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What Is a PMO Director? Role, Responsibilities & Salary

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They lead the strategic planning and project governance for the organization and define the project management methodologies that are used to manage those projects. They’ll invest in project management software and archive projects for historical data that can be used when planning new initiatives.

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Construction Quality Control: Essential Tips for Managing Quality

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ProjectManager is a cloud-based project management software that delivers real-time data, so you can catch issues before they become problems. To do this, follow these five steps: Define What Done Means: This includes completing the project with no defects, satisfying code requirements and conforming to client’s specifications.

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What should a project timeline include?

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Every governance meeting I go to needs to see the plan on a page. The great thing about a timeline is that you can visually split the work into swimlanes that can be color-coded. Color-code milestones to show if they are completed (blue), on track (green), at risk (amber/yellow) or missed/high risk (red).

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A Real Project Manager’s Guide to RAID

Rebel’s Guide to PM

I've been working with RAID logs for over 20 years, so I have plenty of practical tips to share! If you have project management software that auto-creates numbers and lets you link items, even better. It is part of the governance and control mechanisms around your project. That means assumptions can also be risks!

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10 Project Meetings to Guide Your Project Management Team

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ProjectManager is online project management software that generates reports with live data. The project kickoff meeting begins with introductions, reviewing the client’s background and talking about the scope of the project. Project Review Meeting. Meetings are more productive with real-time data driving them.

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Project decision making: a guide for doing it better

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Let me tell you about a project decision that was awkward for me — then I’ll share some tips on how to do decision-making better. We were due to go live with our pilot software launch but things didn’t feel right. All of them are part of the project governance framework. Don’t skimp on this step!

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What Is a Stakeholder? Definitions, Types & Examples

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ProjectManager is a cloud-based work and project management software that has real-time dashboards that monitor six project metrics. Pro tip: The terms stakeholder and shareholder are commonly confused. These people can be suppliers, customers, creditors, clients, intermediaries, competitors, society, government and more.