The PMBOK® Guide 5th Edition recognizes the importance of organizations realizing value from their investment in a project. But what exactly is ‘value’? The PMBOK® Guide (1.6) suggests value is a concept that is unique to each organization and encompasses the total sum of all tangible and intangible ‘value elements’. Determining the tangible elements is […]
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It isn’t surprising that with the continuous improvement and development of technology, businesses are also transitioning from traditional, paper-based documentation and manual management to electronic systems. This shift is not just about doing what’s currently in and new. Electronic document management systems or DMS can do so much to improve the efficiency of projects where
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Arras People, the project management recruitment specialists release the latest annual report on the UK’s Programme and Project Management Professionals. The report polled 2,298 permanent and contract Programme and Project Management Professionals during December 2013 and January 2014. The Project Management Benchmark Report (PMBR) 2014 shows how the UK’s economic turbulence is affecting project management
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Project managers and business planners from across the country are set to meet at Project Challenge Spring Show which takes place 12 – 13 March 2014 at London, Olympia The event is a ‘must attend’ for anyone interested in the latest technology and services to support effective project management. Leading suppliers will showcase the best
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“Affairs are easier of entrance than of exit, and it is but common prudence to see our way out before we venture in” (Aesop 620 BC-560 BC). Projects are an arena that can be fraught with conflict. Disputes and ‘fights’ of all types occur, ranging from $million claims, through many types of negotiation, to personal
When Henry Gantt invented his planning chart is was actually used for scheduling resources in a machine tool shop in the 1910s. Patrick Weaver has an exclent article describing the historic use of a Gantt chart at http://pmworldjournal.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/PMWJ5-Dec2012-WEAVER-Henry-Gantt-Debunking-Myths-Featured-Paper.pdf. Interestingly Henry Gantt did not work on project management at all, he was a colleague of Frederick Taylor
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There are so many products, processes and services that are simply not well-designed and do not quite work as they should. Some are not even fit for purpose. This could be anything from a small electrical item such as a kettle that leaks to a major software system that cost millions but fails to resolve
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Introducing the GPM P5 Standard for Sustainability in Project Management; People, Planet & Profit, Project Processes and Products. Fort Wayne/USA The global focus on sustainable development, climate change, ethics, social responsibility and supply chains has increased in recent years. There is a growing demand for sustainable business practices through their processes and products so that they
Often a project manager is handed the project and probably some early draft schedule and told to “run with it.” At least that’s been the case for me for much of my PM career. I’ve experienced at least some PMO structure in some organizations and also some templates thrust upon the PMs in those organizations
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Reported by Miles Shepherd in UK 4 December 2013 – London, UK – The Association for Project Management (APM) has announced that Mike Nichols, its Chairman who retired at the November 2013 Annual General Meeting, died on Tuesday 3 December. Perhaps best known for his dedicated work on APM’s case for the award of a Royal Charter, Mike
