The Strategic Project Manager

APRIL 22, 2022

This post examines what the Satir Change Model is, how it is an important consideration for strategy, and how project managers can leverage it to provide leadership. This Foreign Element can be experienced by everyone, or by select groups of individuals, such as C-suite executives, front-line employees, or sales people.

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nTask

APRIL 28, 2021

It’s important to manage your business outputs, aka the product/service/project, but to then supplement this management by process control – especially when it comes to creating a sustainable business, as I’ll explain. Add control points and measurements. For instance, you might have a sustainability-led project in mind.

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Wrike

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

By implementing an effective operational excellence strategy, companies can streamline their processes, optimize performance, and achieve sustainable growth. Top management must not only endorse the strategy but also actively champion it. This can involve practices such as lean management, Six Sigma, Kaizen, and quality circles.

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Herding Cats

JUNE 19, 2017

The Cone of Uncertainty as a Technical Performance Measure. Uncertainty creates Risk. Risk management requires active reduction of risk. Active reduction requires we have a desired reduction goal, perform the work, and measure progress toward the rduction goal. Measure of Effectiveness.

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International Institute for Learning

OCTOBER 4, 2022

All companies desire to remain competitive and continuously improve their project management performance by becoming more efficient and more effective in the execution of their project management processes. The internal organizational units can also be responsible for evaluating external literature related to project management.

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Techno-PM

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Program Management (PM) is the process of managing a set of related projects, or programs, to achieve an objective. Program Management can be defined as developing and implementing projects by managing the work, people, time, and budget. Download Project Management Templates ! What Does a Program Manager Do?

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Techno-PM

AUGUST 12, 2021

Quality metrics are an essential part of the quality management system and provide a way to measure how well a process is performing. Quality managers can use these metrics to improve processes by identifying problems, analyzing root causes, and developing solutions. What metrics are essential when managing A Project?

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Techno-PM

AUGUST 12, 2021

Quality metrics are an essential part of the quality management system and provide a way to measure how well a process is performing. Quality managers can use these metrics to improve processes by identifying problems, analyzing root causes, and developing solutions. What metrics are essential when managing A Project?

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MindGenius

JUNE 26, 2019

Project Management Terms for Team Leaders. Confused by Project Management terms? So we have made it easy for all you Team Leaders and Managers out there who are running projects and brought you a list of what we think are the key PM terms you should know. You’re not alone! PRINCE2, NVP, Analogous Estimating etc.

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Wrike

MARCH 4, 2021

This is where vendor management comes in. . This article will explain what vendor management is and why it’s important for your organization. You will learn to write a vendor management plan, choose a suitable vendor management system, and implement vendor management best practices. . Reviewing performance .

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ExamsPM

JUNE 20, 2017

Project Communications Management is the process of planning, collecting, storing, and updating project information. This article is part of a PMP Study Guide that summarizes the Communications Management Knowledge Area. The Communications Management knowledge area that a project manager spends the most time on.

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MPUG

MAY 21, 2021

Please find below a transcription of the audio portion of Fletcher Hearn’s session, Project Performance Measurement – Part 3: Using MS Project to Track and Report on Performance, being provided by MPUG for the convenience of our members. This one’s titled using MS Project to track and report on performance.

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Herding Cats

JUNE 9, 2018

There is always lots of complaining about the biases introduced into managing projects and making the estimates needed to make project decisions. Optimism bias - a cognitive bias that causes a person to believe that they are at a lesser risk of experiencing a negative event compared to others. These principles originate in: .

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Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

AHP has been studied, refined, and applied for over 40 years to be an effective approach to complex group decision making. [7]. Brown and his book The Handbooks of Program Management: How to Facilitate Project Success with Optimal Program Management and my review of the same book. The Core Issue with Ordinal Measures .

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Herding Cats

AUGUST 12, 2016

Unrealistic performance expectations missing Measures of Effectiveness and Measures of Performance. Unrealistic Cost and Schedule estimates based on inadequate risk adjusted growth models. Inadequate accessment of risk and unmitigated exposure to these risks with proper handling plans.

