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12 Ways to Manage Project Quality Without Drama

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Also, if you have internal auditors or a Quality Assurance function, or someone in the PMO who can do an informal (or formal) project review, book that in as well. Quality assurance reviews, peer reviews, health checks and quality audits might sound scary for project managers – they’re not.

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Resource allocation 101: How to manage your team’s resources

Planio

When allocating people to your project, think about the level of quality you need from the task. Get this wrong, and you risk your project quality being too low or your project costs being too high. Talking of cost, when you’re allocating resources, you need to make sure you’re managing your budget too.

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Episode 196 – The Hidden Value: Understanding Benefits Realization

Velociteach

And the thing I like about Bent is that he spent, well, 20-something years gathering a lot of data about projects and their performance. And one of the interesting takeaways from his recent book is that four out of five projects cost more than expected and deliver less benefits than we had hoped. What competencies do they need?

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80+ Awesome Online Resources for Project Managers

Wrike

Improving Your Project Management Skills: The Basics for Success – American Managers’ Association. Cost: $2,195. This two -day course is designed for beginner project managers trying to manage projects on top of their regular job responsibilities. Online Project Management Training Providers.

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Project Management Glossary: 200+ Terms PMs Frequently Use

Epicflow Blog

Control Costs . is a process of examining a project status to be able to change the project costs if necessary to reduce risks. . Cost Management . is a process of assessing, assigning, and administering all project costs. Cost Management Plan . Cost Performance Index/Indicator (CPI) .

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Project Management Glossary: 200+ Terms PMs Frequently Use

Epicflow Blog

Control Costs . is a process of examining a project status to be able to change the project costs if necessary to reduce risks. . Cost Management . is a process of assessing, assigning, and administering all project costs. Cost Management Plan . Cost Performance Index/Indicator (CPI) .