Epicflow Blog

JANUARY 14, 2021

It’s applicable to any sphere of human life, and the field of project management is no exception. But is there any chance to save your projects from failure, bearing Murphy’s law in mind? First off, let’s figure out what can go wrong when the project has been initiated. . What Can Go Wrong in a Project.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 21, 2024

This is true in other industries where maintenance planning is essential to successful projects and productivity. The ability to keep teams working at capacity, but not overworked and threaten burnout and poor morale requires project management software. What do we mean when we say maintenance planning? They’re not efficient.

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Project Risk Coach

JUNE 4, 2023

In the world of project management, troubled projects can be a source of frustration, stress, and disappointment for both teams and stakeholders. These projects often fail to meet their objectives, experience delays, exceed budgets, or even result in complete failure.

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Wrike

JUNE 8, 2020

Why do projects fail? Project failure is something that every project manager and every company, no matter how large or small, wants to avoid. There are tons of bad project management examples floating around the internet, and many of us may be familiar with the statistic that 50-70% of projects fail. .

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 4, 2023

For a project to function properly and be delivered on time and within its budget, all the roles and responsibilities of everyone involved must be clearly defined and communicated. Everyone has their part to play in the process, which is orchestrated by the project manager acting on behalf of the project owner.

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Epicflow Blog

MAY 14, 2019

We all dream of reaching maximum success with our teams and projects, even though project failure is common. We’ve surveyed members of LinkedIn PM communities to find out what leads to project failure. We’ve also received lots of great ideas on how to overcome the causes of project failure.

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Online PM Courses

NOVEMBER 18, 2018

When we did our roundup of the 50 best Project Management Blogs in 2017 it quickly became one of our most popular posts. You folks do like reading about project management! So, here then is our list of the 52 best Project Management Blogs for 2019. How do People Consume Project Management Blogs?

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 25, 2023

Time, cost and scope have to be controlled to successfully complete a project. How COQ does this, especially in project management, is what we’ll define. Whether you’re manufacturing products or delivering a service, project management software can help you with the cost of quality. What Is Cost of Quality (COQ)?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 5, 2022

It’s easy to find examples of high-profile projects that fail. The ones that hit the papers are often public sector projects because their audits and budgets are more open to scrutiny. The Scottish Parliament went through five iterations of its project plan and suffered a delay of 20 months. Failure or success?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 24, 2022

In case you’ve only just stumbled across this blog, in 2021 I celebrated 15 years of blogging about project management. I reported on the state of the Gypsy Moth IV project : the restoration of a historic yacht. At the time, the project was desperately short of cash. Here are the top 15 articles year by year.

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Function Point

JULY 4, 2023

In our last blog post we spoke about why your creative agency should have a blog. Now that you are hopefully convinced that it is worthwhile to start producing content online to highlight your expertise, we will present some key success factors that will help you develop a successful blogging strategy.

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Bridge the Gap Consulting

JANUARY 19, 2020

This is blog post #101. I didn’t have much of a goal when I started blogging. I started because someone asked how if PM’s are so damn good, how come projects keep failing? I’ve had failures. My peers have had failures. What could a person do to reduce the failure rate? Good question!

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

A lot of thought went into these questions, including multiple reviews from other software developers, team leaders and project managers. He has also written numerous thought leadership papers and blog posts. Read next: Understanding Agile This article first appeared at Rebel's Guide to Project Management.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 29, 2023

Once the weather starts to change and temperatures start to heat up, project managers from all industries start to have something in common: it’s hard to stay motivated on your project when you’d rather be outside! But I still find it difficult to stay focused on project board minutes or tracking risks when it’s nice out.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Over the course of this blog, we’ll discuss how ITSM is implemented, managed and delivered to meet the needs of an organization and how project management software can help facilitate those processes. Naturally, these processes can be executed with greater efficiency when project management software is used.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 7, 2021

TL; DR: Essential Agile Failure Patterns — When Noise Interferes with Signal. There are plenty of failure possibilities with Scrum. When Scrum becomes an element of an agile transformation, the following three common essential agile failure patterns prove to be an exceptionally tough nut to crack for any Scrum Master.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Nearly 1 in 5 project managers have considered leaving their job: 37% of professionals have thought about quitting project management in the past year. So why are people leaving project management? Let’s start with this story from one project manager. Anonymous project manager. Why do project managers quit?

