Lessons Learned is an important closing activity that is frequently ignored. Most project managers give lip service to this project closing activity because they are…
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If it can go wrong, it will. -Murphy’s laws That’s not very encouraging, in fact, it’s downright discouraging. We do the best we can as…
There are 2 project closing activities that are frequently overlooked by project managers and the organizations they work for. They are: Obtain Customer Feedback This…
In the beginning was The Plan. And then came The Assumptions. And The Plan was without substance. And The Assumptions were without form. And darkness…
The American Heritage Dictionary defines Brainstorming as a noun that is a “method of shared problem solving in which all members of a group spontaneously…
Project managers are under constant pressure to reduce the scheduled time to complete their projects. It is called crashing the project when you add resources…
Estimating project costs is hard. Get it right and you are a hero. Get it wrong and you get roasted. Work package estimates should be…
We know that risks are unknown future events that may have positive or negative influence on our projects. It is also important to identify and…
WBS decomposition is the process of breaking down a project into smaller, more manageable components. So what does that mean? First, let’s define the terms…
The Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) displays the all the work to be accomplished by the project. The WBS is generally developed during project planning which…