MPUG

JULY 24, 2023

Air Force defined the criteria for their acquisition projects which included the basic concepts of EVM. In 1987, PMI included an overview of EVM in their PMBOK Guide and in subsequent editions and during the 1990’s governmental procurement groups streamlined their activities to include EVM reform.

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MPUG

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Another major project related happening was the growing popularity of value engineering (VE), which was widely used at General Electric. This functioned to help measure the value of alternatives (for example, using cheaper resources and/or materials to reduce project costs or design-to-cost) especially when there was a scarcity of resources.

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iZenBridge

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

In June 2019, PMI Certification has released a new PMP® certification content outline. It is an effort to equip project managers with today’s modern project environment. So, now the question is what modern project management is? how it can impact his project. PMI added tasks in the recent content outline.

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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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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 24, 2023

A rough order of magnitude estimate is used to give you a very high level view of potential project costs. Ideally, you’d be able to provide a definitive estimate, carefully created from loads of input from subject matter experts and plenty of research on past projects and their budgets. What is a ROM estimate?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 14, 2021

A rough order of magnitude estimate is used to give you a very high level view of potential project costs. Ideally, you’d be able to provide a definitive estimate, carefully created from loads of input from subject matter experts and plenty of research on past projects and their budgets. What is a ROM estimate used for?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 3, 2016

How many main customer groups? Applying Business Acumen To Your Project. Stakeholders are often most interested in project cost and the time it is going to take to finish the work, and your business acumen comes into play hugely here. That’s fine; you’re not expected to know everything on Day 1.

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Binfire

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

All documents in the project are in the right place for easy access from anywhere at anytime. Myth #3: You need PMI certification to use Project Management tools. Project Management software is based on complex methodologies and is not built for the inexperienced users like us. Do you need any more statistics?

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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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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

How many main customer groups? Applying Business Acumen To Your Project. Stakeholders are often most interested in project cost and the time it is going to take to finish the work, and your business acumen comes into play hugely here. That’s fine; you’re not expected to know everything on Day 1.

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MPUG

JANUARY 27, 2022

We talked about identifying different resource types and talking about resource groups as opposed to individual named resources when you’re doing your initial planning. I might start with a grouped pool of… Let’s say there’s five and five, right? The PMI PDU for today is up on the screen and it is mpug012622.

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MPUG

AUGUST 14, 2023

The sales folks are close to the customer; the project manager may not have been included in this front end until the project exists. In this article, we explore the dynamics of this complex relationship and strategies to strike a balance for a successful project outcome.

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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. Overcoming Barriers in Assessing Risk Probabilities,” Tom Kendrick , 2012 PMI Global Congress Proceedings , 2012. How to Deal with Project Risk Management Effectively In Your Organization?,”

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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. How to Deal with Project Risk Management Effectively In Your Organization?,”

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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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Leading Answers

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Big chunks of work might be grouped into releases and then divided into themes, or features, epics, user stories and tasks as they get smaller and smaller. Just as features deliver value, risks in the form of threats to the project cost money and cause delays - if they occur. Types not Granularity.   Risks in the Backlog.

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Workamajig

JANUARY 11, 2021

Bottleneck: In project management terms, a bottleneck is any constraint that restricts the movement of a process. With this approach, the project's cost and/or duration are calculated by adding the cost/duration of all its constituent activities. A CAPM is often a basic requirement for project management roles.

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Wrike

APRIL 12, 2017

Essentials of Project Management Series – PMI. Cost: $400. Learn how to avoid missed deadlines, combat the most common problems for projects, plan and estimate project cost, allocate resources, manage multiple projects, and keep projects on track. Online Project Management Training Providers.

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MPUG

JULY 30, 2020

And I am a regular speaker for MPUG PMI chapters, and the Enterprise Architecture Conference. Rich: Just before we begin, Triskell is not just an Add-in to Microsoft Project. Triskell is actually a different type of system on its own, which does more than project management, more than portfolio management.

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MPUG

JULY 30, 2020

And I am a regular speaker for MPUG PMI chapters, and the Enterprise Architecture Conference. Rich: Just before we begin, Triskell is not just an Add-in to Microsoft Project. Triskell is actually a different type of system on its own, which does more than project management, more than portfolio management.

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Governance Government Software Review Software 52

MPUG

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Kyle: Hello everyone and welcome to today’s MPUG webinar, “Understanding the Cost Model in Microsoft Project” My name is Kyle and I’ll be the moderator today. Today’s session is eligible for one PMI PDU in the technical category. We align our project management methodologies with PMI.

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Velociteach

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Project Estimating Course WENDY GROUNDS: Bob and Ren have developed a project estimating course which you can find on our website. This is an instructor-led course for group or corporate training. This course will teach students the most common and effective practices, tools and techniques for project estimating.

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MPUG

MAY 21, 2021

This one’s titled using MS Project to track and report on performance. And today’s session is eligible for one PDU in a technical category, the activity code for claiming that with PMI is on the screen now. Fletcher Hearns: You can also say, here are the filters and here are the groups that you want to do that.

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Performance Measurement Technical Review Software Review Budget 52

Wrike

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

It can be hard to track the fiscal impact work management has on your day-to-day job operations, but the costs of a poor system can be just as detrimental if left unchecked. Companies lose $97 million for every $1 billion invested in projects ( PMI, 2017 ). Equation: Average project duration: X weeks. X projects per year.

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Online PM Courses

JUNE 3, 2018

There are two reasons why Project Estimation is a big deal for project managers. And second, poor estimates are often a primary reason for a project cost or schedule over-run. So, in this article, we’ll take a careful look at project estimation, to help you learn how to master the art and craft of doing it well.

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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. Jeff: Here are our process groups. We invite you to join in today with questions and comments by using the chat feature in the GoToWebinar control panel. Jeff: Fantastic.

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