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Herding Cats

JUNE 9, 2018

There is always lots of complaining about the biases introduced into managing projects and making the estimates needed to make project decisions. Optimism bias - a cognitive bias that causes a person to believe that they are at a lesser risk of experiencing a negative event compared to others. These principles originate in: .

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Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Here's an extract from "Chapter 8: Human Behavior and Complexity," Terry Cooke-Davies, in Aspects of Complexity: Managing Projects in a Complex World. This is a cautionary tale for those listening to the #NoEstimates advocates, where anecdotes of bad management are used in an attempt to replace established principles of business management.

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Henny Portman

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Foundations of portfolio management The first article by Steve Butler outlines the fundamental concepts and definitions of portfolio management. Foundations of portfolio management The first article by Steve Butler outlines the fundamental concepts and definitions of portfolio management.

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Herding Cats

APRIL 16, 2019

Business, Technical, Systems, Risk, and Project Management Briefings and Presentations. Management Processes (#MP). Project Performance Management (#PPM). Agile Project Management (#APM). Risk Management (#RM). Technical Performance Measures (#TPM). Earned Value Management (#EVM).

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Herding Cats

AUGUST 5, 2017

Managing Cost, Schedule, & Technical Performance Risk Is The Basis Of Good Project Management. Risk management is essential to the success of any significant project. Certain information about key project cost, performance, and schedule attributes are often unknown until the project is underway.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

The project and portfolio management (PPM) software market is changing. Project management practitioners are looking for new lean and agile project management tools to support their day-to-day work and often seek them outside the tools that their organisations offer them. Digitalization and Collaboration.

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Epicflow Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2019

If you’re engaged in project management or your occupation is somehow related to it, you should have an eye for project management terms. We’ve compiled a glossary of essential and the most frequently used project management terms that can be a good assistant for you in your work. . Activity Attributes . Activity List .

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Epicflow Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2019

If you’re engaged in project management or your occupation is somehow related to it, you should have an eye for project management terms. We’ve compiled a glossary of essential and the most frequently used project management terms that can be a good assistant for you in your work. . Activity Attributes . Activity List .

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Workamajig

JANUARY 11, 2021

Project management terminology can be complicated. It doesn’t matter whether you’re working towards your PMP certification or simply managing projects casually in your organization, knowing core project management terms always helps. All Project Management Terms. All work is divided into short bursts called "sprints".

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Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Designing, building, testing, and deploying complex systems is fraught with risk. And as always risk comes from uncertainty. Much has been written about the sources of risk and how to Manage in the Presence of Uncertainty (This briefing describes how risk is managed for each element of the Integrated Master Plan). .

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MPUG

APRIL 23, 2021

Please find below a transcription of the audio portion of Nenad Trajkovski’s session, How Should a Project Manager Organize their Workday Every Day and Where does MS Project Fit into this?, Currently, he works as a consultant for the implementation of business systems and as a project manager. What does it mean to be a project manager?

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Wrike

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Need up-to-date facts and figures for a project management report, article, or infographic? Browse this collection of project management statistics collected from studies and reports from the past five years. Benefits of Project Management. —1A. Project Management Methodologies. —1B. Project Management Best Practices. —1C.

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Herding Cats

JUNE 7, 2018

It can be used to identify appropriate teams, work groups, and a sequence of how the tasks can be arranged. Risk interaction within systems and subsystems, between functional and physical elements, can also be modeled with DSM. Traditional risk models cannot model loops. Actual risks contain loops. The DSM allows self?loops

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Herding Cats

JUNE 7, 2018

It can be used to identify appropriate teams, work groups, and a sequence of how the tasks can be arranged. Risk interaction within systems and subsystems, between functional and physical elements, can also be modeled with DSM. Traditional risk models cannot model loops. Actual risks contain loops. The DSM allows self?loops

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MPUG

JUNE 1, 2022

Melanie: Jeff is currently the Training and Development Manager for Edwards Performance Solutions. As such, he oversees the production and maintenance of courses on project management, systems engineering, software development, business process improvement, and cyber security. Jeff: Here are our process groups.

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