Every businessperson would like their business to be prosperous. The best method to make their business thriving is to efficiently manage resources such as goods and equipment, financial resources, and labor resources such as employees. However, this may pose problems. Making sure one has enough physical resources for one’s business, people are assigned to tasks […]. MORE
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Your project may morph into a two-headed monster without an integrated change control process, resulting in adverse impacts to schedule, cost, and scope. If your organization has a Project Management Office (PMO), consult this group for standards and change control processes. MORE
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About This Podcast: Are you feeling that you are out of control of you life? Not sure how to get yourself back in control? Babette Bensoussan, an executive coach, shares here expertise on how to recognise that your life is out of control and how to get it back on track, using a practical 10 step process. […]. The post Podcast 71 – 10 Steps to Seize Control of Your Life appeared first on Fix My Project Chaos. MORE
Who Controls the Management Reserve? The project manager does not have control of the management reserve. It’s controlled by management, most typically the project sponsor or senior management. 2=Planning 4=Control budget MORE
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At "herding cats" there a good list of control elements in a posting I read, interesting enough that I offer the short version here: Short term feedback - what's happening right in front of me? What do I need to do NOW to maintain stability, to survive for the next 10 feet on the trail Long term feedback - I see things coming.[project project managers are paid the big bucks to see around corners! Project Management MORE
2=Planning 4=Control Project Procurement ManagementSome vendors exploit the weaknesses of your employees This is a guest post by my twin brother Charles. He is a CPA and a Certified Fraud Examiner. He is a partner in the firm McNair, McLemore, and Middlebrooks & Co. MORE
2=Planning 4=ControlLast week, we looked at why we evaluate risks — it saves time and money by allowing us to focus on the risks that matter most. Before we look at HOW to improve your qualitative risk analysis, allow me to share one more quick example of WHY it’s important. MORE
Your credit card debt is getting out of control. 2=Planning 4=ControlYou and I encounter risks every day. Sometimes we actively respond; other times we passively accept the risk. Our decisions have consequences, moving us closer to success or creating greater uncertainty. MORE
You’re not sure what the problem is, but you know things are out of control. For more tips on controlling risks, check out my article: 12 Questions For Gaining Control of Your Risks. 4=Control risk control MORE
2=Planning 4=Control Project Risk ManagementDo you live in fear of not getting results in your projects? Risk management is such an effective vehicle for climbing the tallest mountain or swimming the deepest sea. MORE
When riding a single track like this one behind our neighborhood, I came to an understand of the tradeoffs between stability and control. In both cases, nationally ranked and rank amaetur, control of bike is the key. What are those upper and lower control bounds? MORE
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Experienced project managers know this truism – either you control your risks, or they will control you. 2=Planning 4=Control risk response plans MORE
For any closed loop control system ‒ let’s assume we want to manage our project with such a system ‒ has a signal representing the current state of the system. To control this process using feedback and corrective actions ‒ in the same way, your closed loop controller for your air conditioner or heater does - a sampling rate is determined based on the rate of change of the underlying processes. Stochastic process control is the field of study. Closed Loop Control. MORE
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Ground Control Conference will take place on April 21, 2017 in my favorite city in the world, London. I'm absolutely thrilled to announce that I've been working with the fine team at White October Events to produce a brand new conference for people who lead digital projects. And, we'll host a set of pre-conference workshops […]. conferences event MORE
Are you a project manager who focuses on gaining control of your project risks? Consequently, they know how to gain and maintain control of their project. In my last article, we looked at What Everybody Should Know About Controlling Risks. ” When Do We Control Risks? MORE
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Perform change control. If you want to deliver your projects at or below budget, be sure to implement and use a change control process. 2=Planning 4=Control cost management MORE
change control template. For example, one person who suggested the change control template was struggling to deal with the many changes in his project. I was asked this question late last year on one of our project management training courses. MORE
It is through these relationships that we can better define and control scope, understand requirements, mitigate risks, and improve project processes. 2=Planning 4=Control Project Stakeholder Management MORE
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Control charts. Failure to Engage Stakeholders in Quality Control. The quality control process includes inspections and reviews to ensure the quality standards have been met. 2=Planning 3=Execution 4=Control Project Quality Management MORE
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Based on the book The Social Project Manager: Balancing Collaboration with Centralised Control in a Project Driven World – t his is the first in a series of 12 videos exploring the world of the Social Project Manager – https://youtu.be/A-kt2umTO2U?list=PLVmvTj_zUGUpvHh2X-Ex4kVkHP6n5PYYI. MORE
Now, we would like to sum this up into the Five Most Important Rules that you should follow in order to maintain better control over your time. In the past few months, we were posting some articles dedicated to those, who wanted to improve their time management skills. MORE
And use your change control process for when changes are necessary. 2=Planning 4=Control requirements management scope managementWhy is scope management so difficult? What enemies cause us scope issues? MORE
The fact that it needs speeding up often means it’s already out of control already, so resist. The post When you try and speed up a project that is already out of control appeared first on The Digital Project Manager. Trying to expedite a project is not easy. General The PM life MORE
When planning for projects, project managers develop a risk management plan , an approach to how they will identify, evaluate, respond to, and control risks. 2=Planning 4=Control Project Risk ManagementSome portfolio, program, and project managers make a big fuss over risk management. MORE
Risk is like fire: If controlled it will help you; if uncontrolled it will rise up and destroy you.” For more help tips, check out my post 12 Questions For Gaining Control of Your Risks. 4=Control control risks MORE
Let’s look at six tools and techniques recommended in the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) for controlling risks. Risk Control Tools and Techniques. The team also examines the processes to identify, evaluate, respond to, and control risks. MORE
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