoft Lists and Microsoft Planner are two of the most popular project management apps. But are they the one-stop solution project managers and their teams need to plan, manage and track work? There’s only…
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