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How to Manage Fixed Date Projects

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Weddings — in fact, event planners are excellent at managing fixed date projects because every event has a fixed date on which it will take place and the project to deliver the event has to be done on time. LeRoy Ward, PMP , PgMP, and PMI Eric Jenett Project Management Excellence Award winner, when I asked him for his view.

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Agile: Past, Present, & Future. A Conversation with Agile Trainer, Rubin Jen.

International Institute for Learning

Rubin Jen has been in the project management field for over 23 years, spanning aerospace, engineering, telecom, software development, outsourcing, consulting, not-for-profit and government sectors. Rubin is the principal of Beyond Execution, a project management/Agile training and consulting firm.

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PMOs as profit centres

Project Accelerator News

Subsequently, selected staff are normally transferred to departments with budgets, while others are made redundant. Meanwhile, the Project Management Office (PMO) is expected to manage increased workload with a reduced head count. Besides, business managers know they will not get a better deal.

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PM, CEM, and Covid-19: Reflections

MPUG

Personally, I never paid enough heed to Disaster Planning and Risk Management until after leaving the USA and becoming a PM nomad , but once I was out in the world, it became clear that I had to do much better. It’s amazing, pure brute-force project management! Shout out to Nigeria.gov.ng I have to ask “Why not?”.

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Strategy Implementation Needs Great Portfolio Management

Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

In recent years, portfolio management has evolved from an administrative process, in which projects are selected and prioritised, to one of the key ways in which organisations can focus on strategy implementation. Effective Portfolio Management. This fatal decision was due to poor portfolio management.

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Salesforce and Leankor Ensure Business Continuity

Leankor

How Salesforce and the Right Work and Project Management Solution Can Ensure Business Continuity and Accelerate Delivery Success in a Remote World. Managing projects has been around long before it had a name. Another crucial development has been the instruments to help successfully manage all kinds of projects.

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What is Knowledge Process Outsourcing? (KPO)

Wrike

If you’re a vendor manager looking for support in data analytics, market research, global reporting, or performance management, this is the resource for you. In this guide, we’ve outlined exactly what KPO is, how it differs from BPO, and who is responsible for managing it all. When do you need KPO?

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