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What Should You Include in Your Preconstruction Meeting Agenda?

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Construction projects are structured with schedules, budgets and resource allocation. A preconstruction meeting ensures that all those parts are working together on a common goal. Get the most out of a preconstruction meeting by knowing who must attend and the items to cover in your preconstruction agenda.

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How Poor Risk Management Is Hurting Your Program

Project Risk Coach

Poor risk management is costly. Let's look at the cost of poor risk management through the example of Tom Whitley. Although Tom missed a few deadlines, he implemented most of his projects, though small, on time and under budget in his first year. The senior management team praised Tom for the early action.

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7 Awesome Meeting Habits That Will Make You Money

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Let’s face it, most of us deal with unproductive meetings every day. I could go on, but I can feel your meeting pain shooting through your eyeballs as you read this. I think we can agree that you can’t afford unproductive meetings. Habit #1 – State your strategic objective at the beginning of your meeting. Gord Sheppard.

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Project Kickoff Meeting: How to Write a Kickoff Meeting Agenda

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But all that work is pointless if they don’t communicate the purpose of the project to their team and clients. That’s why a kickoff meeting is so important. A kickoff meeting puts everyone on the same page. The team and client know the mission statement, the vision statement and the project plan.

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SDLC – The Software Development Life Cycle

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The software development life cycle (SDLC) is how it’s done in software development. What Is the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)? The software development life cycle (SDLC) is a process by which software is developed and deployed. Each has its own set of strengths and weaknesses. SDLC Phases.

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Five Bad Communication Habits to Avoid

Project Risk Coach

Without exception, I hear—poor communication. Let’s look at five bad communication habits to avoid and what to do about each. For example, the project sponsor and project manager could review the project charter in the kick-off meeting. We all develop habits, some good and some bad. How can we improve?

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Cost of Quality (COQ): A Quick Guide

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But we’ll also discuss the cost of good quality vs. the cost of poor quality and show you how to measure COQ. The cost of quality is a method by which an organization calculates how much it will cost to deliver a product or service that meets the quality expectation standard set in the project plan. What Is Cost of Quality (COQ)?