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Improving Project Success Rates With Better Leadership
May 4, 2009, 12:00am PDT
This paper discusses that the root cause for many of these common failure points is really the ability to lead projects, not just manage them. The paper presents the case that project leadership...
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Effective Project Management: Five Laws That Determine Success
April 23, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Yet every year countless projects hit trouble for the same reasons, again and again. Why? Because the...
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The Three P's Of Project Management
April 10, 2009, 12:00am PDT
This paper presents the three P's of project management. The three P's are to take into account the elements and structure of project management. People Management is essential in regards to...
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Your Project Does Have A Goal
April 4, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Projects don't (or at the very least, really shouldn't) start because there are some developers sitting around twiddling their thumbs, time on their hands, nothing to do. No, a project starts...
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Four Keys To Successful Project Management
April 23, 2009, 12:00am PDT
If you can't get your project team to buy into your ideas, if you can't produce high quality written documentation and get the right information to the right people at the right time, you probably...
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Building Your Project Team
February 27, 2008, 12:00am PST
Take care to choose the right people. Pick them for their skills and abilities as they apply to your particular project. You don't necessarily need the person most qualified in absolute terms, but...
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Metrics That Matter In Agile Projects
March 28, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Agile project management is on a large part about managing people. Studies show that overall team morale is directly related to the level of individual morale. The amount of personal investment...
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Ten Predictions For Project Management Trends In 2009
August 2, 2009, 12:00am PDT
2008 was an eventful, prosperous year for the project management practice, project management service and solution providers. Several independent vendors merged with larger entitles; many more new...
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7 Things You Need To Know About Development Project Estimations
July 22, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Whether you are a project manager planning for a smooth implementation of a plan or a project sponsor on whose decisions a project depends, you cannot escape from the fact that project estimation...
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The Top 6 Things To Consider When Choosing A PPM Solution
June 27, 2009, 12:00am PDT
According to a recent article in a leading technology magazine, the demand for Project and Portfolio Management (PPM) solutions is rising in response to the weakened economy. Many businesses are...
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Managing Large Projects With Ease: 9 Pressure Reducers That Work
June 15, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Managing large software projects can be quite difficult under the best of circumstances. Unfortunately, individuals with limited or no experience often rely on survival tips from more experienced...
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Project Planning In A Nutshell
June 1, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Improvement happens one project at a time. But often projects fail because they are poorly planned, or even completely unplanned. This paper provides an overview of why it is important to prepare...
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An Effective Design Walkthrough: A Step Towards Delivering The Best Design
May 20, 2009, 12:00am PDT
A design walkthrough is a quality practice that allows designers to obtain an early validation of design decisions related to the development and treatment of content, design of the graphical user...
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Applying Earned Value Management To Software Intensive Programmes
May 17, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Many information technology projects have been declared too costly, too late and often don't work right. Applying appropriate technical and management techniques can significantly improve the...
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Three Myths About Organizational Change
January 28, 2010, 12:00am PST
No one will deny the importance of leadership driving and reinforcing the change process throughout the organisation. But does change need to start with leadership? The answer is a definite "No."...
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Using Change Management And Change Control Within A Project
October 24, 2009, 12:00am PDT
In any project, change is inevitable whether it comes from within the project or from external sources, therefore it makes sense to have an agreed process in order to identify, assess and control...
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Common Project Management Mistakes: Badly Handled Changes
February 22, 2010, 12:00am PST
No matter how well a project is planned and how well the requirements are defined, there will always be requests to change something about the project, usually the product being delivered. There...
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Managing Change Successfully: Six Layers Of Resistance
March 15, 2008, 12:00am PDT
Why is there resistance to change? Are people just naturally perverse, or are there concerns which if understood and correctly dealt with will create the buy-in required to turn resisters into...
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Strategies For Managing Change: The Project Manager
July 31, 2008, 12:00am PDT
Your fastest route to a proven project manager will be a contract hire, either from a reputable firm or an independent. There are many good ones out there. Get and check references, and interview...
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Change Management: The Horror Of It All
May 19, 2010, 12:00am PDT
The failure rate of all significant change initiatives is approximately 70%. A global survey conducted in 2008 by McKinsey and Company offered the insight that organisations could only hope to...
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Change Management: 3 Key Reasons For The Catastrophic 70% Failure Rate
December 6, 2009, 12:00am PST
Failure reasons in change management are many and varied. But one thing is painfully clear. Any organisational initiative that creates change, or has a significant change element to it, has a 70%...
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Nothing Stays The Same: Leadership Techniques To Empower People During Change Initiatives
April 29, 2010, 12:00am PDT
Every organisation is affected by change, especially during times of economic volatility. However, project managers tasked with leading change initiatives are all too aware of the alarming failure...
