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There are some tried and true approaches to Project Management out there, just waiting for you to apply them. Get the 411 on the ABCs of the PMPs. (Say that 10 times...)
Putting the P in PMO
- by Jim Harris
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What is the P in PM, and, for that matter, PMO? What is really being managed, project, program or portfolio? This article explores the murky environment and a possible new direction for the PMO of the 21st century.
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Death by Data Suffocation
- by Jim Harris
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Data and detail have long been elements that have tested the mettle of project managers. That same Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) that's supposed to help you can so easily kill you with stultifying detail if you can't get a handle on it. Before you suffocate under the sheer volume of project data thrown in your direction, read this article.
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Fundamental Principles of Project Management
- by R. Max Wideman (July 1, 1999)
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Although there is much literature on best practices in the field of Project Management, there is a gap when it comes to basic principles. This white paper addresses the missing pieces and tries to bring it all together.
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Project Entrepreneurs for Project-Based Enterprises: Extension or Complement to Project Management Competencies
- by Robert DeFillippi and Steven E. Spring (September 1, 1998)
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Freelance project management? Learn all about project-based enterprises, the coming wave of project management. Once common in the publishing, filmmaking and consulting industries, it's moving into the project management mainstream. Learn how to best utilize the networks of independently employed subcontractors and project specialists who might be assigned to your next project.
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Communications Plan
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Get the right people to buy into your project. A communications plan will keep everyone informed and involved through every stage.
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Project Management Process Improvement Project Initiation Report
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You're undertaking a project for Project Management Process Improvement--a big job. Use this comprehensive project initiation plan as a guide to justify the project from a cost/benefit and risk perspective and to help you plan each step to take to get the project up and rolling.
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Project Completion Report
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The project is over, and you learned a lot--perhaps the hard way. Catalog the experience with this review and improve the chances that future projects will go well.
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Organizing a PI Project
Post Implementation Reviews
Status Reporting
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