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The Functions of a Project Management Office

Project Pulse Journal

By: Hajime Estanislao, PMP, CSM Are there projects missing deadlines, going over budget, or failing to meet expectations within your organization? It is a focal point for project oversight, resource management, and decision support, providing the organizational structure used to manage people, processes, and tools in project execution.

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How to Conduct Project Planning: An Overview Guide

Project Pulse Journal

According to best practices from renowned standards such as PMBOK, Kerzner, and Meredith and Mantel, project planning encompasses a broad range of activities, from defining clear project objectives and deliverables to preparing schedules, budgets, and risk management strategies.

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How To Make 2019 A Successful Year for Your Projects

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Agile project management is on the rise. XP, scrum, lean, etc.) and how to apply it can be extremely beneficial: that’s what I would advise for people wanting to have a year of managing successful projects. Helena Liu, PMP, is a project manager and the founder of ExamsPM , an organisation that helps PMP-aspirants get certified.

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Webinar Recap: Project Performance Measurement – Part 1: Overview Of Project Performance Measurements

MPUG

Thirty-two percent failed the project’s budget and was lost because of that, and then, overall, 16% of all projects started in the survey failed or deemed failures. It starts all the way from when you’re putting a project charter together through communication management, through stakeholder management.

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7 Steps to Deal With Scope Creep (What is Scope Creep and How Can You Avoid It?)

Planio

But if these moments aren’t handled properly, scope creep can come in and balloon budgets, kill collaboration, and send even the best-laid plans crashing into the rocks. If certain elements start to slip—like going over time and over budget, or underestimating the complexity of certain tasks—then the whole scope can be thrown off.

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The Complete Glossary of 614 Project Management Terms

Workamajig

Budget : The sum total of all the money allocated for a project. Budget at Completion (BAC): BAC is the sum total of all budgets established for the work to be performed. Budget Cost: The cost of the project estimated at the start of the project. Note that the budget cost is not the same as the budget.

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Project Management Glossary: 200+ Terms PMs Frequently Use

Epicflow Blog

is a project management methodology focused on team communication and feedback rather than strict following rules and scripts. . is an approach to evaluating a gross value applying such criteria as budget, complexity, duration, and size based on a previous similar project estimation experience. . Budget at Completion (BAC) .