Epicflow Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

And in this publication, we discuss the role of industry, product, and technical knowledge in the work of a project manager. . As stated in PMI’s Pulse of the Profession® (2014) , inadequate project requirements are the cause of project failure in 37% of organizations. Do Project Managers Have to Possess Technical Knowledge?

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 19, 2022

Let’s review strategies and tools you can use, and learn how they can help you close that gap to promote successful project execution. We’ll hear from experts and review key takeaways that project leaders can immediately put into practice in their programs and projects. And you’re not alone in this challenge. Make Changes.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 6, 2022

The projects that you read about in the media are often high profile, with budgets in the multimillions or even billions. Look for jobs advertised as project coordinators, project office assistants or junior or trainee project management roles within technical functions. This is the route I took.

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Online PM Courses

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

The PMI Talent Triangle is a simple tool that reminds us all about the value of a broad range of professional skills. It is all too easy to settle for excellent technical skills and think ‘that’s it. Just a Moment… Who or What is the PMI? Why Did the PMI Introduce the Talent Triangle? ’ Not at all.

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Wrike

JULY 29, 2021

With about 28% of projects failing due to imprecise cost estimates, it’s clear that your project plan deserves time and attention. Lack of proper cost management , inefficient project design, and underutilization of resources can lead to projects going over budget or even being cancelled. Project planning is all about accuracy.

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Project Pulse Journal

MARCH 7, 2024

The Project Environment The project environment, characterized by internal and external factors, significantly influences the delivery of value within projects. This includes organizational culture, industry dynamics, regulatory requirements, technological advancements, and market trends.

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The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

hours, personnel needed, and/or tasks) to ensure that a project can be completed on time and within budget. Change Control A formal process of documenting, reviewing, approving, and managing a change to a project’s scope, schedule, budget, or quality parameters. Capacity Planning To identify the number of resources (e.g.,

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iZenBridge

MAY 20, 2021

Few days back I received a call from a PMP® aspirant, Bob who is having 4 years of experience as Technical Lead. He told me that he handles technical end to end project management. Actually, instead of designation, PMI considers your role in leading and directing the project. I clarified to Bob – YES!

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Project Pulse Journal

MAY 20, 2024

Boosts Project Success Rates: Projects with effective communication strategies are more likely to be completed on time and within budget, meeting all objectives and ensuring successful project execution. Regularly review and update your communication plan to reflect these changes.

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LiquidPlanner

AUGUST 15, 2017

Here’s a lesson I’m thankful I learned early in my career: successful engineering projects rely more on non-technical skills than technical skills. It’s not that the technical skills aren’t important – they are. cited that $122 million was wasted for every $1 billion invested due to poor project performance.

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Epicflow Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

The success of any project is dependent on a number of factors such as clear goals, realistic project schedule, budget, resource, risk, and uncertainty management. Therefore, stakeholders in project management are the people who directly or indirectly influence and are affected by the initiation, execution, and implementation of the project.

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Epicflow Blog

APRIL 29, 2022

It allows project managers to identify possible risks, track them, and take timely measures to mitigate their negative influence. A risk log should be shared with all project stakeholders and team members and reviewed at every team meeting not to miss any important updates. . organizational risk (resources, budget, logistics, etc.); .

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 2, 2024

The project environment is a complex relationship of internal and external facets consisting of organizational structure, culture, industry dynamics, regulatory frameworks, technological advancements, and market trends. Technological Advancements The rapid pace of technological innovation can offer both opportunities and challenges.

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The IIL Blog

AUGUST 2, 2023

The application was delivered on time, on-budget, and with the documented scope. Few organizations invest in the change management capabilities required to support new technologies and business processes. Watchers take a “wait and see” approach and are heavily influenced by early indicators of success or failure.

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 3, 2024

Stakeholders, encompassing individuals, groups, or organizations, may influence the project's outcomes, decisions, and activities, or vice versa. By effectively integrating the Stakeholder Performance Domain, project managers and teams can navigate the complex web of stakeholder interests and influences, aligning them with project goals.

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The IIL Blog

JUNE 26, 2018

Placing evaluation at the center helps the project team maintain focus on the potential impacts to the competing demands (AKA competing constraints): Cost = budget, including contingency reserves and management reserves. tax rate) in one city will likely influence changes in nearby cities. Scope = what is to be included and excluded.

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Epicflow Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

When there are multiple projects in the environment, tracking resource performance becomes even more essential – due to resource dependency, one resource bottleneck will become an obstacle for efficient work of the whole environment. . The first one is the PMI Talent Triangle. See the coherent picture. Let’s consider two of them.

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Project Pulse Journal

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The world of project management might seem intricate, filled with technical jargon and processes that appear complex on the surface. Key components include: Directing and managing project work (on time, within scope and budget). Resource Rally : Organize and allocate your resources, including team members, equipment, and budgets.

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Online PM Courses

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

And another common source of failure is an inability to control your scope, leading to scope creep and over-runs in both schedule and budget. This is a schematic version of how the PMI represents it in the 6th Edition of its Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBoK). them keeping your plan under review and in version control.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

They form the basics of what you need to know about managing projects, for organizations that follow the PMI approach to getting work done. Be a diligent, respectful and caring steward. We are using more and more tech tools to get work done. And the principles are what we are talking about today. Stewardship. Stakeholders.

