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Project Management
Project Management (PM) | All content on this page relates to the topic of PM. To find out more on this topic check out PMWorld 360 Magazine!
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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Do You Factor Color Recognition Into Reports And Presentations?
Did you know color plays a key role in visuals and has an impact on color blindness? Do you factor color recognition into reports and presentations? According to the color …
What is change management?
Change management is “a collective term for all approaches to prepare and support individuals, teams, and organizations in making organizational changes” (Wikipedia, n.d.). The Human Change Management Institute states, “The …
Shifting From Stakeholder Management To Stakeholder Engagement
In the latest edition of the PMBOK, there was a small but significant change in the language around stakeholders. Instead of stakeholder management, the focus of a project manager is …
Post-Covid: Accelerating workforce planning strategies with limited and remote resources
Over the past year, the COVID-19 pandemic posed many new challenges for organizations looking to rapidly and effectively scale up their resources to meet project goals. Here are some things …
Empowering your project portfolio: What is empowerment?
When you are empowered, you understand the importance of asking questions to reveal the information needed to ensure the success of your project portfolio, and leaders understand the importance of …
Is co-location still a viable tool in the age of virtual teams?
I remember, as if it was yesterday, my first large collocated project. The whole team felt like it was Christmas morning and that we had been handed some precious project. …
Tips on how to identify project requirements
Interested in learning about project requirements management? In this video, Alison Mills-Long discusses project requirements management. She details how to identify the requirements of a project and which sources of …
What-If Scenario Planning: Identify Events and Factors with the Fewest Negative Consequences
Change can’t be avoided; it’s an inevitable element in every aspect of work-life and life in general. But when it comes to work and projects, some steps can be taken …
12 Habits of an effective project portfolio manager
I have had the pleasure of working with many effective project portfolio managers. I am a life-long learner and have learned a lot from talking with them and observing them …