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Step-by-Step to Smooth Project Closure

LiquidPlanner

Project closure is one of my favorite times in the lifecycle as a project manager. I know I’m not alone: 62% of project managers say it’s hard to deliver quality work due to the time pressures of working on multiple projects. Ask your PMO for a blank project closure template, or create your own checklist. Pay final invoices.

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Is Your Strategic Project at Risk Due to Poor Implementation of Proven Project Management Practices?

Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

Although 93% of organisations report that they use standardised project management practices , only 23% say that these practices are used throughout the organisation. When standardised project management practices aren’t used, it should come as no surprise that projects are failing.

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Why Earned Value Management is Important

MPUG

Earned value management is an approach for performance management on projects. In this article, we will define earned value, and discuss why earned value management is important to project success. The difference with applying earned value is simply that you can track and manage performance in a data-driven way.

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The Ultimate Project Management Checklist for Successful Project Completion

Wrike

In the world of project management, there is one tool that can make the difference between a project’s success or failure – the project management checklist. This comprehensive guide will walk you through the importance of a project management checklist, its benefits, essential elements, and how to implement it.

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Five Steps to Rapid Recovery of Failing Projects

Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

The project charter delegates authority to the recovery project manager (RPM), who is typically an individual from outside the project. Because the RPM and his or her team are “outsiders” it is important at the outset that the project manager (PM) and his or her team are committed to working with the assessment and recovery team (ART).

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PROJECT MANAGEMENT SUCCESS IN THE NEW YEAR

The Squad Report

At the start of the new year Project Management leaders should take some time to be sure the organization is focused on delivering successful projects in 2018. When leaders pay attention resources perform at a higher level, obstacles (Risks/Issues) are removed more easily, and funding is not challenged. But how do you do that?

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How to Write a Business Case (With Example)

Wrike

Think of a business case as the reason you create a project that you’re going to manage in the first place. We will need to involve supply chain managers and Super Widget project management teams, which may temporarily reduce the number of widgets we’re able to produce, potentially resulting in $25,000 in lost revenue.