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Why project managers need to consider the source of their information
Why should project managers consider the source of their information? Where you get your project information or business intelligence from has an impact on its weighting and your decisions. Make …
How will PPM need to change in the next few years?
You’ve likely heard the adage ‘change is the one thing you can always count on,’ and this especially rings true in the business world. Regardless of the industry, companies will …
Don’t Believe Everything You Think: Changing Your Mindset
Don’t believe everything you think. Does that mean what you think is wrong? Does that mean everything up until this point is a lie? Of course not. It is a …
What is a Statement of Work? Best Practices for Creating One Plus a Template
The SoW serves as a contract between the project stakeholders, including the client and the service provider, and acts as a roadmap for the entire project. We’re covering everything you …
Key Steps to Mastering a Managerial Role
In CollaborationSuccessfully climbing the ladder to a managerial role takes dedication, persistence, and hard work. From there, the work only escalates, as a successful manager knows exactly how to communicate …
An Overview of Six Sigma for Business Process Improvement
Looking to kick off business process improvement (BPI)? The Six Sigma process holds the answer. It’s the analysis of current processes in order to determine which activities can be improved. …
Project Scope Management – The Secret to Project Success: Podcast
In this podcast, Cornelius Fichtner interviews Karthik Ramamurthy about his findings on how project scope management will make or break your project. They discuss how disruptive business models, technological progress, …
Techniques to make project scope management more manageable
Project scope management is always a challenge. Here’s how I effectively manage scope without appearing rigid or inflexible and get the change requestor’s skin in the game. When I set …
Scope Management: Challenges for SMEs
It’s not common for many SME’s to encounter scope management challenges. Scope management is arguably the single most important factor that determines project success. It is in scope management that …