ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Construction project management relies on good planning, experienced contractors and powerful construction project management software. While Procore is a known name in construction project management, many construction managers are looking for a Procore alternative. Procore falls short in many ways.

2024 361

2024 Construction Software Review Estimate 361

The IIL Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

November 15, 2023 All management disciplines, project management included, contain words and expressions that have meanings susceptible to change over time. The importance of understanding value appeared several decades ago in articles discussing systems engineering activities. By Harold Kerzner, Ph.D.

2023 157

2023 Project Life Cycle Engineering Technical Review 157

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 20, 2022

I spoke to the authors of Strategies for Project Sponsorship , a book about how to sponsor projects, and reading it from a project manager’s perspective is a great way to improve how you interact and engage with your project sponsor. That does sound like a challenge for project managers, and for sponsorship in general.

Retail 392

Retail Governance Government Consulting 392

The IIL Blog

MAY 17, 2023

and Cynthia Snyder Dionisio, MBA, PMP We have all attended project management workshops, conferences, and symposiums. We have read books and journal articles on various project management topics. What we ended up learning was about the present state-of-the-art of project management and what the future might look like.

Aerospace 147

Aerospace Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Governance 147

Wrike

JUNE 11, 2023

Businesses of all sizes and industries are constantly exposed to various risks that can negatively impact their operations, reputation, and overall success, and the importance of risk management cannot be overstated.

Risk Management 36

Risk Management Risk Healthcare Governance 36

NimbleWork

MARCH 27, 2024

The Agile project management methodology encourages organizations to empower teams with clear responsibility and authority, so they can work together to autonomously develop ingenious and innovative solutions. Much of the Agile mindset requires change from traditional ways of project management.

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Agile Influencer Leadership Governance 119

Wrike

JUNE 11, 2023

The importance of risk management in IT cannot be overstated. However, with this reliance comes the inherent risks of cyber threats, data breaches, and operational disruptions. Once the risks have been identified and assessed, organizations must develop and implement strategies to manage and mitigate them.

Risk Management 36

Risk Management Risk Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review 36

Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 12, 2022

In this article, we’ll dive into the statistics and you’ll learn: The top challenges facing people managing several projects at once The key skills required for managing multiple projects The top tools for prioritizing work day-to-day. This wasn’t a survey about project portfolio management at the PMO level.

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Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Risk Management Engineering 373

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 18, 2023

Crashing is a project management technique used to reduce the total duration of a project by adding additional resources or making other changes. If you are asking them to work more, are you at risk of burnout in the team? First up: crashing. What does it mean to crash your schedule? Investing in additional resources can pay off.

Software Review 346

Software Review Construction Risk Management Risk 346

Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

In this article, we’ll dive into the statistics and you’ll learn: The top challenges facing people managing several projects at once The key skills required for managing multiple projects The top tools for prioritizing work day-to-day. This wasn’t a survey about project portfolio management at the PMO level.

Underperforming Technical Team 347

Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Risk Management Engineering 347

The Lazy Project Manager

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

How would you categorize construction, architecture and engineering companies? If you think about it, the construction, architecture and engineering part of it is just about the type of projects they do. Project Management as a Central Component of a Project Business. As such I am delighted to share these articles with you.

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Retail Manufacturing 2002 Construction 344

Wrike

OCTOBER 6, 2023

In the world of project management, uncertainty is an ever-present element that can greatly impact the success or failure of a project. It is essential for project managers to understand the nature of uncertainty and how it manifests in various forms. This uncertainty can impact project timelines and deliverables.

Risk Management 36

Risk Management Risk Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team 36

Herding Cats

APRIL 2, 2017

For non-trivial problems in any domain, Systems Engineering provides a starting framework for identifying problems, assessing possible solutions, implementing those solutions, measuring the performance of the efforts to deliver the solutions and the effectiveness of those solutions. Essential Reading List for Managing Other People's Money.

Engineering 34

Engineering Governance Government Manufacturing 34

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 12, 2021

Are you wondering whether it’s worth getting a degree in project management? What can you do with a degree in project management? The simple answer is: you can get a job as a project manager. About 16% of project management jobs require a degree (not necessarily a project management degree). Let’s dive in!

Technical Review 393

Technical Review PMO Healthcare Retail 393

Scrum.org

JULY 21, 2020

What has always struck me in this discussion is the fact that Scrum is a tool useful to accomplish one primary task: delivering value to customers of emergent products in complex environments while mitigating an organization’s exposure to risk at the same time. Guess, where toxic engineering department cultures come from?

Software Review 194

Software Review Underperforming Technical Team SCRUM Engineering 194

ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 23, 2018

If project managers don’t learn from their mistakes, then they’re not growing professionally and will revisit the same problem in future projects. Project managers can learn as much, if not more, from failed projects as they can from successful ones. Managers are only as well-informed as their team. The Lesson.

Technical Review 332

Technical Review Software Review 2016 Engineering 332

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 12, 2019

I have researched the best places to get free project management templates for download online. How to Use Free Project Management Templates. You can find free project management templates to download all over the internet. You can find free project management templates to download all over the internet.

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Prince2 Infrastructure PMO Software Review 345

ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 17, 2022

The project manager is on the ground, running the team and keeping the daily operations of a project running smoothly. But who looks after the project manager? In project management, that position is called a project director. Project management tends to be a hierarchical methodology that has numerous tiers of command.

Finance 281

Finance Monitoring Technical Review Software Review 281

Herding Cats

MAY 10, 2019

Risk Management is essential for development and production programs. Risk issues that can be identified early in the program, which will potentially impact the program later, termed Known Unknowns and can be alleviated with good risk management. Effective Risk Management 2 nd Edition , Edmund Conrow, AIAA, 2003.

