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Why No Miracle Happens: Typical Mistakes in Work with a Resource Management Solution and How to Avoid Them
It sometimes happens that an organization invests in implementing a resource management solution. But the results of this endeavor are far from satisfactory – the projects are still late and exceed the budget, team...
Tracking Performance: Switching from Project to Resource Level
When your project is in progress, you as a project manager or business leader will definitely want to know how things are going and have an opportunity to check it at any moment. But...
Cost Overrun in Aerospace and Defense: The Main Causes and How to Prevent Them
No project is immune to factors that may result in cost overrun – from a mistake made by a team member that will extend a project’s timeline to force-majeure events like pandemic or war. ...
Project Management Maturity Models: A Basis for Reaching Your Organization’s Business Success
Do you know your organization's project management maturity level? If not, it’s high time to change the situation: project management maturity has a direct impact on a company’s competitiveness and business success. What is...
5 Resource Allocation Problems and How to Resolve Them
It may happen that despite your efforts, your projects don’t bring the desired outcomes and sometimes even fail. The reasons vary, but improper resource allocation is one of the most common causes. In this...
A Business Case in Project Management: Why Start a Project?
Whatever great idea is behind a project, it won’t be implemented without stakeholders’ buy-in and investment. To get their support and approval, they need to understand what value an initiative will bring to their...
Top 7 Reasons for Project Failure in a Multi-Project Environment
Project failures don’t happen out of the blue — they’re always the result of improper management actions. In a complex multi-project environment with limited resources, the price for improper management is higher compared to...
A Guide to Project Integration Management
Every project management activity doesn’t exist in isolation – they are all related to and dependent on each other, may have competing requirements and/or shared resources. And if there are multiple projects in the...
Assessing Change Management Effectiveness: Essential Metrics
“If you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it” Peter Drucker, management author No matter what change initiatives are, they must bring tangible results. It may seem the outcomes of effective change management are...