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Infrastructure Improvements: Guidance on How to Be Successful

MPUG

Infrastructure Improvements When technology managers talk about infrastructure, they are referring to foundational elements such as network switches, servers, backup systems and security devices. 0 – 79%: Re-evaluate your total infrastructure design.

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Public Infrastructure: Project Management as a Key Success Factor

Inloox

Even though this project not quite reaches the epic financial miscalculation of Berlin’s BER airport, it again shows the difficulties realizing public infrastructure projects within their tightly constraint project plan. Many processes run in parallel and there are many dependencies.

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Agile Infrastructure Transformation and TBM

Leading Agile

Questions of how does Agile apply to infrastructure and what does TBM have to do with Agile were in my mind. Agile in Infrastructure. Applied to a Lean-Agile approach and internal processes, the results are seen in many organizations today. End to End Processes.

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Project Management Process Groups: A Quick Guide

ProjectManager.com

To keep to your schedule and manage costs, you need to gather and process project data throughout the five PMBOK project management groups. What Are the 5 PMBOK Project Management Process Groups? The project management process groups are the following. Projects are complicated.

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Necessary Big Data Management Best Practices For Optimal Infrastructure

Brad Egeland

Use The Tools Available Two things primarily facilitate Big Data: cloud computing—which provides a variety of infrastructurally enhancing applications —and the Internet of Things (IoT). Big Data works on a level where terabytes can be processed in real time—and the speed at which such datasets are processed is increasing as technology blooms outward at Moore’s Law intervals. Utilizing Big Data and infrastructural management software is key

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The Battle Between Process and Progress

Rebel’s Guide to PM

As Project Managers, we’re all familiar with process. In fact, sometimes it can feel as if a project manager’s world is but a never-ending universe of interlocking processes and procedures. But what happens when the need to follow organisational process inevitably conflicts with making project progress? After all, project managers are not process monkeys. We are not process workers, production line operations – or trained gerbils. It needs processes.

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Why the Stage Gate Process will Make You a Better Project Manager

Online PM Courses

The Stage Gate Process gets too little love from Project Managers. In a Stage Gate process, you break your project into stages, or phases. In this article, we look at why a stage gate process will enhance your project management, and how to make it work. What is a Stage Gate Process? The Stage Gate Process examines your projects at key decision points in its lifecycle. A Stage Gate Review is a process for achieving a robust Go/No-go decision.

2018 69
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What Is Business Process Outsourcing? A Guide

Wrike

Business process outsourcing (BPO) can be a solution that enables organizations to grow and scale effectively. But exactly what is business process outsourcing ? BPO meaning: What is business process outsourcing? What is business process as service (BPaaS)?

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A Comprehensive Guide to Understanding Program Management for Agile Teams

nTask

Well, if you are reading this article then you probably have a fair degree of knowledge about how project management processes work in any industry. This is one step ahead of projects because we are going to be looking at simultaneous processes that make up for program management experience.

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Sitetracker’s New Quickstart Implementation Helps Residential Solar Companies Speed-Up Net-Zero Future

Sitetracker

10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Sitetracker, the leading deployment operations management software for critical infrastructure providers, today announced its Quickstart implementation for residential solar companies. MONTCLAIR, N.J.,

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An Introductory Guide to Systems Thinking

nTask

Generally, synthesis is the process of two or more things combining to create something new. Knowing how your organization works as a whole system and your employees interact gives you the knowledge to help optimize your processes making work more efficient and productive in the long run.

2021 78
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Sitetracker announces Residential Solar Quickstart to speed adoption

Sitetracker

This process gets residential solar companies implemented with Sitetracker’s set of industry-proven workflows in just a matter of weeks so they can realize operational efficiencies sooner and deploy assets faster.

2023 36
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The Technology Side of Agile Transformation

Leading Agile

Including technology in your Agile Transformation Roadmap is essential because you will have dependencies if you only transform people and processes. Infrastructure Deployment Strategy.

