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Measuring the Project Management Maturity of Your Organization

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This will help an organization assess and improve its project management capabilities by ranking the organization based on five maturity levels: initial, managed, defined, quantitatively managed and optimizing. Costs, time and functionality are being tracked, reports are being made and monitoring high-level metrics.

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Resource Smoothing Steps, Templates and Tools

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There are a number of things a project manager can do, but the goal is always the same: meeting the deadline without resources spiking or falling. That means that the project cost can increase as opposed to the project taking a longer time as in resource-leveling.

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Top 10 Project Management Qualifications

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Project Planning Project planning is organizing tasks, the resources needed to complete them, costs and schedules to deliver a product or service by the deadline. Project planning is the second stage in project management, after initiation and before execution, monitoring and controlling and closing.

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The 10 Project Management Knowledge Areas (PMBOK)

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PMBOK stands for Project Management Body of Knowledge. It is a set of standard terminology and guidelines for project management published and updated by The Project Management Institute (PMI). What Are the Project Management Knowledge Areas? These are the chronological phases that every project goes through.

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What Is a Program Manager? (Job Description Included)

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They plan the overall program and monitor progress to ensure that milestones are being met across various projects and programs. This certification program by the project management institute (PMI) validates your knowledge and experience as a program manager. to manage the program. They manage the program budget.

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Project Management Process Groups: A Quick Guide

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To begin, let’s look at the five project management process groups defined in the Project Management Book of Knowledge (PMBOK), published by the Project Management Institute (PMI), the leading industry trade group. Planning, executing or monitoring process groups, ProjectManager’s task list keeps you informed.—

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How to Actually Develop a Project Management Plan

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A project baseline is a snapshot against which all future measurements will be compared. For example, a project manager can compare actual completion dates of activities to an approved schedule baseline. Without a baseline, how will you monitor and control your projects? Think about this. Scope Baseline.