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 10, 2023

Project meetings often feel as if they’re in the way of your work. But meetings are critical for project planning and team collaboration. That’s why there are so many project meetings and each has its own focus and importance. What Are Project Meetings? Types of Project Meetings. 10 Key Project Meetings.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 14, 2023

in particular by individuals transitioning from traditional project management roles or those who are contemplating a shift in their career. But building on our previous blogs, What is a Scrum Master and Giving Back: considerations for a new Scrum Master , let's delve into some questions that may aid your decision-making process.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

I wanted to share some tips from the fabulous women in project management whom I have interviewed on this blog. Can you make these work in your projects and career? Emma Seaton-Smith says: When I started in project management I wish I had known more about what I shouldn’t be doing. 2: Delegate.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 30, 2021

Throughout the life of a project, you must report on a wide variety of information. From there, reports can be used to make project decisions and adjustments. Using project report templates, like a weekly status report template, ensure these reports are created quickly and effectively. Why Create Project Reports?

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Project management software can help you keep track of SLAs. ProjectManager is award-winning project management software that has customizable kanban boards to collect and track your service level agreements and ensure that they’re being followed. Project management software can help you monitor the SLA.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 30, 2022

Instead of setting myself up for failure by making promises to do new things, I wanted to turn it on its head. I wouldn’t say I do this a lot, but I do know of project managers who do. Stakeholders can make or break your project so it’s important to work through that plan and put your ideas into action. Will you join me?

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Inloox

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Tesla as a pioneer in the modularization of megaprojects In Germany, it is almost a tradition that large public projects fail. A project of similar scope was the first Tesla Gigafactory in Nevada. Monolithic project approach as reason for failure Projects in the past have typically formed a self-contained, monolithic entity.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

I assume yes – if you are reading this blog about doing work, you probably are committed to doing your job to the best possible level and that’s because you enjoy it. Projects are about people and the fact that you are enjoying your job does not mean that everyone in your project team feels the same. Do you love your job?

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 23, 2019

Now, get out there and change the world— one project at a time! Success is not final; failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill. But Churchill, like any entrepreneur worth their salt, understood that failure was part of the process. The president knows a lot about failure and success.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Failure is an unavoidable part of any project process: it’s the degree of failure that makes the difference. But a systemic collapse will derail the whole project. What good can come from failure? Project managers can learn as much, if not more, from failed projects as they can from successful ones.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 29, 2022

Projects like anything that involves a lot of people working together need governance. The government runs a nation and project governance in the same fashion runs the project. Consider this your civics lessons in project management. What Is Project Governance? The Three Pillars of Project Governance.

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The Lazy Project Manager

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

The following article is the part two in a series of four on ‘Project Business’ and is authored by Daniel Bévort – part one certainly seemed to draw some interest and some comment so please, like, share and comment on this one as well. Project Business is a significant portion of all companies.

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Project Risk Coach

JANUARY 18, 2021

One of my popular blog posts is 40 Reasons PMOs Fail. No project sponsor or project charter for the implementation of the PMO. Offer to work with the sponsor to develop a project charter. What are the beliefs, attitudes, behaviors, and actions of individuals involved in projects? 10 PMO Problems and Solutions 1.

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Wrike

JUNE 3, 2015

As a vendor of project management and collaboration software, we talk to a lot of project managers. And we’ve heard all too often that despite every obvious intention for a project to be successful, the reality is that sometimes things fall apart. Here’s what they attributed to the top reasons projects fail: 1.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 20, 2023

Leadership can take many forms, from historical figures to project managers and business managers. ProjectManager is project management software that allows leaders to create plans, manage resources and keep track of time, tasks and budgets in real time. But what are the qualities of a leader? Get started for free.

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LiquidPlanner

MARCH 31, 2022

I am telling this story because a lot of the chaos of daily project management can sometimes feel like April Fools pranks. Something that seemed like a small detail was a massive liability to the success of this project! This unexpected path hurt the profitability and the project timeline. Yes, definitely.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 25, 2024

Projects cost money. Those funds have a life cycle of their own and project managers must understand how those costs come in and out of the project and organization. That process is called project cash flow. We’ll look at project cash flow, what it is and how to calculate and manage it. What Is Project Cash Flow?

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 9, 2021

An alternative analysis is how project managers choose how they’re going to approach a project. There are always options, and knowing which is the best one for your project takes time, research and an understanding of possible scenarios. Using AOA will help reduce the risk of project failure. Learn More!

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Inloox

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

New blog series on risk management in projects In the coming weeks, we will focus on a very relevant topic in project management: Risk management. This area of project management is very important, as projects are confronted with permanent changes and thus constantly with new risks.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

It’s a meeting after the project has concluded, during which successes and failures are discussed with the project team. Yes, it’s very helpful in setting up your next project to stay on track. But what about if you had one prior to initiating a new project? Project managers know the risks inherent in any project.

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