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Don’t Turn your Critical Path into a Slippery Path

MPUG

In my last article, I covered four misconceptions about critical path. Now, I’ll be going through some of the mechanics of finding the critical path in a project, so that you have a better understanding how it evolves. Keep in mind that Microsoft Project’s software performs similar calculations. Manipulation of the network sequence diagram involves simple calculations used to produce the critical path and non-critical paths embedded in the project network plan.

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10 Examples of Career Goals [For Job Interviews and Performance Reviews]

Teamweek

“Where do you see yourself in 5 years?”. Anyone who has ever been in a job interview or a performance review with their manager has likely heard at least one variation of this question. And yet, many applicants and employees continue to provide dry, unsure answers due to their limited thought regarding their career goals. Instead of providing stereotypical answers such as making more money, being better at your current job, or maybe getting a promotion, why not decide what you want to do next an

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Are You Ready for a Project Management Course (Why you are)?

Online PM Courses

How do you know that you are ready for your first project management course? Don't worry: you are. You know more about project management than you think. The post Are You Ready for a Project Management Course (Why you are)? appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.

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Our stories aren’t getting done!

Kiron Bondale

It is common to see teams new to those agile frameworks which use time boxes struggling to define product backlog items small enough to get completed within a sprint and still represent value. If they have been used to traditional, predictive delivery approaches, they would have been encouraged to decompose scope down to a manageable level of control, but these work packages would still usually be larger than what is expected of a sprint backlog item.

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Understand Digital Debt, Form a Team, Set Goals, and Plan Roadmap for Transformation

Understanding digital debt is crucial before digital transformation. Assemble a team to assess internal operations, market pressures, and digital debt's impact. Define future digital vision with measurable goals. Refine hypotheses and conduct market analysis. Develop a roadmap for transformation with defined projects, cost estimates, and governance.

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PERT Guide For Project Managers and Productivity Gurus

nTask

Since we preach so much about project management and productivity, there aren’t a lot of case studies going on. The weird thing is that this phenonmemon is common all over at different productivity blogs. However, we decided to dedictate this weak to Project Evaluation and Review Technique. The following write-up is not a detailed analysis, but it is more than enough to give you a gist of what PERT is.

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