Epicflow Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2020

According to PMI’s Job Growth and Talent Gap in Project Management 2017-2027 , organizations’ need for project talent has significantly increased since their previous investigation in 2008. A profession of a project manager has always been in demand and seems to be gaining momentum more and more. million project experts by 2027.

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Online PM Courses

APRIL 2, 2018

Procurement Contract Types. There are many different types of contract you may use to govern the goods and services, and how you pay for them. Let’s survey the main types, and their primary features. Fixed Price Contract. But how do you ensure your supplier delivers what you need, and you get good value?

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Wrike

MAY 20, 2021

Smaller businesses are prone to the same types of mistakes and their consequences, which can be just as (if not more) catastrophic for them. Consider issues that come up time and again across projects, such as fixed price contract risk, or risk related to certain times of year for customers. What is risk management?

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The Lazy Project Manager

JULY 3, 2017

A great place for your new CPO, newly appointed after completing Challenge 3, to start perhaps is in ‘Project intelligence’. Challenge 4 is all about correctly understanding the status and the health of that portfolio, and all the projects and programs that make up that portfolio. This is ‘Project Intelligence’. Ability to comprehend relationships.

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MPUG

JANUARY 6, 2020

One of the drawbacks in this scheme is that business executives want everything to be P1 or high priority types. The price of the product is related to the linear features, but these are not differentiators to sell the product. How could these situations be properly addressed? A DEEP Product Backlog. The acronym for it is DEEP.

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Planview

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Once it’s closed and it’s done, it’s going to create some type of product or service, but the bottom line is that it needs to create some kind of return-on-investment (ROI). We encourage you to listen to the full webinar , but in the meantime, review the following answers to questions that participants raised during Michael’s presentation.

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The IIL Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

A war of words, a war of how to interpret the requirements or a contract price war. Introduction: The 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang are well underway, with athletes from all over the world being awarded medals for their achievements. So, why shouldn’t we do the same thing for project managers? Project Management Interpretation.

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Epicflow Blog

JUNE 10, 2021

Any project is vulnerable to risks and uncertainties that sometimes can’t be predicted and avoided. But there are things that negatively affect the project success but can be neither controlled nor prevented. We’re talking about the human side of project management. Therefore, the success of any project depends pretty much on behavioral aspects.

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Velociteach

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Topics include the estimation obstacles project managers commonly face, key factors essential for accurate projections, the impact of organizational culture, implementing cost management strategies, and navigating the risks of underestimating or overestimating project estimates. You should welcome that, and you should rise to that challenge.

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Wrike

AUGUST 7, 2019

In their article, they reference the Project Management Institute’s (PMI) 2016 Pulse of the Profession report, which states that out of every $1 billion invested in projects, $122 million is wasted due to poor execution. Let those numbers sink in. But it’s not so great when those challenges impact project success. .

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Online PM Courses

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

There I look at six different types. One of the things that can make your life most difficult is a rogue Project Sponsor. It’s like they have turned to the dark side. And it feels as if they no longer have your project’s best interests at heart. Let me start by re-assuring you… A truly rogue Project Sponsor is not common. .

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Velociteach

APRIL 27, 2023

You can also claim free PDUs , Professional Development Units from PMI by listening to our show. A great leader strikes a balance between warmth and strength. Some people lead with warmth first, and they backfill on the strength. And it’s sort of like being left-handed or right-handed. Everybody’s just got a dominant hand.

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MPUG

JULY 17, 2020

This session is eligible for one PMI PEU in the technical category. You may wish to use this transcript for the purposes of self-paced learning, searching for specific information, and/or performing a quick review of webinar content. There may be exclusions, such as those steps included in product demonstrations. Kyle: All right.

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MPUG

MAY 19, 2020

The contract with your vendor is set up with a fixed price, but you have incentivized the contact to get a better-quality component with good performance. The overrun has not yet hit the final, fixed price yet, but the vendor is saying it is likely to go beyond it. Price, Cost, Profit, Incentives. Price = US$10.

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MPUG

JANUARY 30, 2020

Today’s session is eligible for one PMI PDU in the leadership category. You may wish to use this transcript for the purposes of self-paced learning, searching for specific information, and/or performing a quick review of webinar content. There may be exclusions, such as those steps included in product demonstrations. Got to love that.

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Herding Cats

APRIL 16, 2019

Here's a collection of presentations, briefings, papers, essays, book content used to increase the Probability of Project Success (PoPS) I've written and applied over my career in the software-intensive system of systems and other domains. Table of Contents (Click the Name to go to Section). Management Processes (#MP). Planning and Scheduling (#PS).

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Project Management Hacks

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

In today’s Q&A interview, you will learn how Charles Byrd developed his productivity practices, managed products and built relationships. I met Charles in 2015 and have been looking forward to sharing his insights with Project Management Hacks readers. Introduction. What is your background in project management and industry?

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MPUG

JANUARY 27, 2022

We talked about identifying different resource types and talking about resource groups as opposed to individual named resources when you’re doing your initial planning. We also to talked about using individual resource calendars to vary the availability of each type of resource that you’ve got. Sam Bell: All right.

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MPUG

JULY 1, 2020

PMI PDUs in the technical category and the MPUG activity code for claiming the session was on the screen now. PMI PDUs in the technical category and the MPUG activity code for claiming the session was on the screen now. There may be exclusions, such as those steps included in product demonstrations.

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MPUG

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Today’s session is eligible for one PMI PDU in the technical category and the code for claiming today’s session is on the screen now. You may wish to use this transcript for the purposes of self-paced learning, searching for specific information, and/or performing a quick review of webinar content.

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Teamweek

AUGUST 27, 2020

The Lean Methodology The 3 Types of Waste & How to Fix Them. The Project Management Institute (PMI) did a great job of summing up what it means to deliver in line with a Lean mindset. The scope should be aligned to delivering what the customer needs when they need it, whilst also meeting quality and price expectations.

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