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Controlling Change Requests
November 13, 2009, 12:00am PST
Changes are an important part of any project. There are two factors at work that guarantee the generation of change requests: changes that happen to the marketplace the project is aimed at, and an...
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How To Deal With The People Factor Of Change Management
September 5, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Change projects must be clearly communicated and championed by top management as they make the toughest decisions, as well as authorise the allocation of resources to a project. Middle management...
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Understanding Change In A Quality Culture
July 10, 2008, 12:00am PDT
In any improvement process, managing the influence of change and the anti-change culture that will continually try to raise its head will be one of the most ardent tasks. Learn to deal with this...
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The Importance Of Communication In Project Management
January 16, 2009, 12:00am PST
If project staff do not know what their tasks are, or how to accomplish them, then the entire project will grind to a halt. If you do not know what the project staff are (not) doing then you will...
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The Ideal Project Manager Specification
January 24, 2009, 12:00am PST
This paper provides the ideal project manager specification including general requirements they must meet along with the 'Hard Skills', the 'Soft Skills', the attitudes and the behaviours that we...
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The Seven Deadly Myths Of Earned Value Methods In Project Management
January 21, 2009, 12:00am PST
After decades of using and teaching Earned Value Management techniques, we have seen a lot of misinformation about Earned Value, and the advent of the Internet has only made the problem worse....
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Avoiding Project Management Pitfalls
January 19, 2009, 12:00am PST
Have you ever successfully planned a birthday party, a wedding, a charity event? If so, aside from any embarrassing moments that may have occurred, chances are you've got a handle on the basic...
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Project Managers: The Value Of Understanding Technology
January 9, 2009, 12:00am PST
Many project managers are extremely successful in their role by simply managing a project plan and checking off tasks as they become "100% complete." They're able to manage teams, create budgets,...
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Balancing Project Management Process With Project Delivery
December 23, 2008, 12:00am PST
Project management processes provide organisation and guidance on the steps to follow during the life of your project, but they can be a roadblock if the process becomes more important than the...
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Project Portfolio Management: Managing The Project Pipeline
December 8, 2008, 12:00am PST
For most service departments the demand for new projects will occasionally outweigh the department's capacity to do them. Whether it's due to financial constraints or skills being completely...
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Considerations Before Soliciting Input For Your Content Management
December 6, 2008, 12:00am PST
When you manage a new project to streamline an organisation's website or to develop a new website, you must gather input from many people inside the organisation. First, think about your direction...
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Project Communications: How To Keep Your Team Engaged And Informed
November 14, 2008, 12:00am PST
Communications are a critical deliverable of every successful project and a key project management soft-skill. You may not have thought of communications as an actual project deliverable, but it...
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Factors That Influence Project Management In Package Implementation Projects And Bespoke Projects
November 12, 2008, 12:00am PST
Business requirements are solved either by building a new system or by buying a readily available product or by a combination of both. The 'Build vs Buy' decision is made by the stakeholders after...
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10 Rules Of Highly Successful Project Management
September 19, 2008, 12:00am PDT
A successful project manager is one who can envision the entire project from start to finish, and have the prowess to realise this vision. To keep pace with business and IT, project managers need...
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Getting Work Done: The Human Side Of Project Management
July 15, 2008, 12:00am PDT
Project management is defined as the art and science of getting work done with the active co-operation of individuals and organisations who are directly or indirectly involved with the project....
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The 3 P's Of PPProject Management
July 2, 2008, 12:00am PDT
This paper explains about Presentation, Planning and Processing; the three cornerstones of project management. Project management is an immense field and one which changes from industry to...
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Successful Projects Are Led Not Managed
June 26, 2008, 12:00am PDT
More and more in nowadays' environment Project Managers are being judged on how well they operate within, and adhere, to standard practices and disciplines. This is all very well, but let us stand...
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The Blending Of Traditional And Agile Project Management
May 1, 2007, 12:00am PDT
Traditional project management involves very disciplined and deliberate planning and control methods. With this approach, distinct project life cycle phases are easily recognisable. Tasks are...
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White Papers
Understanding Change In A Quality Culture
July 10, 2008, 12:00am PDT
In any improvement process, managing the influence of change and the anti-change culture that will continually try to raise its head will be one of the most ardent tasks. Learn to deal with this...
Provided by Project Smart
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White Papers
How To Deal With The People Factor Of Change Management
September 5, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Change projects must be clearly communicated and championed by top management as they make the toughest decisions, as well as authorise the allocation of resources to a project. Middle management...
