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Outsourcing in Project Management
- Retrieved from PMI.org Combining strategic outsourcing and project management By: Rajagopal, Shan | Mobley, Michael With the coming of the millennium, organizations are continuously examining ways to gain a competitive edge and companies in every industry have begun to take a closer look at their support operations. Customers are demanding more when it comes ...
Perform A Stakeholder Analysis
Stakeholder Analysis Retrieved from: https://www.productplan.com/ What is a Stakeholder Analysis? When it comes to any organizational project, all of the internal people and teams who the project will involve or affect are called its stakeholders. A stakeholder analysis is a process of identifying these people before the project begins; grouping them according to their levels of participation, ...
Emerging Trends in Project Management Education – Interview with Dr. Emad Rahim
By Dinis Guarda originally published on IntelligentHQ.com Dr. Emad Rahim is an award-winning entrepreneur, educator, author and community leader. He currently serves as the Endowed Chair for The Project Management Center of Excellence and is ranked as an Associate Professor in the College of Science and Technology at Bellevue University. He is a Fulbright Fellow and ...
Conflict Management in Project Teams
-By Trenton Rankin Conflict management is something that every project manager should be well versed. Regardless of how big or small a project can be, team members might not know each other well. These situations usually result in conflict as pressure builds and project deadlines come into focus throughout the lifecycle. Problems such as these ...
What is the Value of Agile and Scrum for New Managers? By Tony Ellsworth, MPM, MBA, A-CSM
Agile values were alive and well in the Developer Division of Microsoft. The division is not only implementing regular practices and methodologies of Agile, Scrum, and DevOps for itself, but promoting them for others.
Project Calendar Vs Resource Calendar
By Fahad Usmani, PMP®, PMI-RMP®, PM Study Circle contributing In project management, we have two calendars to help organize work and resources. These two calendars are: Project calendar Resource calendar These calendars are developed in the planning phase and are updated throughout the project. However, modifications to these calendars are not as frequent as ...
Configuration Management vs Change Management
By Guest Contributor: Fahad Usmani Project environments are dynamic and changes are constant in areas like process, planning, or scope. You can group these changes into two categories: Change Management Configuration Management “Change Management” is the first category. Here you manage changes related to project management plans, processes, and baselines. In the second category, you manage ...
10 qualities of a construction project manager
Guest Contributor: Nutcache A construction project manager is responsible for coordinating all participants involved in the same building project. Not only must he demonstrate his competence in the field of construction, he must also prove that he has well-established human skills. In order to obtain this coveted position within a company, the ideal project ...
What is a Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA)?
PM Center Insider - By Fahad Usmani, PMP®, PMI-RMP®, PM Study Circle contributing Fahad Usmani, PMP®, PMI-RMP®, is founder of PMstudycircle.com and the author of A2Z of PMP Certification Exam. He has over 10 years of global portfolio management experience, specializing in leading complex corporate projects. He currently serves as an Inspection Engineer in Kuwait and facilitates ...
The PMO: Developing A Standard Organization
- By Kenneth Day, Data Center Engineer at Nelnet Ken Day has earned both BA-MIS and MS-MIS, and is currently finishing up his third degree, Master in Project Manager (MPM) at Bellevue University. He currently serve as an Infrastructure Engineer, working with planning, equipment installations and cabling for Nelnet in their Data Center. Most organizations have some processes ...