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Project Management
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PM involves the application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to direct activities that will help meet the requirements of a project. There are five main processes involved in project management, they are initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling, and finally closing.
There are ten areas of knowledge PM relies on integration, scope, time, cost, quality, procurement, human resources, communications, risk management, and stakeholder management.
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Program Management: Why you should have a strategic plan?
Strategic plans are often created for organizations and individual departments within those organizations. Often that is where strategic plans come to a halt. There are however times that strategic plans …
The principles of a business council
Interested in finding out more about a business council and its principles? For many years, the concept of finding a mentor, someone who can coach you through tough issues or …
How to effectively interact with different types of project sponsors
Projects differ from one another in a great number of ways but, the one thing they all have in common is a sponsor. In the course of one’s life, working …
How to Hire a Rock Star Project Manager Who Values Team Work
Any company that’s spent some time looking for an experienced project manager knows it that can be a stressful process that sometimes yields little or no results. In an article, …
Flow for Project Managers
In this Podcast, Cornelius Fichtner interviews Andrew Kallman about flow in project management. Have you ever been so immersed in a task that you forgot about something else you were …
Data and flexibility: Keys to managing uncertainty
Uncertainty is inevitable. What are the keys to managing Uncertainty? There are two main ways to tackle uncertainty: You can either decrease the level of uncertainty or increase flexibility. My …
5 Ways emotional intelligence builds trust through communication
When leading teams, you want to be seen as a trusted leader. Your team looks to you to provide guidance and support, remove roadblocks, escalate risks, and help ensure success. …
3 Tactics remote PMs can use to improve stakeholder engagement
Here are three tactics remote project managers (PMs) can use to improve stakeholder engagement. Have you worked on a project where the team members aren’t participating in meetings, don’t show …
Is your PMO sufficiently data-driven?
Most project management offices (PMOs) offer services to executives seeking to make informed decisions about the best approach to achieve their strategies. The key to effective data-driven PMO decision-making is …