Provided by Project Smart
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White Papers
Controlling Change Requests
November 13, 2009, 12:00am PST
Changes are an important part of any project. There are two factors at work that guarantee the generation of change requests: changes that happen to the marketplace the project is aimed at, and an...
Provided by Project Smart
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White Papers
Nothing Stays The Same: Leadership Techniques To Empower People During Change Initiatives
April 29, 2010, 12:00am PDT
Every organisation is affected by change, especially during times of economic volatility. However, project managers tasked with leading change initiatives are all too aware of the alarming failure...
Provided by Project Smart
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White Papers
Change Management: 3 Key Reasons For The Catastrophic 70% Failure Rate
December 6, 2009, 12:00am PST
Failure reasons in change management are many and varied. But one thing is painfully clear. Any organisational initiative that creates change, or has a significant change element to it, has a 70%...
Provided by Project Smart
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White Papers
Change Management: The Horror Of It All
May 19, 2010, 12:00am PDT
The failure rate of all significant change initiatives is approximately 70%. A global survey conducted in 2008 by McKinsey and Company offered the insight that organisations could only hope to...
Provided by Project Smart
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White Papers
Strategies For Managing Change: The Project Manager
July 31, 2008, 12:00am PDT
Your fastest route to a proven project manager will be a contract hire, either from a reputable firm or an independent. There are many good ones out there. Get and check references, and interview...
Provided by Project Smart
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White Papers
Managing Change Successfully: Six Layers Of Resistance
March 15, 2008, 12:00am PDT
Why is there resistance to change? Are people just naturally perverse, or are there concerns which if understood and correctly dealt with will create the buy-in required to turn resisters into...
Provided by Project Smart
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White Papers
Common Project Management Mistakes: Badly Handled Changes
February 22, 2010, 12:00am PST
No matter how well a project is planned and how well the requirements are defined, there will always be requests to change something about the project, usually the product being delivered. There...
Provided by Project Smart
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White Papers
Using Change Management And Change Control Within A Project
October 24, 2009, 12:00am PDT
In any project, change is inevitable whether it comes from within the project or from external sources, therefore it makes sense to have an agreed process in order to identify, assess and control...
Provided by Project Smart
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White Papers
Three Myths About Organizational Change
January 28, 2010, 12:00am PST
No one will deny the importance of leadership driving and reinforcing the change process throughout the organisation. But does change need to start with leadership? The answer is a definite "No."...
Provided by Project Smart
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White Papers
Applying Earned Value Management To Software Intensive Programmes
May 17, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Many information technology projects have been declared too costly, too late and often don't work right. Applying appropriate technical and management techniques can significantly improve the...
Provided by Project Smart
-
White Papers
An Effective Design Walkthrough: A Step Towards Delivering The Best Design
May 20, 2009, 12:00am PDT
A design walkthrough is a quality practice that allows designers to obtain an early validation of design decisions related to the development and treatment of content, design of the graphical user...
Provided by Project Smart
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White Papers
Project Planning In A Nutshell
June 1, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Improvement happens one project at a time. But often projects fail because they are poorly planned, or even completely unplanned. This paper provides an overview of why it is important to prepare...
Provided by Project Smart
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White Papers
Managing Large Projects With Ease: 9 Pressure Reducers That Work
June 15, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Managing large software projects can be quite difficult under the best of circumstances. Unfortunately, individuals with limited or no experience often rely on survival tips from more experienced...
Provided by Project Smart
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White Papers
The Top 6 Things To Consider When Choosing A PPM Solution
June 27, 2009, 12:00am PDT
According to a recent article in a leading technology magazine, the demand for Project and Portfolio Management (PPM) solutions is rising in response to the weakened economy. Many businesses are...
Provided by Project Smart
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White Papers
7 Things You Need To Know About Development Project Estimations
July 22, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Whether you are a project manager planning for a smooth implementation of a plan or a project sponsor on whose decisions a project depends, you cannot escape from the fact that project estimation...
Provided by Project Smart
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White Papers
Ten Predictions For Project Management Trends In 2009
August 2, 2009, 12:00am PDT
2008 was an eventful, prosperous year for the project management practice, project management service and solution providers. Several independent vendors merged with larger entitles; many more new...
Provided by Project Smart
-
White Papers
Metrics That Matter In Agile Projects
March 28, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Agile project management is on a large part about managing people. Studies show that overall team morale is directly related to the level of individual morale. The amount of personal investment...
Provided by Project Smart
-
White Papers
Building Your Project Team
February 27, 2008, 12:00am PST
Take care to choose the right people. Pick them for their skills and abilities as they apply to your particular project. You don't necessarily need the person most qualified in absolute terms, but...
