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A Project Management Rule: Collaborate

Really collaborate. Make it your rule to plan with those people who will be the performers of the plan. Don’t wait ’til the project has gone south to get their help. Start out that way. Continue collaborating as the usual way you work through the project.

Do your workplans, resources, and performance metrics offer a solid readout of what is going on with your projects’ performance? Do you Plan your Work then Work your Plan, or are you simply envious of those who do?

Are we using project management as a data repository for tasks or are we using it as our monitoring and control tool? Hopefully, project managers are using their project management for both.

Students who master Project Management PM learn to lead improvement initiatives that result in measurable growth in return on investment ROI, economic value added, sales growth, customer satisfaction and retention, market share, time to market, employee satisfaction, and employee motivation.

When you think of a business manager, typically, you’ll think of someone who oversees a specific functional business area—for instance, a sales team manager, or the manager of the accounting department. These folks tend to manage ongoing or frequently repeated processes such as ensuring that the sales team meets its monthly quota of cold calls to prospective clients, in the case of the sales manager.

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Author : S. Maurer

S. Maurer is a 53-years old college graduated IT professional, with 30 years of experience in the computer & technology business. Now is the Correspondence Courses Director of http://mba-open-university.net and http://distance-learning-mba-online-mba-program-executive-jobs.net.

Applied Software Project Management Book Review

It’s not often that a software project management book comes along that is practical, easy to read and stacked full of ready to use process scripts. Andrew Stellman and Jennifer Greene have done just that with recent book Applied Software Project Management. …… read more>>

Planning user documentation - a guide for software project managers- Part 1

When talking about documentation for a software application, most people think of the traditional paper-based or online manual. In this article, we will be looking at ways of taking this traditional approach forward. The term 'user assistance' then becomes more useful, implying 'anything that makes the user's life a bit easier'. …… read more>>

Planning user documentation - a guide for software project managers- Part 2

So where does the documentation fit in with my project plan?

Traditionally, the documentation comes in towards the end of the testing stage of your project. The software is more or less stable and you're close to launch. Having seen the stages involved in the documentation, you may be thinking that it's a lot to cram into this stage. You'd be right! This is why many project managers see documentation as that necessary nuisance that takes up valuable manpower to create and review just when deadlines are looming. …… read more>>

Planning user documentation - a guide for software project managers - Part 3

The traditional close-to-launch timing of the documentation presents, as mentioned already, a project risk. To reduce the amount of time and resource required at this busy time, there are a number of tasks that your technical author can do earlier on in the project to reduce the project risk. …… read more>>

Project Management Best Practices: Key Processes and Common Sense

Organizations continue to look for the key to unlocking the mystery of project management (PM) best practices, but the steps that go into successful project management are not mysterious at all — they are standard procedures that, if executed, will improve a project’s chances of success. The key word here is “if.” Projects fail because of poor planning and fuzzy requirements that cause a chain reaction of poor productivity. …… read more>>

Is project management all administration?

Question

I'm thinking about switching my focus to project management. The concern I have is that it seems that most project managers I know spend the bulk of their time dealing with administrative paperwork. I'm sure there is more to the job than that, but how much of the role is administrative?

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Software Engineering Project Management 20 Years Later

Where were we 20 years ago?

In 1984, as some of you will recall, there was no Capability Maturity Model (first described in a 1987 technical report by Watts Humphrey) or ISO 9001 (approved in 1987). The Project Management Institute was just offering its certification program for the first time. The US Department of Defense was the largest creator of software technology, as demonstrated by its invention of the Ada programming language, sponsorship of the Software Technology for Adaptable, Reliable Systems program, and the formation of the Software Engineering Institute. …… read more>>

List of Project Management Software

The Software Network has enlisted web base project management software, online project management software, free project management software available to try for certain period, with free software demo to download or free personalized demo. …… read more>>

Project Management Glossary

What’s the definition of “Acceptance Test” ?

It is a “Final functional testing used to evaluate the state of a product and determine its readiness for the end-user. A ‘gateway’ or ‘milestone’ which must be passed.”

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A View of Project Management

What's your project?

A fund-raiser to fix the church roof?

A five-year programme to completely re-organise the way services are delivered in your Borough?

A special event to celebrate the launch of a new product?

A marketing campaign to increase sales? …… read more>>

Project management reference links

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