Ron Rosenhead

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

This is a guest post from Helena Liu, PMP. Delivering bad news to your project sponsor is not an easy task that any project manager. You never know what you can expect. However, projects almost never go according to plan, resulting in extensions and budget increases. Learning how to communicate deal with and communicate bad news to a project sponsor effectively is vital and it can increase your trust and credibility.

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Wrike

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

What exactly is Critical Path in Project Management ? Critical Path Method (CPM) is a mathematically-based algorithm for scheduling a set of project activities. The essential technique for using CPM is to construct a model of the project that includes the following: A list of all activities required to complete the project, The dependencies between the activities, and The estimate of time (duration) that each activity will take to completion.

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Techno-PM

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

How we used Smartsheet to manage tasks with offshore team and collaborate with a backlog As we are content-based company we need to collaborate on the tasks we need to work on. We had been using excel sheets but I decided to try Smartsheet for tasks management and it has worked very well for me and my team. Smartsheet Task Backlog We regularly write articles and we need to track their progress.

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Herding Cats

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

The Incremental Commit Spiral Model provides an iterative and incremental framework for complex software intensive system of systems. This model has it's roots in the Iterative and Incremental Development (IID) methods in use since the mid-1970's. It's a popular misconception of the agile community that Waterfall is used in any domain outside their own personal experience, and Big Design Up Front (BDUF) and Big Bang Development (BBD) are the only alternatives to Agile. .

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

This article, 10 Things New Project Managers Should Know , first appeared on Girl's Guide to PM. It would be nice to think that every company has a formal mentoring scheme, and that you can tap into the experience of other project managers through this. However, that isn’t always the case. As a result, people managing projects for the first time often find themselves making mistakes.

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Leankor

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

One of the constant challenges in the business world is productivity. Productivity is moving through projects at a quicker pace so that you can move onto the next one. Improved productivity also improves your relationships with your customers for continued business and a positive reputation that with increasing the amount of business that you receive.

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Boost by Brightpod

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

This week we feature, René Thomas, President of Massive Media. Massive is an independent creative advertising agency helping brands craft impactful experien.

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Brightwork

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

In every team or office work, a complex project is almost always part of the daily routine – especially in marketing, architectural, construction, design and IT firms. One aspect of a complex project is the number of people involved in it. Sometimes, it is hard to even identify who’s who when it comes to the assignment of specific tasks – adding more complications to the project as it already is.

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