Sometimes it seems like project management is like waging war and it takes a tremendous amount of planning if you are going to win the…
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Project managers are likely to encounter 4 Types of Cost as they plan and manage projects. They are fixed and variable costs, and direct and…
Kanban is a Japanese term that refers to a visual method of managing project tasks. Kanban means “signboard” or “cards you can see.” In its…
Recently, a colleague was abruptly pulled from his project and reassigned to another project. He was called into the division director’s office and told that…
We all memorized the formula used to calculate the communications paths between a group such as team members or project stakeholders. But do we understand…
Scheduling constraints are limitations that control the start and end dates of tasks or activities in a project schedule. Project managers must accommodate these constraints…
Congratulations! You have been assigned to manage your next project and you’re eager to get started with planning. There’s a lot to be done, build…
To many, these are confusing terms, and they are frequently used interchangeably. The fact is they are not the same and we as project managers…
Larger projects frequently create special project committees and boards to provide project oversight and decisions. The role, function, and authority of each committee or board…
The purpose of an After-Action Review (AAR) is to determine what worked and what didn’t for a specific action, event, or project and to extract…