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Steering Committee: Definition, Roles & Meeting Tips

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A steering committee is an advisory board that has governance over a company, campaign or anything in between. The key concern of a steering committee focuses on the direction, scope, budget, timeline and methods used by an organization. What does it have authority to do and how does it exercise its governance over a project?

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What Is a PMO Director? Role, Responsibilities & Salary

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They’re responsible for making sure that the related projects are completed on time and within budget. They lead the strategic planning and project governance for the organization and define the project management methodologies that are used to manage those projects. The responsibilities of a PMO director are varied.

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Strategic Project Management: Planning Strategic Projects

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In that regard, the project management office prioritizes projects, establish project governance guidelines and group projects into programs to achieve benefits for the company and align projects with the company’s culture and strategy effectively. Project Manager A project manager is usually only responsible for one project.

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100+ Project Management Terms: PM Terminology Explained

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Change control The term for a process to systemically monitor and approve or reject any change requests made to a product or project. Cost overrun This is the actual cost that exceeds the estimated cost in the budget, also known as a cost increase or budget overrun.

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Project Portfolio Manager Job Description

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A portfolio is a bunch of projects and the project portfolio manager has to allocate resources across all the projects in the portfolio efficiently and deliver on the strategic agenda of the organization that has governance over the portfolio. This requires project management software. It’s plug-and-play!

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7 Ways to Sell Agile to Project Stakeholders

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Here are some tips for selling Agile project management methodology to stakeholders: 1. Here are a few tips for project managers who face executives clinging to legacy project management practices: Don’t force Agile project management into the organization because chances are you’ll lose. COO attention = budget.

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Construction Quality Control: Essential Tips for Managing Quality

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Construction quality is controlled by good monitoring and tracking of your project. ProjectManager lets you control quality with better monitoring using a live dashboard.— Surveillance: Have monitoring be part of your construction quality control plan. You need to let your client know how you’ll monitor quality.