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How to Fix 5 Project Management Skills Gaps

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Skill #3: Managing scope Understanding the change management process and being able to navigate your way through the changes as they hit the project – that’s a great skill to have. For some project managers, this comes naturally; for others, it’s too tempting to say ‘yes’ to everything!

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125 Project Management Buzzwords

The IIL Blog

Bottom-up Estimating A project estimation technique that leverages tactical-level team members/subject matter experts (SMEs) to break down tasks into smaller components to create a more accurate estimate. Lean A project management philosophy that aims to maximize value while minimizing waste.

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Project Manager Job Description (with free copy+paste examples!)

ProjectManager.com

While communication is key to address changes and make sure everyone is doing what they need to do, the project manager must also define, schedule and accurately estimate the task duration to develop and maintain a realistic project schedule. Resource Management. Theoretical and practical project management knowledge.

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100+ Project Management Terms: PM Terminology Explained

ProjectManager.com

B – Project Management Terms Backlog Backlog is a term from the Agile methodology Scrum, but is also used across industries to track every single thing that is needed to complete a product in development. Baseline A baseline is an estimate of the project’s scope, schedule and costs that is created during the planning stage.

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Top Project Management Conferences of 2022

ProjectManager.com

What to Expect: This three-day event focuses on the importance of planning, scheduling and how to manage scope. There will be breakout sessions on using project management tools and techniques to help with more accurate estimates, how to keep projects on track and on evaluation of project performance. Future PMO.

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2021 Online & On-Site Events for Project Managers

Epicflow Blog

The conference committee encourages everyone to prepare papers on one of the relevant topics, among which there are: Managing people, Managing projects, Software management activities, Project execution and monitoring, Empirical estimation technique, Critical path analysis. Pricing: starting from 100 EUR.

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The Complete Glossary of 614 Project Management Terms

Workamajig

Actual dates are different from planned or estimated dates. Actual Effort: The actual effort spent to complete the activity, as opposed to the planned or estimated effort. Actual Expenditure: The actual expenditure spent to complete the activity, as opposed to the planned or estimated expenditure.