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Full configuration management requires a five-step model
Full configuration management requires a five-step model
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A five-step model for configuration management
A five-step model for configuration management
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Use a librarian to manage document repository on large projects
If your project generates a lot of documents, the role of Librarian could require a lot of time--especially up-front.
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10 things you should know about customer relationship management (CRM)
CRM has become a key business paradigm for organizations seeking to cultivate and expand their customer relationships, but many implementations fail because of misconceptions and u...
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Why does your IT organization need formal policies?
To an IT professional, formal policies may be easily dismissed as a bureaucratic waste of time. In this article, Tom Mochal explains why formal policies actually are useful when it...
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Manage the documents on a project before they manage you
A project manager should think ahead of time about how documentation will be managed so that he or she does not end up in a situation where storing and finding documents is an obst...
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Manage office politics using issues management techniques
It's not uncommon for a project team to be impacted by office politics since you have different people trying to exert influence to get things done. Here's how to get to the source...
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Use root cause analysis to get to the bottom of an issue
One way to understand the root cause of a problem is to perform a simple root cause analysis. Root cause analysis just requires you to ask a series of "why" questions.
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Manage quality through both quality control and quality assurance techniques
Quality control and quality assurance are important concepts, yet most project managers have only a vague understanding of the meanings and the differences between these terms. Her...
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Develop a Quality Plan to describe your approach for meeting your client's expectations
Many projects miss the mark for meeting client expectations for quality. I think the biggest reason for this is that the project manager does not think ahead about how he or she is...