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A History of PMI & Its Role in Project Management

ProjectManager.com

The Project Management Institute (PMI) is a nonprofit organization for those working in project management across the globe. If you have even a passing interest in the field, then you’ve bumped up against PMI. Given its vast influence, it’s important to have a basic understanding of PMI and its history. A History of PMI.

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Successful Project Delivery in Aerospace and Defense: Success Criteria

Epicflow Blog

In aerospace and defense projects, there should be no room for ambiguity regarding the desired outcomes. Read the article to learn more about these criteria, and which of them should be applied to assess the success of aerospace and defense projects. . The importance of defining success criteria for aerospace and defense projects.

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The Evolution of Project Management

The IIL Blog

Private Sector Project Manager Selection The birth of modern-day project management is most frequently attributed to the engineering community, mainly aerospace and defense. At a PMI® conference I attended later in the 1970s, almost 80% of the papers were presented by engineers or people working for engineering companies.

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Divergent-Convergent Paths Process For Conflict Management

International Institute for Learning

By Luigi Morsa – Aerospace Engineer and Project Manager, SII Engineering & IT. Through a logical process, other truths are obtained until no one questions the deductions or results. . Diagram 1: Divergent-Convergent Paths Process. The following picture gives an idea of the whole process. About the Author.

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Connecting with Business Communities | Nicole Friedberg on “Lean Six Sigma” and the Importance of Lean Six Sigma Skills

International Institute for Learning

You have over 15 years of engineering and project management experience in the defense, aerospace, automotive, financial, and academic industries. Nicole Friedberg: Lean Six Sigma provides a methodology and toolset to identify and address root causes to unknown problems and ultimately improves processes.

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PROJECT MANAGEMENT BENCHMARKING, an excellence enabling instrument

International Institute for Learning

All companies desire to remain competitive and continuously improve their project management performance by becoming more efficient and more effective in the execution of their project management processes. This can include: Project Management Institute (PMI ® ) publications. Step 1: Know Your Own Processes.

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WBS and Product Backlog: Siblings or Distant Cousins?

Leading Answers

However, they did not use the term “work breakdown structure” or WBS until 1962 when DoD, NASA and the aerospace industry published a document about PERT that described the WBS approach. The Practice Standard for Work Breakdown Structures WBS is a free download for PMI members. 

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