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12 Ways to Manage Project Quality Without Drama

Rebel’s Guide to PM

The ISO 9001 definition is very similar to APM’s, as is the definition in the PMI PMBOK ®. Tip: Make sure you have the project management tools and testing software that make your life easier. If you don’t have the right tools to do the job, it’s much harder to deliver a successful project. Tip: Avoid scope creep!

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How to Actually Develop a Project Management Plan

Project Risk Coach

It integrates and consolidates all of the subsidiary plans and baselines, and other information necessary to manage the project.”. Subsidiary Project Plans The Project Management Institute (PMI) highlights ten Knowledge Areas. Each of these areas includes a subsidiary plan such as the project scope management plan.

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What is Project Management

MPUG

What is a Project The Project Management Institutes (PMI) PMBOK defines a project is “a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service or result.” Project Management as a Profession As a Profession , it has its roots in the 1950s and 1960s when the U.S.

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Project Management Without Resource Allocation? You really Don’t Want to do it

NimbleWork

According to a PMI Survey over 74% of companies have no organizational standards for resource management. Cost Control: Proper allocation keeps project costs in check. Secret Tips for effective resource allocation (Nobody knows but you) Don’t worry, we’ve got your back! That’s crazy!

PMI 52
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10 Knowledge Areas of project management (PPT & PDF included!)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

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.

PMI 201
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Risk Management Process Explained (+resources, templates)

PM Basics

That’s why in simple terms, Risk Management is your effort in identifying and tackling project risks. It gave me inspiration, so credit where it’s due to the PMI. It gives the following definition of a risk: “An uncertain event or condition, that if it occurs, has a positive or negative effect on a project’s objective.”

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What Is Cost Overrun? How to Prevent It

Wrike

Let’s take a deeper look into cost overrun, causes of project delay, and how to successfully complete projects while managing cost overrun. What is the definition of cost overrun? Cost overrun is an unexpected change in the project budget that ends up increasing the total project cost.