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How to Build and Implement a Project Strategy

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Project Management Office (PMO): A PMO is responsible for defining and maintaining the standards for an organization’s project management. They help with prioritizing projects, providing governance guidelines and ensure that projects are beneficial to the organization by aligning with larger strategic goals.

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Kanban vs. Scrum: What’s the Difference?

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While scrum has been scaled to apply to bigger projects and organizations, its roots are in agile software development and has come to work seamlessly in that smaller, nimble environment. That hasn’t stopped practitioners from using scrum in varying industries, from retail logistics to event planning.

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Cost Management Basics

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At the close of the project, the actual costs that have been collected and documented are then compared to the estimated costs determined at the beginning of the project. This actual versus planned comparison is valuable data for predicting future project costs. What Is the Process of Managing Project Costs?

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Exploring the differences: Projects vs operations examples

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Finding case studies of projects There are lots of case studies available to read about projects. For example, in the UK, the Infrastructure and Projects Authority manages projects and shares best practices for UK government projects. These are all great sources of examples of projects.

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Measuring the Project Management Maturity of Your Organization

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For these reasons and more, being able to measure the project management maturity of your organization will help you run a better organization and deliver on your goals and objectives through the completion of successful projects. Improving an organization’s project management maturity will reap many rewards.

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What Is a Capital Improvement Plan & How to Create One

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This is a tool used more often by public entities such as local governments for major public expenditures. Capital improvement plans can also be used for the acquisition of land for a public purpose, such as a park, landfill or industrial site. This is why you want to rank the projects by priority. Evaluation and Selection.

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Organizational Process Assets: Definitions, Examples & Templates

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Officially defined by the Project Management Institute’s Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMI’s PMBOK) as “the plans, processes, policies, procedures and knowledge bases specific to and used by the performing organization,” operational process assets influence the management of a project.

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