2022 122
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Are you ready for remote project management?

Moira Alexander

After identifying all the possible barriers to remote project management, as well as some of the possible solutions, your business should further analyze and document the readiness of your teams, processes and technologies. The business model and infrastructure. Do the existing infrastructure and technologies offer the needed capabilities for remote connectivity? How adaptable are the people, processes, and technologies, especially during times of sudden change?

2016 279
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AIOps for Small Businesses

TrustRadius Project Management

Artificial intelligence for IT operations (or AIOps) uses machine learning models and big data to collect, process, and analyze data from multiple sources. AIOps tools centralize the operations management process and display everything on one dashboard.

2022 118
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Cybersecurity Grant Program for States and Local Governments

Brad Egeland

Read about the authorization for SLCGP Through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) of 2021 , Congress established the State and Local Cybersecurity Improvement Act, which established the State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program, appropriating $1 billion to be awarded over four years.

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Construction Engineering: A Quick Guide With Definitions, Roles and More

ProjectManager.com

Every process is important to construction project management, especially construction engineering. Construction engineering is the process of overseeing and managing a large-scale and complex construction project. Construction is a field with a lot of disciplines.

2023 221
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How to Become an IT Project Manager

ProjectManager.com

Jennifer described an IT project manager as one who oversees the process of planning, executing and delegating responsibilities around an organization’s IT pursuits and goals, often with the help of IT project management software. Technical understanding including hardware, software, network, infrastructure, security, etc. IT PM: Project management training that deals with technology, such as infrastructure, hardware, software, networks, etc.

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Skycomms partners with Sitetracker to deliver exceptional turnkey service provider experience

Sitetracker

The company selected the Sitetracker Platform to unify its business units and standardise processes to become even more of a … Continue reading.

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Will a Project Management Certification Help Your Career?

LiquidPlanner

Let’s say you’re well-qualified in your technical skills—be it Java, programming languages, infrastructure, networks or system administration. Are you managing the kind of large projects that demand that you put professional processes and documentation into action? Going through the process to become a Fellow of APM in the U.K.

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Project Documentation: 10 Essential Project Documents

ProjectManager.com

It defines the communication channels to be used, the communication schedule, roles and responsibilities, among other details to streamline the communication process throughout the project life cycle. Let your organizational structure guide how much process you should document.

2022 390
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The influence of efficient projects, skilled project managers and quality reporting on Digital Transformation

PM Times

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Spain, Trains, and Incremental Delivery

Scrum.org

We don’t go and measure the tunnels; we simply take measurements from the company that owns the infrastructure and include them in the specifications of the contract,” sources from Renfe told local newspaper La Nueva Espana.

2023 151
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Top 11 Cities for Project Management

Rebel’s Guide to PM

That’s promising, and could well be as a result of the increasing investment in infrastructure projects. With the average project manager salary coming in at US$101,381 that’s a lot of money being spent on securing top talent for the multitude of infrastructure projects happening in the city.

2020 421
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Gate Reviews: What Project Managers Need To Know

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Project governance is an important part of project management processes – even if it’s not the most exciting part of getting work done. The gate process also has other benefits for everyone involved: Shorter planning horizon. The stage gate process explained.

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What Is Design Development (DD) In Architecture?

ProjectManager.com

Before setting foot on the construction site, a long process has already unfolded. The architecture design process allows a concept to become a reality. Understanding the Architecture Design Process. They also help with the cost estimates and the bidding process.

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Top 5 scaling Agile Practice that Improves Business

Agilemania

At scale, manual processes tend to hamper progress in turn causing compromise on Quality. Infrastructure as Code / Service. This requires the architecture and infrastructure to enable solution/s to be built in a way to facilitate recovery.

