Earned Value Management explained What is Earned Value Management? Project management revolves around the balancing of three aspects of a project: time, scope, and cost. This is also known as the project management triangle. One technique used to evaluate how well a project is doing is called Earned Value Management (EVM). EVM is a methodology […]
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The PMI / PMBOK Guidelines (Project Management Body of Knowledge) So, what is the PMBOK method? When you’re starting out as a project manager, it can be tough knowing how to get started. Luckily, there is a widely recognized project management method available to us. The PMBOK, or Project Management Body of Knowledge, is a compilation
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PERT based projects: the Program Evaluation & Review Technique The PERT based projects method of planning: Every project manager wants to successfully see a project through from ideation to fruition. Planning and estimation are key to this success. However, when projects are complex, it can be difficult estimating realistic completion dates. In this case, it might
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Effective Tools of Resource Management Software To get through any project, you need a team of people as well as equipment, funding, and facilities in order to get all the tasks done. These aspects can all be viewed as resources. Through the progression of a project, you don’t need every resource for every task or
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How to Simplify your IT Service Management with OneDesk We’ve already covered the importance of customer centricity, satisfaction and ratings that come from any good helpdesk department and the software you use. But there are also other factors at play when trying to simplify your IT service management. Chief amongst these is the importance of
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How to use software to manage your phase-gate projects One of the first things you need to figure out when starting a new project is how you’re going to structure the project work. What are the processes you need to have in place? What methodologies will you lean on to give your project structure? Even
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Last updated: January 27, 2020 The critical path method (CPM) of scheduling tasks One of the most vital and stressful parts of project management is figuring out your project’s schedule. It’s never easy estimating timelines and project durations, but there are methods out there that make project scheduling a straightforward process. Let’s explore one in
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I don’t know if this is really the case, but I would like to discuss what I consider to be the key ingredients to great project management offices, or PMOs. I’ve seen several project offices be constructed and torn down in well meaning organizations that were otherwise productive…except for the fact that were bad at
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Determining and Evaluating Your Project Scope Project planning involves many stages. One of the most important steps in the process is determining and documenting the project scope. As a project manager or lead, your job will be to identify project goals, outline deliverables and calculate risk and costs. Often times this is no easy task
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There’s an ongoing debate on whether Agile really is the best methodology to follow to maximize product development. The use of Agile is constantly increasing. At the beginning of 2013, we took a look at the 2012 CHAOS report and observed that the number of organizations that planned to implement agile development in future projects