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Student Syndrome in Project Management: Real Constraint or Just Human Factor?

Epicflow Blog

It’s commonly believed that the term has been introduced in the novel “Critical Chain” by Eliyahu M. But the students estimated the task and asked the professor to give them extra time to accomplish it. The left line is an assigned date, and the second one is a due date. What Is Student Syndrome?

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A Guide to Project Integration Management

Epicflow Blog

It’s usually based on the analysis of one or several factors: market demand, customer request, organizational need, social need, legal requirement, environmental impacts, or technological advance. . Read more about coping with changing requirements in our blog post: Changing Requirements in Project Management: How to Stay on Track. .

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Tips and Tricks for Smart Project Planning

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Thus, the formal critical path for small projects is often obvious enough for project managers and for project management software. Project management tools are helpful in the visualization of the schedule, and in quick calculation of an approximate end date when there are estimates in place. Involve your team in the planning process.

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Bubble Graph: Critical Chain Fever Chart Re-Imagined

Epicflow Blog

Let’s examine the way Epicflow’s team has made a classical critical chain (CC) tool called “Fever chart” more powerful with Bubble Graph. . A “fever chart” term is closely related to the Critical Chain Project Management (CCPM) from the Theory of Constraints (TOC). 1997), Critical Chain, 1st ed.,

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Epicflow Glossary: Names of Features and Terms Used in the System

Epicflow Blog

Read more: Bubble Graph: Critical Chain Fever Chart Re-Imagined. A function of calculating the risk of the discrepancy between the initially estimated time for task accomplishment and the real time spent by the group of people working on the project. Critical Chain . Bubble Graph. Budget View . Group Risk Factor.

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Project Management Glossary: 200+ Terms PMs Frequently Use

Epicflow Blog

Activity Duration Estimates Review . is a process of detecting risks related to the time allowances for activities in particular or a project in general, with the width of estimates range indicating a respective level of risk. Analogous Estimating . Bottom-Up Estimating . Activity Attributes . Activity List .

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Project Management Glossary: 200+ Terms PMs Frequently Use

Epicflow Blog

Activity Duration Estimates Review . is a process of detecting risks related to the time allowances for activities in particular or a project in general, with the width of estimates range indicating a respective level of risk. Analogous Estimating . Bottom-Up Estimating . Activity Attributes . Activity List .