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7 Hidden dangers of project management (Or why even well-planned projects sometimes fail)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

After $170m spent on a project to upgrade its computer system, the FBI project crumbled because the requirements were ill-defined from the beginning and the software didn’t function the way the agency had hoped. For example, in June 2010 Chrysler merged with Fiat. The merger was not a successful one. This is where the problems begin.

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How to Manage Fixed Date Projects

Rebel’s Guide to PM

LeRoy Ward, PMP , PgMP, and PMI Eric Jenett Project Management Excellence Award winner, when I asked him for his view. Fred Brooks, father of OS 360 at IBM put it best when he said, ‘adding people to a late software project will only make it later.'” LeRoy Ward was first published in 2010. Fast-track the project.

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How to Adapt and Flourish in the New World of Project Management

Leading Answers

Tips include: Focus Wisely. The PMI 2020 Jobs Report 2 explained, “ Showing empathy is fast emerging as a leadership superpower. In 2010 a team developing software for a large trucking company was also responsible for developing training materials. PMI 2020 Jobs Report – Empathy Amplified.

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Vendor Showcase Recap: Using WBS Schedule Pro – By Critical Tools

MPUG

This session is eligible for one PMI PEU in the technical category. Jim is the president of Critical Tools, the makers of WBS Schedule Pro Software. Jim has been a part of the product management software business since 1985 and for the past 20 plus years with Critical Tools. I’m going to say disable the tool tips.

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Complete Collection of Project Management Statistics 2015

Wrike

Project Management Software & Tools. Number of PMI Certified Project Managers: Total Number of PMP credential holders: 607,128. # PMI Agile Certified Practitioner holders: 5,265. [14]. Project Management Software & Tools. Project Management Software & Tools. 53% use project management software.

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Webinar Recap: Understanding Dependencies, Leads, and Lags with MS Project

MPUG

Today’s session is eligible for one PMI PDU in the Technical category, and the MPUG Activity Code for claiming is on the screen now. Also, we are going to see how Microsoft Projects software that is the latest, being 2019, handles dependencies, as well as leads and lags. My name is Kyle, and I’ll be the moderator today.

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Webinar Recap: Agile Series Part 1 – Understanding & Incorporating Agile Project Management

MPUG

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. And so this is where agile kind of fits in and isn’t just necessarily only for software development. But it is clearly not limited to just software.

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