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• Earned Value Management

  Published: July 30, 2007, 7:34 pm

  Tags: Project Management

  way to monitor and evaluate project performance. In this article you will understand the basics of EVA and how it can be easily applied to your projects. The entire EVA practice essentially consists of about six key measurement values. We actually use these values in the planning and tracking of a project. Establishing a Baseline :

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• Risk in Project Portfolio

  Published: August 1, 2007, 10:21 pm

  Tags: Project Management

  acceptable. Aggregating Project-level Risks : As noted earlier, aggregating risk, at the portfolio level, is not practicable. Risk, for each project, modifies the Expected Commercial Value (ECV) for that project. - Each project is judged on the modified ECV (and other criteria) - Risk can be managed via mitigation strategies -

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• Estimating Task Durations

  Published: August 5, 2007, 1:49 pm

  Tags: Project Management

  a higher priority task or project get done faster because of the pressure and attention? These are all things that can impact upon the task duration. But there rarely is a set of guidelines in place to help us with the estimating and to aid in achieving consistency across the project and the team. PERT Method - This technique provides for

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• Featured Download: Excel Gantt chart template

  Published: August 15, 2007, 9:30 am

  Tags: Downloads, Excel, Featured Download, Microsoft Office Tip, Project Management, Spreadsheets

  software like Microsoft Project. A Gantt chart is a great way to see task dependencies in a big project - what delays will slow down the completion date and which won't. If you've got a huge deliverable on your hands and no expensive project management software, this spreadsheet template may be for you. The Gantt template is in .xls

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• Can we allow ourselves to work and enjoy it?

  Published: June 5, 2007, 5:58 pm

  Tags: Lee Iwan Accumulated Experience, Business Innovation, Business Attitude, Business Entrepreneurship, Business Culture, Workplace Issues, Fun At Work, Leeiwan, Tim Smit, The Eden Project, Management Ideas, Corporate Management, Business Leader, Lee Iwan, Corporate World

  Take a look at some of his management “rules” for his current project, The Eden Project Wants to work with people he likes, interviewers must provide a 10 minute performance of something entertaining Seeks extroverts with opinions, not seeking “yes men” Job interviews take two days and include potential

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• Why Does Change Fails ?

  Published: September 8, 2007, 8:26 am

  Tags: Project Management

  as from vested interest. Top management is frequently unreasonable in its expectations and time scale, forgetting the process it went through when it decided to make the change. An effective change manager will prepare an organization for change in the early stages of project definition and stakeholder review, by taking managers through a

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• Get Out from Behind the Curtain

  Published: September 9, 2007, 4:23 am

  Tags: Business, Creativity, Project Management Workflow

  Client input: positive process or creative noose? Many designers would probably say the latter. But it needn't be that way. Adaptive Path's Sarah Nelson shows how to create collaborative work sessions that take the clients' needs in hand while leaving creative control in yours.  Hide Your Shame: The A List Apart Store and T-Shirt Emporium is

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• Predicting Project Success

  Published: September 12, 2007, 10:46 am

  Tags: Project Management

  anytime. So when I predict project success, I don't assume people, process, or management is the one key to success. I look to make sure the project hasn't already shot itself with inadequately-trained people, bad management, or bad process. Then I look for an adaptable project. Here are some things I look for: * Before the

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• Project management for real people

  Published: September 16, 2007, 3:31 pm

  Tags: Business Career Personal Finance, Kimberly Wiefling, Project Management, Scrappy Guides

  first book, Scrappy Project Management: The 12 Predictable and Avoidable Pitfalls that Every Project Faces comes at an interesting time for me. As BlogHer grows, so does its headcount. My usual mojo is Lone Ranger--let me handle it all! But now my projects go beyond what one woman can handle; I am my own bottleneck. I knew I needed good

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• Hat Heads vs. Bed Heads

  Published: September 23, 2007, 2:04 am

  Tags: Industry, Project Management Workflow

  the right relationship management techniques, you can calm tension, communicate more easily, and run your projects more efficiently. Keith LaFerriere shows us how.  Hide Your Shame: The A List Apart Store and T-Shirt Emporium is back. Hot new designs! Old favorites remixed! S, M, L, XL. Come shop with

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• There’s much more to us than dipes and wipes

  Published: October 16, 2007, 8:00 am

  Tags: Who Me, Bloggy Linky Meme Y, Professional Butt Wiping Aka Project Management, The City That Never Sleeps, Inside The Beltway, The Wild Blue Yonder

  already about my work as a project manager, but I’ll summarize here. I spent four years as an Air Force communications officer, assigned to the Pentagon. I had a TS/SCI clearance, and I worked with nuclear command and control systems - basically, the communications systems that all four branches of the military use during a nuclear

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• Overtime Considered Harmful

  Published: October 29, 2007, 3:06 pm

  Tags: Getting To Done, Technology, Workhacks And High Tech Life, Doom, High Tech, Productivity, Project Management, Scheduling, Time Management

  will turn out well for the project in the end. There is no room for heroes on large multi-team projects. For large projects success comes from putting in consistent effort over time and crossing your T’s and dotting your I’s. One last hard push to get it out the door isn’t a valid project management strategy. There is no

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• Clarity, just enough to grab the straws in time

  Published: November 3, 2007, 1:43 am

  Tags: Miscellaneous, Project Management

  create a great plan for a project by planning for the obstacles and watching your time to not go over budget and time, then reality sets in. Nothing executes correctly, you end up going over budget, time, and resources. Sounds familiar? Well what it sounds like is what I have been doing the last couple of weeks you think you hit a stride

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• Understanding - Knowledge Management

  Published: November 21, 2007, 1:29 pm

  Tags: Project Management

  and value of true knowledge management. True Knowledge Management must address the following three broader categories: - Personal Knowledge Management - Community Knowledge Management - Enterprise Knowledge Management In the future, you will see more and more innovations and adoption in the above areas. Individuals will

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• Free Project Manager Project2Manage [Project Management]

  Published: December 7, 2007, 5:21 pm

  Tags: Project Management, Top

  set up several users in your Project2Manage account, create to-do lists, assign tasks to users, set milestones with dates, post messages, and track project activity with RSS. While the interface is slick and modern, Project2Manage isn't quite as polished as Basecamp, and it includes advertising. However, for folks who don't want to pay for

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