4 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…
Read more4 Ways Business Intelligence Will Make You a Better Project Manager
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by Innovative Management Solutions
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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4 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…
Read more3 Ways to Help You Measure Your Project Performance
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by Joe Somerville
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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3 Ways to Get Your Project Management Budget Under Control
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by Joe Somerville
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…
Read more3 Solutions For A Team Who Is Consistently Missing Deliverables & Deadlines
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by Joe Somerville
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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5 Tips to Improve Your Project Management Delegation
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by Joe Somerville
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…
Read more5 Tips for More Accurate Project Estimating
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by Joe Somerville
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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20 Budget-Draining Project Planning Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
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by Joe Somerville
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…
Read more5 Tips for Improving Project Time and Cost Estimates
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by Joe Somerville
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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5 Tests to Ensure Successful Project Outcomes
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by Jeff Collins
Important projects typically kick off with a big bang but don’t always end with successful project outcomes. How can you make sure that isn’t the case for your next project? Here are five tests you can use early enough in the process to help ensure successful outcomes. These tests are no guarantee to success, but…
Read more15 Tips for Managing Small Projects
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by Jeff Collins
Many online articles deal with the management of large-scale, long-duration projects. However, small projects make up a significant number of the total projects completed globally. But, small projects can be simplified by using these 15 tips to manage them. 1. Avoiding Overkill Is Key to Managing Small Projects Do not over complicate a small project….
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