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Project Management Basics: Definitions, Methods and Tools

ProjectManager.com

Now that we’ve determined what a project is, we can define project management as a discipline. What Is Project Management? Project management is a discipline that consists in using project management methodologies, tools and techniques to manage the project life cycle, which is a set of stages that are common to every project.

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125 Project Management Buzzwords

The IIL Blog

Change Order A formal request to modify an agreed-upon project scope, schedule, budget, or quality specification. This is generally initiated by the customer/client or stakeholders. Continuous Improvement The ongoing effort to improve a project process, product, or service to achieve better results. of a project.

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Project Selection: Use These 8 Selection Methods for Better Strategic Results

ProjectManager.com

Projects need management. Much of the focus of project management is obviously on methodologies that keep your project on time and within budget. But you don’t want to initiate a loss leader. That’s where project selection comes in. All projects are risky, and some are very complex. Opportunity Cost.

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A Beginner’s Guide to Understanding Earned Value Management

MPUG

EVM concepts were initiated over fifty years ago by the United States Department of Defense (DoD) to support their control processes with large defense acquisition programs. Air Force defined the criteria for their acquisition projects which included the basic concepts of EVM. In 1965, the U.S.

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Project Budgets: Tips for Estimating & Cost Tracking – Clarizen

Planview

Effective project budget tracking is essential to ensure that project costs do not spiral out of control — and potentially threaten project success. This informative and easy-to-read article explores the basics of project budget tracking , including best practices and a 7-phase methodology.

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What is project scope? (Plus 7 steps to help you define project scope)

Resource Guru

Project scope is the project manager’s best friend. It’s what we lean on throughout the project life cycle. It keeps us on the straight and narrow all the way to project success. We might think that “oh, I don’t need a project scope, I’ve done thousands of projects like this!”.

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Closing A Project with MS Project

MPUG

Similarly, you can see the work variance by switching to the Work table and the cost variance by switching to Cost table. It’s possible that during a project life cycle, some planned activities are never executed. This article primarily focusses on what a PM should do to close within the MS Project tool.

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