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Project Management Guidelines (Part 1) - What We Can Learn From Project Failures

Inloox

Another reason can be the influence of the project environment or a high number of stakeholders. In this article, we present 8 project management guidelines that help you deal with failures. " Probably the most famous of all management laws is attributed to American military pilot and aerospace engineer Edward Aloysius Murphy, Jr.

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A History of PMI & Its Role in Project Management

ProjectManager.com

Given its vast influence, it’s important to have a basic understanding of PMI and its history. It goes back to the 1960s, when project management became a discipline in aerospace, construction and defense industries. Afterwards, articles of incorporation where filed in Pennsylvania, and signed by the five founders of PMI.

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PROJECT MANAGEMENT BENCHMARKING, an excellence enabling instrument

International Institute for Learning

Forms, guidelines, templates, and checklists from published textbooks and journal articles that can affect the execution of projects. As an example, the aerospace division of a Fortune 500 company benchmarked against their competitors. This can include: Project Management Institute (PMI ® ) publications. Step 3: Analyses of Results.

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Matrix Management for Strategic Projects

International Institute for Learning

The concept of matrix management and horizontal (or multidirectional) workflow became common practice in the aerospace industry beginning in the 1970s mainly because of technical reasons stemming from the need for innovation, new product development, and improved quality management practices.

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2024 Events for Project Managers, Business Leaders, and Industry Professionals

Epicflow Blog

Events for the Aerospace and Defense Industry Professionals Mobile Deployable Communications January, 24-25, London, UK MDC is a conference that is centered around deployable CIS. The forum’s topics will cover strategic, programmatic, technical, and policy issues relevant to the aerospace and defense industry.

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What are the Objectives of the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)?

NimbleWork

In this article, we delve into the significance of the WBS, its role in detailed project planning, and its application in different project management contexts. Document Assumptions and Constraints : Document any assumptions or constraints that influenced the development of the WBS.

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Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

Mitigating Cognitive Biases in Risk Identification: Practitioner Checklist for the Aerospace Sector,” Debra L. Epistemic Uncertainty Analysis: An Approach Using Expert Judgment and Evidential Credibility,” Patrick Hester, International Journal of Quality, Statistics, and Reliability , Volume 2012, Article ID 617481. Emmons, Thomas A.