The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Benchmarking Identifying a project performance indicator or practice, then assessing it against industry standards or best practices. Bottom-up Estimating A project estimation technique that leverages tactical-level team members/subject matter experts (SMEs) to break down tasks into smaller components to create a more accurate estimate.

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MPUG

APRIL 2, 2024

It involves defining the project scope and objectives, creating a detailed plan, and identifying the resources and schedule required to complete the project. PM is used in a variety of industries and can be applied to projects of different sizes and complexities. government began using it to manage complex defense projects.

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International Institute for Learning

DECEMBER 7, 2022

The most common applications of AI are expected to be part of estimating and controlling project cost and time, as well as resource management by determining the strength of employee qualifications from assignments to selected project activities. Some degree of “humanness” must exist in all risk analyses activities.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 5, 2024

PMBOK 7 talks about the 8 project performance domains. Material on the Knowledge Areas can still be found in the PMI web guidance which members have access to, called Standards Plus. This article reviews and explains the 10 project management Knowledge Areas from the PMBOK® Guide -- Sixth Edition.

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Wrike

JULY 29, 2021

Project planning is all about accuracy. With about 28% of projects failing due to imprecise cost estimates, it’s clear that your project plan deserves time and attention. Cost overrun is an unexpected change in the project budget that ends up increasing the total project cost.

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Project Pulse Journal

MARCH 7, 2024

Scope Management: Entails the delineation, control, and management of the scope of work imperative for the successful culmination of the project, thereby forestalling scope creep and meeting stakeholder expectations. A guide to the project management body of knowledge (PMBOK Guide) (7th ed.). Project Management Institute.

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Teamweek

JANUARY 28, 2021

No one likes missed deadlines, delayed project deliveries, and failed projects. And yet, according to PMI , over 11 percent of project investment is wasted due to poor project performance. Using project tracking software can help you reduce waste and deliver projects profitably.

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Online PM Courses

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Project Cost Management often puts people off. But there’s little your project sponsor, your client, or their Finance Director care about more than your budget and how closely you can stick to it. Project cost over-runs are common. The governance considerations for project cost management.

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ProProfs Project Management

MAY 8, 2020

At this juncture, the importance of project management increases because planning is part of its life cycle. With proper project management, you can set appropriate budget estimates and delivery timelines. . Needless to say, when you have a clear project baseline, the odds of success will be in your favor.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 22, 2021

Resources are the largest contributor to successful project delivery , and project managers spend significant time planning and managing their activities. Both resource and project managers work in tandem to develop resourcing strategies for projects. Challenges of Resource Management in Projects. Essential read.

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iZenBridge

MAY 23, 2019

What mechanism do you use to monitor and review the delegated responsibilities? How do you handle changes to your project? Your project is behind the planned schedule, how do you get it back on track? What are the ways of compressing project time or schedule? What are different cost estimation techniques?

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Herding Cats

MAY 10, 2019

Information about key project cost, (technical) performance, and schedule attributes is often uncertain or unknown until late in the program. requires making estimates) ? Evaluation of the Risk Analysis and Cost Management (RACM) Model,” Matthew S. Estimation of Long?Term reducible and irreducible ? 1, March 2014.

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Herding Cats

MAY 11, 2019

Let's start with a critical understanding of the purpose of managing risk on software development projects. Information about key project cost, (technical) performance and schedule attributes is often uncertain or unknown until late in the program. requires making estimates) ? Estimation of Long?Term 1, March 2014.

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Workamajig

JANUARY 11, 2021

Actual dates are different from planned or estimated dates. Actual Effort: The actual effort spent to complete the activity, as opposed to the planned or estimated effort. Actual Expenditure: The actual expenditure spent to complete the activity, as opposed to the planned or estimated expenditure.

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Scoro

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Project scope is essentially the requirements of the project – outlining what the project will ultimately produce and what is required to produce it. Monitoring: Processes to document scope creep and project changes. Why is Project Scope Important? Manage project budgets. About Scoro.

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Herding Cats

APRIL 16, 2019

Five Immutable Principles of Project Success - There are many (possibly too many) methods for successfully managing a project. But each method needs to be based on 5 Immutable principles to be successful, no matter the domain or context, PMI Spring Seminar , 2012, Austin TX. PMI Lakeshore Ontario Chapter , 27 October 2018.

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Wrike

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

But there are problems around every corner: insufficient project requirements, failure from leadership to recognize risk, managers setting poor collaboration processes, aggressive competition targeting you, and so much more. In the end, your project blows up. That’s quite an expensive project failure. X projects per year.

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MPUG

JUNE 1, 2022

Today’s PMI activity code, I’ll have up on the screen here in a minute. I mentioned the five star because I saw this event is up on PMI. The planning, the executing, the monitoring, controlling, and hopefully you’re getting it right and refining and improving until bam, closing. Jeff, a big MPUG welcome back.

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