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What Is a Product Breakdown Structure (PBS)? Templates & Examples Included

ProjectManager.com

The product breakdown structure can be used in any product management situation, though it stems from the PRINCE2 methodology. There, it’s used to analyze, document and communicate the outcomes of a project. Let’s take a look at this PRINCE2 Wiki page on project plans, which has a product breakdown structure example.

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How to Create a Project Initiation Document (Template Included)

ProjectManager.com

What Is a Project Initiation Document (PID)? A project initiation document (PID) is used to define the project thoroughly. It’s similar to a project charter but more in-depth. It’s used primarily in PRINCE2 methodology, which is an acronym that stands for PRojects IN Controlled Environments.

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Project Cost Management – The Essential Things to Know and Do

Online PM Courses

Project Cost Management often puts people off. But there’s little your project sponsor, your client, or their Finance Director care about more than your budget and how closely you can stick to it. Project cost over-runs are common. The governance considerations for project cost management.

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Episode 185 – Redefining Project Success through Sustainable Project Management

Velociteach

And as for cost! We have no idea how much this project cost – mostly because what Pharoah wants, Pharoah gets & money wasn’t really a limiting factor. So was this project a success? You know, you can use it just like you use PRINCE2 or any other methodology. And if you do the math on that 2.5

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How Project Management Will Benefit from Using Artificial Intelligence

International Institute for Learning

New Cultures and People Issues On traditional projects, staffing was provided by a mix of functional managers, portfolio resource managers, and contract pools. Project managers had little input on who would be assigned. Resources were treated as a “project cost” to be removed from the project as soon as possible.

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Misunderstanding Making Decisions in the Presence of Uncertainty

Herding Cats

Information about key project cost, performance, and schedule attributes is often uncertain or unknown until late in the program. YOU CANNOT MAKE A DECISION IN THE PRESENCE OF UNCERTAINTY (reducible or irreducible) WITHOUT MAKING ESTIMATES. A Short List of Resources for Managing in the Presence of Uncertainty.

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Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

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?,” Scale Project Management Is Risk Management, “Robert N. Maxime Le Bras, “Large?Scale 117, July 1998.