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7 Top Microsoft PPM Software, Apps & Tools

ProjectManager.com

They assess and prioritize projects based on their strategic value, available resources and potential returns. They enforce project management standards, templates and best practices, ensure consistency in project execution, track performance against key performance indicators (KPIs) and ensure projects align with corporate strategy.

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How to Manage Your Project Pipeline With Software

ProjectManager.com

Projects have a beginning, middle and end. That’s called the project life cycle. When you’re a project management office (PMO) or program or portfolio manager, you’re going to have to deal with multiple projects in various stages of the project pipeline. What is a project pipeline?

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9 Types of Artifacts in Project Management

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Here are some of the typical reports produced on a project: Quality report Risk report Status report Formal records for particular stakeholders eg a highlight report for a sponsor or monthly reporting for the PMO. You might not have agreements and contracts on your project because it obviously depends on if you are buying anything.

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Project Artifacts and How to Use Them

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Here are some of the typical reports produced on a project: Quality report Risk report Status report Formal records for particular stakeholders eg a highlight report for a sponsor or monthly reporting for the PMO. Your PMO may define mandatory artifacts: a list of project documents that you must create for each project.

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20 Things For Your Project Management Plan [With 3 Free Templates]

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Talk briefly about your approach to delivery, what project life cycle you are going to follow, and the project planning process. By now you should know who is doing what on the project, so pop them on a hierarchy chart to show the project structure. Drop a summary chart into your project plan document.

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Back to Basics: What is Project Governance?

MPUG

An organization’s project governance framework provides project managers and teams with structure, knowledge base, support, and tools to for managing their projects. Project governance is an oversight and controlling function. A general approach and methodology for defining project life cycle and phases.

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125 Project Management Buzzwords

The IIL Blog

Kanban board A visual tool used in Agile project management to monitor and manage project work. Key Performance Indicator (KPI) Key Performance Indicators are quantifiable metrics used to assess employee, project, and organizational performance. Projects are generally a mechanism for change and may leverage innovation.