Provided by Project Smart
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White Papers
Four Keys To Successful Project Management
April 23, 2009, 12:00am PDT
If you can't get your project team to buy into your ideas, if you can't produce high quality written documentation and get the right information to the right people at the right time, you probably...
Provided by Project Smart
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White Papers
Your Project Does Have A Goal
April 4, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Projects don't (or at the very least, really shouldn't) start because there are some developers sitting around twiddling their thumbs, time on their hands, nothing to do. No, a project starts...
Provided by Project Smart
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White Papers
The Three P's Of Project Management
April 10, 2009, 12:00am PDT
This paper presents the three P's of project management. The three P's are to take into account the elements and structure of project management. People Management is essential in regards to...
Provided by Project Smart
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White Papers
Effective Project Management: Five Laws That Determine Success
April 23, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Yet every year countless projects hit trouble for the same reasons, again and again. Why? Because the...
Provided by Project Smart
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White Papers
Improving Project Success Rates With Better Leadership
May 4, 2009, 12:00am PDT
This paper discusses that the root cause for many of these common failure points is really the ability to lead projects, not just manage them. The paper presents the case that project leadership...
Provided by Project Smart
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Your Risk Management Process: A Practical And Effective Approach
October 6, 2008, 12:00am PDT
A risk management process does not have to be complicated or time consuming to be effective. By following a simple, tested, and proven approach that involves seven steps taken at the beginning of...
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5 Essentials To Project Team Success
February 15, 2008, 12:00am PST
To maximise the contribution of project teams, a number of essentials need to be recognised. The good news is that the essentials to team success aren't expensive, don't require the expenditure of...
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How To Get Out Of Project Overwhelm
April 1, 2008, 12:00am PDT
Its two weeks before the deadline. But your project is at least six weeks behind! Everyone is sweating bullets. As project leader, you're wringing your hands. A volcano of surprises has erupted...
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Senior Managers Need To Play Their Project Role(S) More Effectively
April 17, 2008, 12:00am PDT
Running training events is often a dumping ground for people's frustrations. Some of our problems are deeply ingrained and take a lot of shifting. One such problem is the role that senior...
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Project Scheduling And Resource Levelling
April 30, 2008, 12:00am PDT
We all know that in the real world we, as project managers, are given the finish date of the project before we even have a chance to plan for it. This is a good enough reason why we need to get...
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SMART Goals Reduce Ambiguity And Increase Commitment
October 13, 2008, 12:00am PDT
One of the core competencies for leaders is the ability to deal with ambiguity, that condition where things are not what they seem. And the higher in an organisation a leader goes, the more...
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The Beginning Of The End: Defining Project Closure
October 22, 2008, 12:00am PDT
It is essential to be prepared throughout the entire life cycle of a software development project, and an important element of preparation is to have established an insightful closure plan. In...
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What Is User Requirements Capture?
March 8, 2009, 12:00am PST
A User Requirements Capture is a research exercise that is undertaken early in a project lifecycle to establish and qualify the scope of the project. The aim of the research is to understand the...
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The Corporate Advantages Of A Project Management Process
March 11, 2009, 12:00am PDT
A Project Management (PM) process is a process that wraps sound and repeatable structure around a series of events that lead to a projects completion or implementation. In most cases, you will see...
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Planning A Project Using A Work Breakdown Structure & Logic Network
September 10, 2008, 12:00am PDT
Projects don't just happen they are planned. The whole project team should develop the plan not just the project manager. This ensures that the teams' experiences are taken into account and that...
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Technology Project Planning: Too Much Of A Good Thing
February 26, 2008, 12:00am PST
For many of us, it may be best not to let go of our conditioned response to project planning and critical thinking, not just yet anyway. The conditioning represents an overall positive motivation,...
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The "Real" Project Plan
March 10, 2009, 12:00am PDT
A project plan is not a one-time deliverable that remains static throughout the project. Updates arising from approved changes during project execution may significantly impact parts of the plan....
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A Corporate Project Selection Process
March 14, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Regardless of the economy, projects within an organisation exist to address problems, opportunities or directives. These are commonly referred to as business drivers. It is from these business...
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Improve Project Success With Better Scope Management
August 7, 2007, 12:00am PDT
More than seventy percent of projects fail. When projects fail, it's rarely technical. Over eighty percent of those projects fail due to project management. Projects, like business, often fail...
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Pareto Analysis Step By Step
June 8, 2007, 12:00am PDT
Pareto Analysis is a statistical technique in decision making that is used for the selection of a limited number of tasks that produce significant overall effect. It uses the Pareto Principle...
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