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Technical Review: A Trusted Look Under the Hood

TechEmpower - Project Management

Most innovators don’t have a technical background, so it’s hard to evaluate the truth of the situation. And unless they have a tech background, they can’t look under the hood themselves. The answer is to engage a trusted outside source for a Technical Review – a deep-dive assessment that provides a C-suite perspective.

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Organizational Process Assets: What does that even mean?

Rebel’s Guide to PM

OPAs and the PMP exam Let’s face it: I first came across the term OPA while reviewing PMP exam training material. Organizational Process Assets do not include infrastructure or the software tools used to manage the data. Don’t get me started on Enterprise Environmental Factors either.) What is not an OPA?

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What Is an IT Budget? IT Budgeting Basics (Template Included)

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Information technology (IT) runs most businesses. This is a common budget cycle, though all budgets should be reviewed throughout the year. The importance of having an IT budget is to align technology requirements with an organization’s business strategy. It’s hard to imagine a company without an IT department.

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IT project management explained: How to run great IT projects

Planio

The best companies rely on a solid foundation of IT infrastructure to grow, adapt to market changes, and keep their users happy. On average, IT projects come with more complexity and risk, and can quickly fall to pieces without proper due diligence, management, and leadership. But this is a mistake. And that’s no simple job.

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IT Asset Management: How to Manage Your IT Assets

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Businesses are always looking for ways to work more efficiently and this is also true in regards to information technology (IT). We’ll define that term and the different types of IT assets, including what the life cycle of an IT asset looks like. There are four main types of IT assets that we’ll define below.

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Project Initiation: How to Start Your Project Off Right

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Let’s start at the beginning and define our terms. It is during this phase of the project that a team is assembled, and a business case is created to define the project in detail. It deals not in technical issues, but the business concerns of the project, and it needs to be comprehensive. What Is Project Initiation?

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Project Contingency: The Ultimate Guide

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Contingency can be defined as additional resources put aside to address potential risk and uncertainty in a project. For example, a high complexity project using a new technology may require additional time to complete and funding to address any unexpected challenges. What is project contingency? How to calculate contingency.