All projects have stakeholders. As a minimum, the project sponsor who initiated the project expects some type of deliverable. In addition, customers and end users are anxiously awaiting the completion of the product, and the project team is eager to use their skills to produce it. Hence, project success is largely defined by the stakeholders. The goal of … [Read more...]
All projects have stakeholders. As a minimum, the project sponsor who initiated the project is a stakeholder who expects a deliverable from the project. At first glance, the project's stakeholders might be obvious, for example a government approval, or an adjacent landowner that is affected by a construction project. But these main stakeholders are seldom the … [Read more...]
Resource leveling is the smoothening of resource usage to increase project efficiency. It is performed to realize a trade off between project duration and project cost. Traditional project scheduling techniques do not take resource usage into account, and often produce erratic resource usage that drives up the project budget. For example, let's say you have a … [Read more...]
Project management certification is a great way to make your career take off. Promotions, salary increases, and prestige are just some of the rewards waiting at the end of the journey, but not all certifications are equivalent. Hence, it's important to have a flight plan prior to spending many hours obtaining a certification you might regret. A pilot that's … [Read more...]
I'm staying on the 8th floor of the Fairmont Banff Springs hotel. When I surfed the internet trying to learn about this gorgeous place, to my surprise I ended up finding gruesome ghost stories about Room 873 instead. It's just down the hall from us. In fact, we have to walk past it every time we want to get to the elevator. According to the internet legends, … [Read more...]
The International Project Management Association (IPMA) provides an excellent standard for measuring project success. It's called the Project Excellence Model (PEM), and it establishes an analytical system of points for various categories. It is used in the selection of the IPMA Project Excellence Awards every year. It is documented within the Project … [Read more...]
Project management certification is one of the best ways to get ahead in your career. Certification gets you started on ladder to success, and the next rungs are promotions and salary increases. Although the first step is the most important, wise builders must make sure the ladder is positioned in the right place so that the destination is the right … [Read more...]
Project management certification can be a difficult field to navigate. You want to be recognized for your expertise and further your job prospects, but if you choose the wrong certification you could jeopardize those goals. You have to know which to choose before pursuing them. There are many variables to consider, including geography, popularity, cost, and … [Read more...]
Project management certification can boost your job prospects, increase your salary, and get you a promotion. But it is important to choose the right certification, or you could end up spending alot of time and money only to be disappointed with the result. The International Project Management Association (IPMA) and PRINCE2 are two of the prominent certifications … [Read more...]
So you want to get certified as a project manager. The International Project Management Association (IPMA) maintains one of the three main project management certification schemes in the world. If IPMA is the route you wish to pursue, you must choose between four levels in the IPMA scheme: Level A (IPMA-A): Program manager, or a manager of multiple … [Read more...]
