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Organizational Process Assets: What does that even mean?

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One key tool to success is understanding how to use organizational process assets effectively. But what is an organizational process asset (OPA)? OPAs and the PMP exam Let’s face it: I first came across the term OPA while reviewing PMP exam training material. What are Organizational Process Assets? What is not an OPA?

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Business Process Improvement: Steps & Methodologies

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Technology, labor, distribution and consumer demographics have all massively changed just in the last few years. As such, business processes need to be constantly evolving to adapt and bring satisfaction to the customer as efficiently as possible. Before we can improve the business process, we must first understand it.

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The 5 Phases of the Construction Process (Templates Included)

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Initiation Phase The initiation phase might be the most important of all five phases as it maps out the approval process for the project and sets everything in place to build. The construction bidding process will also begin at this point. When the site is complete, the plans and findings are reviewed by local government officials.

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Top 10 Project Management Methodologies – An Overview

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The name is apt, as the waterfall methodology is a process in which the phases of the project flow downward. When implementing the agile methodology , project planning and work management are adaptive, evolutionary in development, seeking early delivery and are always open to change if that leads to process improvement.

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5 Notorious Failed Projects & What We Can Learn from Them

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Failure is an unavoidable part of any project process: it’s the degree of failure that makes the difference. Developed by Sony, Betamax was introduced in the mid-1970s but was unable to get traction in the market, where JVC’s VHS technology was king. Long before it discontinued the technology, Betamax was already irrelevant.

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Change Control Board: Roles, Responsibilities & Processes

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A change control board is sometimes referred to as a change review board. Through this process of detailed examination, the change control board decides on the viability of the change request or makes recommendations accordingly. A change control board looks at change requests which are then reviewed in detail. Learn more.

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AI in Project Management: An Interview with Lloyd Skinner

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I’m not convinced that 2030 is a realistic target, though, given the project management maturity levels and willingness to adopt new tech that I see on a daily basis. Project management is a human process,” he says, “It’s unique to the individual and the client, in terms of how good or how mature they are in regards to project delivery.”.