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Overview of the PMBOK® Guide Seventh Edition – Lesson 1 Transcription

MPUG

Now, I realize and recognize a lot of us, perhaps, all of us are PMP certified or aspiring to be or at least have worked in some capacity as a project manager or program manager and having knowledge of, or systems that perhaps are in place that are rooted in PMI’s theory as they had put forth throughout the legacy of the PMBOK Guide.

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Why You Should Use Ranged Estimation for Your Projects

LiquidPlanner

I my first 15 years, I used single-point estimation to build project schedules. The next ten years I used ranged estimations with traditional Gantt chart project scheduling software tools – this was better but cumbersome. Ranged estimation has been around since the introduction of PERT and the three-point estimation method.

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Waterfall Should Have Never Existed: Part 1

MPUG

ran away with the main prize of getting the ear of C-level executives: PMI had tried for many years to get their ear after all. The good thing is that ‘ Agile Project Management ’ has brought the topic of ‘ project management ’ into executive discussions and into the boardroom of organizations, and so PMI followed along.

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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.

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Simplifying Schedule Risk Analysis Using Microsoft Project Custom Fields – Transcription

MPUG

Unfortunately, many projects to the detriment of the people executing them, are delivered late and it’s not usually anything to do with estimating or project execution. It’s got nothing to do with poor estimating, poor execution or even risks that occurred or did not occur. They call it the schedule margin.

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Overview of the PMBOK® Guide Seventh Edition – Lesson 3 Transcription

MPUG

Today’s PMI activity code, I’ll have up on the screen here in a minute. I mentioned the five star because I saw this event is up on PMI. Jeff: PMI took a stand back and said, you know what? We invite you to join in today with questions and comments by using the chat feature in the GoToWebinar control panel.

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