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5 Stats You Need to Know from the 2017 State of Project Management in Manufacturing Report

LiquidPlanner

To better understand how manufacturers practice project management, we surveyed more than 100 executives, engineers, and project managers, resulting in the 2017 State of Project Management in Manufacturing report. Work smarter, not harder” could be manufacturers’ motto in 2017.

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Agile Project Management: What is it and Why is it so Important?

Online PM Courses

I made it back in early in my YouTube career in the summer of 2017. In that environment, success is generally defined as delivering requirements to specification, within the project’s cost budget, and on-time. 
 Consequently, there are also many stereotypes, myths, and misconceptions about what Agile is.

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Project Management Challenges with Artificial Intelligence

International Institute for Learning

As technology increases within the next two decades, AI is expected to replace humans in many of the simple and mundane tasks that are part of project and program management activities (Grace et al., Brynjolfsson & McAfee (2017) discuss hidden biases that can exist in the data, and the difficulty in understanding and correcting errors.

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What is project scope? (Plus 7 steps to help you define project scope)

Resource Guru

But your project scope should inform the project plan in which each task is tied to a specific project objective. The project plan will keep you on track and make sure your project team is always working on the right things. Download our project plan template. Manage project cost.

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A Short History of Project Management

MPUG

Another major project related happening was the growing popularity of value engineering (VE), which was widely used at General Electric. This functioned to help measure the value of alternatives (for example, using cheaper resources and/or materials to reduce project costs or design-to-cost) especially when there was a scarcity of resources.

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100+ Project Management Statistics & Facts To Remember in 2019

ProProfs Project Management

In the US, there was a 17% increase in project-oriented jobs in the health sector. 80% of federal IT projects were self-described as ‘iterative’ or ‘Agile’ in 2017. 93% of communication service providers are using agile project management methodologies. IT project failure rates range between 5% to 15%.

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The Best Time Tracking Software of 2018

Paymo App

Intuit acquired the tool in 2017. month if billed annually: Includes all of the Basic plan’s features and invoicing, scheduled reports, timesheet approvals, projects costs & billing rates, and screenshots of your employees’ desktops as well. Best For: Freelancers, small, medium, and large teams. Why They Say It’s Awesome.

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