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Critical Chain in Managing Multiple Projects

LiquidPlanner

Project management methods have evolved for centuries, from records at the Pyramid at Giza to rebuilding London churches after the Great Fire of London in 1666, to the Great Western Railway. The best-known modern methods of managing projects efficiently are: The Gantt chart developed by Henry Gantt in the 1910s . Sound daunting?

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What is Visual Project Management?

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Today I’m interviewing Mark Woeppel, author of Visual Project Management. But what is visual project management? Mark, what is visual project management? Why do you think projects are still late and over budget when professional project management techniques have been around for years? Let’s talk about the unexpected.

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Theory of Constraints: A Guide for Project Managers

ProjectManager.com

Project management is everywhere—the term is experiencing a moment. People have come to realize that much of the work they do is a project with a beginning, middle and end, and that the discipline of project management offers proven methodologies and tools to get their jobs done more productively and efficiently. Fundamentals.

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How to Create a Project Schedule (step-by-step guide)

PM Basics

Prepare a schedule management plan. Add known vacations and days off for all team members. Set durations for each task (copy the estimates provided by the team). Identify a critical path. Subject your project schedule to risk management activities. Add new risk response plans to the overall plan.

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Multi-Project Management: All You Should Know About

Epicflow Blog

As you multiply the success of your business and it gets bigger, you face the challenge of managing more than 1 project at a time. The ability to control all the projects in the company is called multi-project management. . Multi-Project Management Core. The essence of multi-project management is a multi-tasking environment.

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Multi-Project Management: All You Should Know About

Epicflow Blog

As you multiply the success of your business and it gets bigger, you face the challenge of managing more than 1 project at a time. The ability to control all the projects in the company is called multi-project management. . Multi-Project Management Core. The essence of multi-project management is a multi-tasking environment.

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Why Use What-If Scenario Planning in Project Management

LiquidPlanner

New thinking prompted action, a plan was approved,, budgets authorized, and training developed. The method was flawed, the financial group was only worried about cutting costs, management did not make a full commitment, there was not enough training. Predictably Poor? Uniform Underperforming? How could this happen?