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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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How your organizational culture could be hindering project success
Is your organizational culture dragging down project success? Peter Drucker says that “Culture eats Strategy for breakfast,” and when it comes to project management, this can be too true. Project …
How reframing RAM and RAID changes their use in managing projects
Looking to find out more about project RAM and RAID? Humans have this uncanny way of putting on a new coat of paint or moving a few pieces around, and …
How having a disaster plan can help protect your bottom line
Interested in learning about developing a disaster recovery plan? With all the hurricanes today, one cannot help but think about how they would react if they were directly impacted by …
How to optimize the number of project portfolios for your organization?
Have you ever wondered how many project portfolios you should have? Do you wish you had cohesive insights into your organization’s ability to achieve its strategies? Here are three guidelines …
How To Adapt Strategy Execution To Market Disruptions
As many companies grapple with how to move forward following the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Planview releases their global benchmark study to help businesses adapt to the speed of …
Buffer vs Padding: Which Term Should You Use?
Are you curious about the difference between buffer and padding in project management? Coming from a risk management background, I have always been offended and felt a little chill go …
Project Portfolio Management (PPM) process phases and support tools
Project Portfolio Management (PPM) can be considered a management innovation; Its main objective is to maximize organizational benefits by selecting project portfolios that provide the greatest opportunity to achieve strategic …
Part 3 – Basic business analyst skills and concepts: Planning
In Part three of this six-part series of articles, we will continue to explore the basic skills and concepts of business analysis (BA). In this section, we will review and …
Utilizing Plan Do Check Act (PDCA) for business process improvement
Summary: Plan Do Check Act (PDCA) is an iterative, four-step scientific method used for continuous improvement of business processes in organizations that allows organizations to make quality improvements in business …