Big Data and analytics make up some of the most common buzzwords of today, but business intelligence can seem daunting and overly complicated. In reality, business intelligence tools are designed to make your job and responsibilities easier in project management. If you have been avoiding them, you need to think about how the use of…
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As a project manager, it’s easy to feel solely responsible for the overall outcome of the project. Project managers are often held accountable if the project fails or succeeds, which is often stressful. However, the project manager must be willing to delegate responsibilities to members of the project management team if all aspects of the…
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In terms of project management, “success” is defined by a great deal more than just whether or not you were able to deliver what you promised on time. In many ways, success is actually a bit of a moving target, with a large number of variables that you need to keep track of at any…
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How do you define the success or failure of a project? For many, a successful project is completed without delays, changes in the budget, or unnecessary costs. As a project manager, you have to continually think about your budget throughout the duration of a project. If your budget comes in too low, the company could…
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Tracking costs remains one of your greatest concerns as a project manager. Primavera P6 gives you several different resources for tracking the costs of your project. By understanding how to take advantage of Primavera P6’s tracking cost features, you can correctly identify problem areas in the project and divert resources to more important tasks. To…
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Projects may span months, years, and decades. Throughout the duration of large-scale projects, your project management team can quickly become tired, lose interest, and fail to see the true benefit of your project. Unfortunately, these factors contribute to missed deadlines, problems in the workplace, and failure of the project. However, a strong project manager knows…
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When a project team begins missing deadlines and deliverables, it can feel like a nightmare. Stakeholders and upper-level managers may be angry, and the overall goals of your project can be threatened. Unfortunately, even the best project teams can experience unforeseen delays and problems, causing delays and missed deadlines. But, you can help get your…
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Project management is filled with obstacles and challenges in the successful completion of a given project. Although many of these challenges possess unique characteristics to each project’s respective industry, project management offices (PMOs) will face three common problems. Take a look at what these challenges are and how they can be reduced to improve the…
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As a project manager, you have a duty to ensure the delivery of goods or services are as close as possible to stakeholder expectations. However, you are only one person, and you cannot hope to take on this role without the assistance of your team members. Think of a project as a football game. You…
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If you’ve been a project manager for a significant amount of time, you understand that project estimating can be a bit of a crap shoot. The future is murky and it is up to us to attempt to predict it. Oftentimes, project managers end up far off from their estimations due to a number of…
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Project planning is one of the keys to success in any type of business environment. However, many people assume that just by entering into the development of a new project with any type of plan at all, they are guaranteed to hit their goals and reach the level of success that they feel they’re entitled…
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Estimates are among the most important aspects of a project that you will deal with, regardless of the client that you’re trying to please or even the industry that you’re trying to operate in. You would never start out on a cross country road trip without knowing how long it would take you to reach…
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