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MPUG

APRIL 15, 2022

You may wish to use this transcript for the purposes of self-paced learning, searching for specific information, and/or performing a quick review of webinar content. What could have an impact on how projects are conducted within any organization, as well as those factors that could influence the projects outcome. Is it technical?”

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Online PM Courses

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

And then there’s the PMI Talent Triangle. If you’re a PMI member, you need to hoe your craft in three dimensions: Technical: the core skills of Project Management. In it is a table that compared management and leadership, which has been re-used and re-presented many times (often without due credit).

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Online PM Courses

MAY 7, 2018

Some of my readers may hope to influence the risk culture of their whole organization. And the process for creating a robust risk management culture within your project can apply equally if you get a chance to influence your wider organization. This will hep you improve your budget and schedule estimates, and therefore reduceover-runs.

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Online PM Courses

DECEMBER 18, 2017

More demanding reads, with a higher technical content. How to Manage a Great Project: On budget. 20:20 Project Management: How to Deliver on Time, on Budget and on Spec. I learnt so much from it that I wrote a comprehensive review of the book for an earlier article. Please add your own to the comments section below. .

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Herding Cats

MAY 10, 2019

Information about key project cost, (technical) performance, and schedule attributes is often uncertain or unknown until late in the program. Taxonomy-Based Risk Identification,” Marvin Carr, Suresh Konda, Ira Monarch, Carlo Ulrich, and Clay Walker, Technical Report, CMU/SEI-93-TR-6, Software Engineering Institute, June 1993.

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Herding Cats

MAY 11, 2019

Information about key project cost, (technical) performance and schedule attributes is often uncertain or unknown until late in the program. Taxonomy-Based Risk Identification,” Marvin Carr, Suresh Konda, Ira Monarch, Carlo Ulrich, and Clay Walker, Technical Report, CMU/SEI-93-TR-6, Software Engineering Institute, June 1993.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 7, 2019

Whatever your level of commitment to this vital task, please review how you can do even better. This may be by adopting a new tool or approach, learning some new skills in listening, influence, or negotiation, or maybe simply allocating more time to it. Next year will be a year of rapid changes: in markets, in tech, and in companies.

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Leading Agile

MARCH 31, 2020

– I was working in my office down in technology Parkway. Sometimes fixing it isn’t a process problem, it’s a technology problem or sometimes it’s not a technology problem, it’s just an understanding problem. And BPR was about the technology. How do I do six reviews and retrospectives?

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Epicflow Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2020

This quality can be gained and improved, and if you want to regulate your emotions and influence other people’s states, do your best to level up your emotional intelligence. . What’s interesting is that CEOs consider leadership skills as important as the technical ones. Leadership skills. Business skills. Digital skills.

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MPUG

MAY 6, 2021

You may wish to use this transcript for the purposes of self-paced learning, searching for specific information, and/or performing a quick review of webinar content. Kyle: Today’s session is eligible for one PMI, PDU in the technical category, and the code for claiming that with PMI is on the screen now.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 25, 2022

There is no single, perfect definition of a project sponsor that all the professional bodies like APM and PMI agree on. There is normally a need to review project requirements at this point. However, we generally know what we are looking for in a sponsor. to support the team at the request of the project manager.

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International Institute for Learning

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

complexity dimensions) that impact projects, included literature review, survey, case studies analysis, and detailed interviews. Not all stakeholders have the same level of power and their influence on a project varies. The process of researching the complexity factors (a.k.a. Let’s start by the definition of stakeholder.

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MPUG

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Typically, project managers report weekly or monthly, sharing the current status, progress, risks, issues, outstanding decisions, budget situation, and anything else that speaks to project performance. Focus on the initiatives that they need to be aware of for their work, because they can positively influence the outcome or remove roadblocks.

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Herding Cats

APRIL 16, 2019

Business, Technical, Systems, Risk, and Project Management Briefings and Presentations. Technical Performance Measures (#TPM). Cost, Schedule, and Technical Performance Management (#CSTPM). Business, Technical, Systems, Risk, and Project Management. Table of Contents (Click the Name to go to Section).

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Epicflow Blog

APRIL 19, 2021

Office politics can be defined as informal or unofficial activities performed by individuals who use influence and/or persuasion to affect the outcome of an event, decision, or strategic direction [1]. Leaders may use their authority to influence the decision-making process for their own benefit. . References.

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Paymo App

JANUARY 19, 2018

Don’t worry though, you don’t need to be an expert in technical skills such as coding. ability to monitor and control budgets. ensure project tasks are executed and reviewed within the predefined scope. manage budgets and billings. ensure project tasks are executed and reviewed within the predefined scope.

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The Lazy Project Manager

JANUARY 27, 2016

And there are communities you can connect to – on LinkedIn, through the project management bodies such as PMI and APM, etc. Visibility and cost control of execution on time and on budget. And in many cases it is often a need to add in quality reviews and some control points or stages to improve this control.

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