By Simon Buehring on February 5, 2013
Guest post by Ian Needs, Marketing Manager for KeyedIn Solutions If your project management has no formalised frameworks, your business may well be losing money. Standardisation and consistent application of project management methods, processes and technologies is a key factor in business success. Project portfolio management (PPM) software provides a centralised dashboard for the meta-management […]
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By Alicia Trelles-Duckett on January 18, 2013
As a freelance project manager, many of the projects that come my way are troubled projects. They run the whole gamut: from projects that only require a straightforward readjustment in scope to complex projects that require protracted negotiations on scope, time, costs and constraints. Interestingly, it is not easy to arrive at generalities or ‘rules […]
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By Simon Buehring on December 8, 2012
If you’re an American reader of this blog and you’re involved in, or interested in, project management, then you’re probably familiar, or at least heard of A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide). In this article I want to introduce you to a complimentary approach to project management which was developed […]
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By Alicia Trelles-Duckett on November 18, 2012
When an organization has the function of deploying multiple initiatives, the question arises: should these be managed as projects? Or should program management enter the picture? If there is an obvious way in which the projects are related, we may opt for program management straightaway. For example: if our organization deploys a few projects per […]
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By Alicia Trelles-Duckett on October 8, 2012
Why is PRINCE2® is the most popular project management exam in the world? By Simon Buehring During September 2012, APMG-International, the PRINCE2 accreditation body announced that more than 1 million PRINCE2 project management examinations have now been sat. This is more than any other project management method. In this article I want to explore the […]
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By Alicia Trelles-Duckett on September 17, 2012
Time tracking. Invoicing. Success metrics. Key Contacts. Managing a project can become overwhelming quickly. And the tools we use to track these aspects of projects can quickly become too time-consuming. That inclination project managers have to track any critical or risky component requires moderation and thought. As we know, with the addition of every tracker […]
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By Alicia Trelles-Duckett on August 23, 2012
No doubt installations in other geographies come with their own inherent set of challenges. Currency fluctuations; centralized versus local procurement; languages; time zones. And those are even before considering difficulties due to the particular technology being deployed, or the source of spare parts, or infrastructure in the country. This discussion aims to introduce a technique […]
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By Alicia Trelles-Duckett on July 21, 2012
Fusion. It’s all the rage in culinary circles, right? Restaurants that prepare great dishes from pan-Asian countries, or pan-Latin American countries, or even European and Asian combinations. All with great, flavorful results. We can bring a similar mindset to the management of our projects. By combining different methods and strategies we can craft our own […]
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By Alicia Trelles-Duckett on June 1, 2012
Guest Post by Andy Trainer, from Silicon Beach Training Project managers need a great deal of technical knowledge and project experience in order to do their job. Companies looking for an effective project manager will therefore ask prospective candidates for evidence of training and of managing successful projects. What isn’t always appreciated is the skill […]
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By Alicia Trelles-Duckett on May 20, 2012
Most people involved in projects agree that it’s a good idea to monitor the quality of the project. Of course. Who could argue against it? Would anybody really oppose a job well done? The difficulty lies in how to measure project ‘quality’. On this topic, it is not so easy to agree. Quality Management, as […]
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