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The Evolution of Project Management

The IIL Blog

Private Sector Project Manager Selection The birth of modern-day project management is most frequently attributed to the engineering community, mainly aerospace and defense. At a PMI® conference I attended later in the 1970s, almost 80% of the papers were presented by engineers or people working for engineering companies.

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Coming to Switzerland

The Lazy Project Manager

Key strengths include: Embedding robust governance to ensure successful delivery of £multi-million change programmes and working with stakeholders throughout the project life-cycle to ensure delivery of tangible business benefits; as well as introducing best practice processes aligned with an organisation’s culture and maturity.

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Successful Project Delivery in Aerospace and Defense: Success Criteria

Epicflow Blog

In aerospace and defense projects, there should be no room for ambiguity regarding the desired outcomes. Read the article to learn more about these criteria, and which of them should be applied to assess the success of aerospace and defense projects. . The importance of defining success criteria for aerospace and defense projects.

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A New Way to Recognize the Achievements of Project Managers

The IIL Blog

Years ago, many aerospace and defense industry projects were managed using war rooms. Disagreements between the project manager, client, contractors, stakeholders and governance groups, lasting possibly for the duration of the project. Some battles on projects are so intense that we consider them as all-out wars.

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PROJECT MANAGEMENT BENCHMARKING, an excellence enabling instrument

International Institute for Learning

This can include: Project Management Institute (PMI ® ) publications. As an example, the aerospace division of a Fortune 500 company benchmarked against their competitors. Then, they decided to benchmark against best-in-class companies in project management, all of which were in different industries other than aerospace.

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A Better Microsoft Project: Workload Levelling and Resource-Critical Path

MPUG

Examples are software development, new product development, pharmaceutical clinical studies, telecommunication, research and development, education, and government projects. Projects in aerospace and robotics can also be material-constrained. Any project that needs a lot of capital or one that must hustle for finances (government!)

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2024 Events for Project Managers, Business Leaders, and Industry Professionals

Epicflow Blog

Passion for Projects March 11-12, Helsingborg, Sweden This is a big congress about innovations and project management organized by the PMI Sweden Chapter. PMI Global Summit Series 2024 April, 10-11, Berlin, Germany This will be the first PMI Global Summit Series in Europe.

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