2022 97
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7 Factors to Help You Choose the Right Cloud Service Provider

Binfire

Cloud computing has revolutionized our ideas about storing, processing, and managing data and applications. Different cloud service providers offer a variety of services, such as infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), and software as a service (SaaS).

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Survey - How Certified is Your PMO and How Effective is the PMO Leadership?

Brad Egeland

1) How certified is your PMO or PM infrastructure? How Certified and is Your PMO or PM Infrastructure and How Effective is the Leadership? Indicates required field #1 - How many project managers (approximately) are there in your PMO or PM infrastructure total? * #2 - How many (approximately) are PMP certified? * #3 - Who is leading your PMO or PM infrastructure? Let's have a little fun and do a new survey. This time I'd like to look at two things.

2018 128
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Why Is My PMO Ineffective?

Brad Egeland

Is your PM infrastructure doing all it needs to do to promote maximum project success in the organization and for your project customers? When we build a PM infrastructure or project office, the intent is usually to create project stability, ongoing successes and career growth for the project managers involved. As we go about this thought process, let's consider a few common causes of ineffective and failing project management offices.

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Secrets to Effective Supply Chain Planning

ProjectManager.com

Supply chain planning is the process of optimizing procurement, manufacturing and distribution of goods and services from manufacturers and suppliers to customers. Supply Chain Planning: Processes. Production Planning: Next is to consider production planning and manufacturing processes.

2021 374
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Project Management: Agile and Waterfall Explained

International Institute for Learning

Failing fast allows you to rectify the trajectory early in the process, before too much time, effort, and cost have been invested. It is very common in construction, infrastructure, and government programs. . By Karim Radwin , CAIA, PMP.

2021 105
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How to Make an IT Disaster Recovery Plan

ProjectManager.com

It is made up of policies and procedures, and notes the tools necessary to enact the plan and save or recover the technology infrastructure, systems and data of your IT program. This will include having a team leader and a management team responsible for the process.

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Future of Hybrid Work and Cybersecurity Risks

Brad Egeland

At a prior job in critical infrastructure, we had separate credentials for administering servers or ‘crown jewels.’ Allow communications to only the infrastructure needed for the server or tool to meet its business functionality. With such a strategy, you can avoid becoming a victim of a supply chain compromise, as the connections to an adversary’s infrastructure aren’t on the allow list. As a larger percentage of the U.S.

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The Low Code No Code Opportunity

The Strategic Project Manager

It hopes to leverage its international presence, large membership of project managers, and expertise in standardization of processes. The idea is that an infrastructure is required in order for low code no code benefits to be realized.

2021 97
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What’s The Future of Project Management in 2023 and beyond?

Rebel’s Guide to PM

We will need to know about this and how we can harness digital assets to streamline infrastructure, logistics and data tracking on projects. AI is already a feature in some project management tools and robotic processing will help automate routine PMO tasks.

2023 428
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AIOps for Small Businesses

TrustRadius Project Management

Artificial intelligence for IT operations (or AIOps) uses machine learning models and big data to collect, process, and analyze data from multiple sources. AIOps tools centralize the operations management process and display everything on one dashboard.

2022 62
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Successfully Managing Several Projects Concurrently

Brad Egeland

If we are going to have any chance of experiencing regular success on the projects we manage, then a few things really need to be in place from a PM infrastructure perspective.

2021 146
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Is Your CEO Important to Your PMO?

Brad Egeland

Your project management infrastructure needs credibility, visibility and… as much as humanly possible… company-wide acceptance. You need high level acceptance, high-level buy-in to the process, and high-level pressure to the rest of the organization to utilize the project management office's services and personnel to lead those company and corporate client projects in order to gain the enterprise-wide acceptance and usage that is needed in order to remain viable long term.

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ERP systems explained simply

Inloox

The focus is on the management and automation of business processes in a wide variety of areas. By integrating cross-departmental data and information, ERP systems serve as an aid to executives in decision-making, insight gathering, and process optimization.

2022 204