What is a Business Intelligence Dashboard?
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by Jeff Collins
The use of dashboarding is expanding, and more businesses are turning to dashboards to improve efficiency, reduce errors, and ensure the appropriate use of resources. Unfortunately, this has led to the creation of hundreds, if not thousands, of dashboards, and for those in project management, choosing the correct dashboard is crucial to success. Before selecting…
Read moreWant to Improve Project Success Rates? Invest in Project Management Training
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If you’ve ever had to spearhead a project of considerable magnitude or complexity without the proper training, you understand the value of project management skills. Experienced managers realize the benefits of project management training. Most fervently push for budgeting to supply initial courses as well as continuous refresher courses. As explained below, adequate project management…
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Understanding Quantitative and Qualitative Project Risk Management
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by Joe Somerville
Monitoring the likelihood of a project’s success as it evolves is crucial to being able to develop contingency plans and adapt to unforeseen circumstances. Such contingency plans often mean the difference between a project’s success or failure. There are two primary ways of accessing this risk of a project failing–quantitative and qualitative project risk management. Quantitative vs….
Read moreTwo Techniques for Qualitative Risk Analysis
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After you identify project risks you need to analyze them to see which ones are important enough to manage. The most common form of analysis is called qualitative risk analysis. The risk level is referred to as “qualitative” since it is a quick approximation and does not reflect the rigor of a detailed, numerical analysis. The overall risk…
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Top 5 Project Management Podcasts You Should Start Listening To
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by Joe Somerville
Project management podcasts make excellent tools for improving your knowledge of project management, and listening to project management podcast can actually count towards professional development units. Obviously, the choices for podcasts are practically unlimited, but some of the best podcasts come from these five stations. Top 5 Project Management Podcasts 1. The Project Management Podcast The Project…
Read moreTop 4 Challenges Project Managers Face (& How to Fix Them)
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by Joe Somerville
Take a moment to think about all that goes into a project. There is a set scope, budget, schedule and timeline. More companies and project management professionals are continuously looking to cut costs and improve visibility. Risks may evolve into threats. Opportunities can evolve into big savings and better visibility. Or, they can result in…
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5 Ways to Stay Proactive During Project Delays
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by Joe Somerville
Project Delays are an inherent part of any project. Project delays occur as a result of poor planning, inadequate communication, diminishing resources, and changes within the scope of project. Furthermore, project delays result in poor employee morale and reduce the vitality of your project management team. Fortunately, you can reduce the negative effects of project…
Read more5 Ways Staff Augmentation Services Create Better Project Management
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by Jeff Collins
Dealing with limited resources, particularly finite numbers of skilled workers, remains one of the key problems businesses face during expansion. In order to excel at project management, businesses need to take advantage of available staff augmentation services. Staff augmentation services refers to a temporary expansion of staff without the traditional standard of hiring for a…
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5 Habits of Highly Effective Project Managers
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In the world of project management, success is not solely dependent on prior experience. Merit-based selection can also result in effective project managers who can excel in their roles. To become a highly effective project manager, it is crucial to develop a set of successful habits. In this blog post, we will explore five key…
Read more4 Ways to Improve Project Management Quality
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by Joe Somerville
One of the most important characteristics that you can have as a project manager is a deep understanding of the fact that you can always be doing more. You can always adjust your leadership techniques to make communication easier, for example, or to help things go along faster or more efficiently in the future than it…
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4 Ways Business Intelligence Will Make You a Better Project Manager
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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…
Read more4 Steps For Better Project Delegation
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by Joe Somerville
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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