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A Short History of Project Management

MPUG

PMI on the scene. PMI has almost 600,000 members worldwide in over 200 countries and many different kinds of certifications. If I was a young engineer graduate, I would make it one of my top professional goals to eventually acquire one of these PMI certifications, making myself more marketable and helping me to rise to the top.

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Understanding Risk Breakdown Structure

Wrike

According to the Project Management Institute (PMI), a project risk is defined as “an uncertain event that, if it occurred, has an effect on at least one project objective.” . While risks are typically associated with negative outcomes, PMI distinguishes that a risk may also produce a positive project impact.

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People Innovation: A New Vision to Innovate

International Institute for Learning

The answer is the following: through the idea that a company wants to take care of its employees, wants to bet on them, wants to donate a future vision and want to define professional development for them. Chesbrough, “Open Innovation: The New Imperative for Creating and Profiting from Technology”, Harvard Business School Press, 2003. [2].

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Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

Effective Risk Management 2 nd Edition , Edmund Conrow, AIAA, 2003. Defining Uncertainty in Projects ? 105, 2003. “A Overcoming Barriers in Assessing Risk Probabilities,” Tom Kendrick , 2012 PMI Global Congress Proceedings , 2012. Korte, Reliability Engineering & System Safety , Volume 79, Issue 3, March 2003, pp.

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A Compendium of Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

Effective Risk Management 2nd Edition, Edmund Conrow, AIAA, 2003. Defining Uncertainty in Projects ? 105, 2003. “A Overcoming Barriers in Assessing Risk Probabilities,” Tom Kendrick , 2012 PMI Global Congress Proceedings , 2012. Korte, Reliability Engineering & System Safety , Volume 79, Issue 3, March 2003, pp.

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Total Enterprise Reinvention? Sweeping digital transformation will need new brooms!!!

Project Accelerator News

Worth remembering that, in 2003, LEGO was on the verge of shutting its little plastic doors for good, before its digital renaissance it was on the brink of bankruptcy, but thanks to its digital transformation, just 21 years later, Brand Finance Global includes LEGO in its list of the 500 most valuable brands.

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The Definitive Guide to Project Sponsors

Rebel’s Guide to PM

There is no single, perfect definition of a project sponsor that all the professional bodies like APM and PMI agree on. 2003) Perfect Projects. A project sponsor is someone who champions the project, providing resources and support. They are accountable for the success (or failure) of the work. Pentacle Works, Beaconsfield, p 107.