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Why do projects fail? (Includes examples!)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

The ones that hit the papers are often public sector projects because their audits and budgets are more open to scrutiny. This was largely due to the unforeseen increase in the cost of steel. It also cost ten times more than the original budget, finally coming in at £430 million. Instead, tax payers have footed the bill.

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Measuring the Project Management Maturity of Your Organization

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When you’re a PMP, program manager or portfolio manager, you need to deliver all those multiple projects on time and within budget. On the other hand, if an organization has underdeveloped management, the more likely that its projects will have trouble meeting deadlines and staying on budget.

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Top 10 Project Management Methodologies – An Overview

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The term scrum was introduced in a “Harvard Business Review” article from 1986 by Hirotaka Takeuchi and Ikujiro Nonaka. It’s a less technical method of project management that doesn’t put as much emphasis on task order or scheduling, but rather on balancing resources and keeping them flexible. Kanban Methodology.

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Review Mastering Project Uncertainty

Henny Portman

Possible techniques to use are project definition matrix, stakeholder mapping, player cards, benefits realization matrix, fit criterion, and budgeting. It starts with explanations of the relationship between the standing organization and temporary organization and why the author uses systems thinking approach to model project uncertainty.

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Manufacturing Engineer Job Description

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After defining what manufacturing engineering is, we’ll look at the professionals who work in that discipline, the manufacturing engineers. This allows manufacturing engineers to optimize resources, keep to their budgets and track those manufacturing processes in real time.

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The 5 Phases of the Construction Process (Templates Included)

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We’ll define in depth each of the five construction phases: initiation, pre-construction, procurement, construction and post-construction. From the smallest to the largest and most complicated, they’re broken down into five construction phases to detail all the steps necessary to complete the project on time and within budget.

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How to write an executive summary stakeholders will love

Planio

Define the objective of your executive summary 2. Re-review and pull out the key elements 4. Current status: In the last four weeks, the project has progressed to plan, completing all the required technical analysis and formally completing the Design Phase (Gate 2). Edit for audience and tone and remove jargon and buzzwords 5.