5 Qualities of a Successful Project Control Professional
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Modern corporations and clients need successful project control professionals. However, the definition of successful can be misleading, and some project control professionals may avoid applying for a position for fear of rejection. Fortunately, the definition of success can be best exemplified by identifying its key qualities. Take a look at how these five qualities characterize…
Read more10 Benefits of Reading the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK)
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Advancing your career can feel overwhelming in project management. There are literally thousands of resources at your disposal, but you still have to find time to work and study. Rather than searching for endless resources, you should consider reading the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK). By reading the PMBOK, you will gain the following benefits….
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5 Primavera Functions That Project Managers Must Know
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by Joe Somerville
Oracle Primavera helps to make your project management responsibilities easier and more efficient. However, understanding all of the tips and tricks in Primavera functions does not necessarily mean that you will be productive. Instead, you need to know how to perform certain, specific actions and functions, and this list will help you get on your…
Read moreThe Value of Project Dashboard Reporting
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New tools in project management can appear complex and unusable. However, project dashboard reporting stands out as one of the quickest, most effective ways of adding value to your project team and your organization. Check out some of the reasons why project dashboard reporting tools are becoming one of the most valuable assets of modern…
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How to Build a BPM Business Case
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by Jeff Collins
Business process management (BPM) is becoming an archetype of successful business operations. Companies use process management to optimize business practices by evaluating existing project controls for efficiency and effectiveness. Meanwhile, the ability to access and benefit from process management is growing easier as more project controls and tools become available through the cloud. Difficulties may accompany proposals…
Read moreAsk These 6 Questions About Your Project Management Process
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Modern project management is about more than providing a set of practices for a project office to follow. To deliver on schedule and within budget, project management offices (PMOs) must have a successful project management process in place. Yet, knowing the difference between a good and a great process is difficult at best. At their core,…
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Are You Thinking Critically?
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by Jeff Collins
Critical thinking will allow you to be a more rational and disciplined thinker. It can reduce your prejudice and bias which will provide you a better understanding of your environment. This perspective can provide you the skills to evaluate, identify, and distinguish between relevant and irrelevant information. It will lead you to be more productive in…
Read more7 Steps to Creating a Project Budget
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by Joe Somerville
Creating an accurate project budget is the most important aspect of placing a bid for a project or finalizing the planning of a project. However, many project budgets fall short of expectations due to a failure to identify all the potential costs within a project budget. On the surface, the budgets seems like it only…
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6 Ingredients for Project Management Success
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There is strong anecdotal evidence that failure and success in PPM can affect both the company’s share price and the career outcomes of its leading executives. This makes project management success very important. Reducing or eliminating failures and nurturing successful project management capabilities should therefore be at the top of a company’s strategic objectives – if they are…
Read more6 Principles of Strategic Enterprise Project Portfolio Management
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The world’s top oil and gas companies understand that strategic portfolio management is the next step in the maturity of enterprise project portfolio management. There is a substantive difference between strategic enterprise project portfolio management and conventional enterprise project portfolio management. Let’s take a closer look at the distinguishing factors. Principles of Strategic Enterprise Project…
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7 Steps to Help You Calculate Your Estimated Project Duration
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by Jeff Collins
When you build a schedule you need to understand how to estimate duration. If everyone worked eight hours per day, and was 100% productive for all eight hours, you could easily calculate your estimated project duration by taking the number of effort hours, divided by the number of resources. For instance, if an activity was estimated at 80…
Read more7 Ways to Accelerate Your Project Planning
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The project planning phase represents one of the most critical times in project management. Additionally, the project planning phase can easily last longer than the actual work on the project. However, you can accelerate your project planning by following these seven steps. 1. Be a Diplomat Regardless of expectations, you cannot hope to please all parties’…
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