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Scope Management Quiz: Test Your Knowledge now!

PM Basics

#1: What document sets initial boundaries for the project scope? Bottom-up estimation C. Critical chain method Next Question #5: Decomposition is a technique that helps you to break down a project into smaller, more manageable pieces of work. Project scope statement B. Requirement traceability matrix C. Project charter D.

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Student Syndrome in Project Management: Real Constraint or Just Human Factor?

Epicflow Blog

It’s commonly believed that the term has been introduced in the novel “Critical Chain” by Eliyahu M. But the students estimated the task and asked the professor to give them extra time to accomplish it. And if we have a number of interrelated tasks in a row, it affects the whole chain. What Is Student Syndrome?

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Know all about your project in one place with Gantt chart

Proofhub

Determine The Critical Chain Critical chain management is a part of project planning which ensures that the projects are delivered on time even if there is a possibility of delays of some tasks. A critical chain is basically the longest chain of dependent tasks.

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Case Study: Rex Materials Group Uses LiquidPlanner to Optimize Entire Value Chain

LiquidPlanner

Kohl applied Theory of Constraints and Critical Chain management techniques to the problem—the most effective way to re-architect how the company approached the multitude of steps leading up to the manufacturing phase of each project. A New Approach, Process and Work Management Tool.

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How to Beat Parkinson’s Law and Deliver Projects in Half the Time

Epicflow Blog

Usually, time estimates are exaggerated in order to cover Murphy’s Law (If something can go wrong it will go wrong). Hardly anyone will save your money on their own initiative. Task Duration Estimates VS Work Estimates. Believing in estimated task durations is the main source of Parkinson’s Law”.

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A Guide to Project Integration Management

Epicflow Blog

Project integration management consists of a series of activities that correspond to the main phases of a project lifecycle (initiation, planning, execution, monitoring/control, and closure). Agreements determine initial intentions for a project: e.g., contracts, letters of intent, service level agreements, or any other written agreements. .

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A Simple Recipe For Creating A Killer Project Management Checklist

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But I was a rookie when I started, and the lists I was initially making did not help anybody. After the expectations and the aims are clear, we can move on to estimating what we already have and, consequently, what we would be needing. And I soon realized it was because I was: Working solo. Not taking the aspect of time into account.