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How to Manage Fixed Date Projects

Rebel’s Guide to PM

“For example, many telecom projects have fixed end dates. In the case where the telecom ‘switch’ (the computer than runs the phone and data system for a large building or group of buildings) is being swapped out for a new switch, this is often done over the weekend. 4 Ways to manage your schedule with a fixed date.

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My Journey as a Scrum Master

Scrum.org

I started working in the Telecom sector around 1999 as an IT Application Manager. Always eager to learn more, I registered for a certification program by which I could learn BiSL , ASL , ITIL , and PRINCE2. If only we would create more accurate estimates…. My dream of becoming a Project Manager.

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Project Cost Management – The Essential Things to Know and Do

Online PM Courses

Your ‘Project Cost Management Plan’ Establishing your costs – the processes of estimating and budgeting. Project Cost Management is a process that has two principle components: Estimating costs and creating a project budget from them. Here are some of the things to include: Budgeting and Estimating.