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Manage People First to Keep Projects on Track
Every change initiative is a project - "a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique...result" according to the Project Management Institute. Because it is limited by a deadline and a budget, with expected outcomes of an acceptable level of quality, a project isn't really manageable by the sam
Excerpt: Agile Project Management
An excerpt from Karen R.J. White’s Agile Project Management: A Mandate for the 21st Century (Center for Business Practices, 2009).
Growing Up: Organizational Maturity Assessments Light the way to Optimized PM
If your organization doesn’t strive for consistency, you may be destined for mediocrity. That’s one of the principles behind PMI’s Organizational Project Management Maturity Model (OPM3®), which identifies knowledge, assessment and improvement as essential elements to project management. Maturity mo
A Practical Guide to Improving PM Maturity
Project management maturity goes hand in hand with schedule and cost performance, project quality and customer satisfaction, according to research. Here is an overview of how to measure your organization’s level of maturity; how to implement step-by-step improvements and validate them; and, finally,
PM Apps on the Rise
There are now more than 240 PM-related apps for the iPhone and iPad. One of the latest contains 675 flashcards to help individuals preparing for the PMP exam or seeking PDUs for re-certification.