Risk Management 38

Risk Management Risk Technical Review 2004 38

ProjectManager.com

MAY 30, 2023

If you’re a general contractor working in construction project management, you’ll need to know about general conditions. Project management software can help ensure that all general conditions in your commercial construction project are included in the project plan. These general conditions in construction are varied and costly.

Construction 260

Construction Infrastructure Estimate Defining 260

ProjectManager.com

JULY 5, 2022

Can project management software facilitate this work? This is a tool used more often by public entities such as local governments for major public expenditures. It can be used for related planning, engineering, design, appraisal or feasibility study costs. But what exactly is a capital improvement plan? Financial Analysis.

Planning 328

Planning Finance Underperforming Technical Team Software Review 328

Scrum.org

MARCH 7, 2023

Adoption of different methods and practices in Japan ( "DX White-Paper Executive Summary" Information-Technology Promotion Agency p11 ) Japanese culture Japanese businesses have a strong desire to avoid risk and minimize unexpected events. This is important because agile teams are self-managed.

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Underperforming Technical Team SCRUM Agile Software Engineering 131

Binfire

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Introduction to Online Health Information Safety In today’s digital era, the proliferation of online health information has rendered digital health literacy a crucial skill for individuals seeking to manage their well-being.

Healthcare 78

Healthcare Risk Management Risk Governance 78

International Institute for Learning

AUGUST 29, 2022

The Contemporary Issue: Managing Potential Failure. One of the comments I make to senior managers during executive briefing sessions is as follows: “If all of your projects are completed successfully, you are probably not taking enough risk and not working on enough projects.” By Harold Kerzner, Ph.D.

Project Life Cycle 84

Project Life Cycle Governance Government Risk Management 84

Herding Cats

MAY 11, 2019

This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to manage the risk encountered on software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods. Let's start with a critical understanding of the purpose of managing risk on software development projects. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering , Vol.

Risk Management 35

Risk Management Risk Technical Review 2004 35

The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

So, picture this: you are transitioning from your current position into a project management career. The industry didn’t matter; it was about translating my work experience into specific project management industry-recognized terms and managing projects. What are the Essential Project Management Buzzwords?

Development Team Review 148

Development Team Review Project Life Cycle Underperforming Technical Team Estimate 148

Leading Agile

MAY 18, 2020

The Investment Tier within the LeadingAgile model acts as the translation engine between strategy and execution, and this governance model allows executives to achieve “decision-making excellence.” What do we mean by this?

Agile 117

Agile Underperforming Technical Team Governance Government 117

The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2023

By Eugene Bounds and Steve Ackert Recently, the buzzword artificial intelligence (AI) has been on everyone’s minds, not just in the tech world but across many industries, including project management. Over twenty AI-enhanced tools today focus on project management capabilities and features (e.g., While some tools (e.g.,

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Artificial Inteligence Technical Review ChatGPT Generative AI 88

Epicflow Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2023

While the complexity of construction projects is increasing, digitalization provides construction companies with a number of benefits: high efficiency of processes, precise project planning and visualization, real-time cooperation, new market opportunities, reduced risks, more effective decision-making, optimized construction costs, etc. [5;

2024 81

2024 Technical Review Construction Sustainability 81

LiquidPlanner

APRIL 13, 2022

In recent years, Professor Bent Flyvbjerg, Chair of Major Programme Management at Oxford University’s Saïd Business School, has helped highlight such blind spots or biases in project delivery. In short, project failure is primarily attributed to the underestimation of risk and “ the biggest risk is you ”.² . 190, 2018. ³D.

2002 78

2002 Transportation Technical Review 2018 78

The IIL Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Senior Executive Director for Project Management, IIL. Background: For almost four decades, companies on a worldwide basis struggled with the creation of a singular methodology that could be used to manage all their projects. By Harold Kerzner, Ph.D.

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PMO Governance Government Executing 140

International Institute for Learning

JUNE 2, 2022

Rubin Jen has been in the project management field for over 23 years, spanning aerospace, engineering, telecom, software development, outsourcing, consulting, not-for-profit and government sectors. He has worked with companies such as Bombardier Aerospace, Celestica, Accenture and the Ontario Government.

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Agile Aerospace 2007 Telecoms 59

Online PM Courses

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Fails to take risks seriously. They are micro-managing you or even usurping your authority over your team. They won’t let you make the day-to-day decisions and are acting as if they are the project manager. The risks are too high, both in terms of: likelihood of failure. Poking their nose into the details.

Governance 146

Governance Government Risk Management Controlling 146

Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 8, 2018

And it has huge implications for people managing projects that store, capture or process personal data. But beyond the setting up of GDPR principles in your business, what does GDPR look like for project management? In this article I’ll look at 10 questions managers should ask themselves before starting a new project.

Risk Management 243

Risk Management Software Review Risk 2018 243

Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Information technology project risk often comes from non-technical aspects of the initiative. Assessing the impact of technology on people, management systems and other initiatives is essential to assure project success. "We Is this effort in search of a clear project leader/manager? We automate problems". Lessons Learned .

Technical Review 36

Technical Review Risk Management Risk Information Technology 36

Susanne Madsen

MAY 23, 2018

​A project is a unique undertaking that’s full of risk and uncertainty, because it has never been done before in that exact way. Project management, as a discipline, is a response to this ambiguity. If we don't take time to apply these project management tools, we may jeopardise the success of the project.

Construction 86

Construction 2002 2008 Engineering 86

Herding Cats

MARCH 17, 2019

Business, Technical, Systems, Risk, and Project Management. Managment Processes. Nine Best Practices of Project Management , Software Program Managers Network (SPMN). Top Habits of Successful Project Managers. Project Governance. The Nine "I's" of Program Success ," College of Performance Management.

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