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The Practical Project Manager: Practical Project Management for small business?

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The Practical Project Manager. Practical Project Management for small business? I have a blog in draft form and would like to get your thoughts on this before publishing:. What advice do you have to bring good project controls to a very small project or for a small business? How do you reduce overhead costs while assuring quality and timely delivery? October 10, 2010 at 10:59 AM. However that said, some controls are still necessary in any project. Just my 2 cents. October 11, 2010 at 10:14 AM.

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The Practical Project Manager: Change Management Life Cycle

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The Practical Project Manager. Change Management Life Cycle. What is a Change Management Life Cycle? Change Management is the practice of ensuring business discipline, communication, and training / education are initiated, executed, and delivered as part of a project. Please see the introductory change management blog. Change Management Life Cycle. Steps for implementing change. Solicit feedback to determine root cause problems, ideation on potential solutions, and human factors. Qualitatively through in...

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The Practical Project Manager: Innovative Process Change

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The Practical Project Manager. Check out my new blog on Innovative Process Change. This should provide valuable information for project managers to assure the "human side" of a project is not left behind! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). There was an error in this gadget. There was an error in this gadget. Find us on Facebook. Promote Your Page Too. View my complete profile. Enter your email address:. This web site is designed for general information only. Construed to be formal consulting advice.

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The Practical Project Manager: What Are Stated Objectives?

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The Practical Project Manager. What Are Stated Objectives? Requirements: No different than purchasing equipment, make sure the objectives of a project are acquired by collecting and documenting requirements. What Do You Want? Needs Project requirements often describe the Dream House, so it will be important to categorize requirements, as it is unlikely the Dream House will be built to complete satisfaction or will even be needed. Gathering and Organizing Requirements. Check out this concise summary.

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The Practical Project Manager: How To Actually Get Work Done, Introduction

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The Practical Project Manager. How To Actually Get Work Done, Introduction. The Heartbeat of a Project is in Actually Getting Work Done. Actually "getting work done" can be extremely difficult if a project is bogged down by politics, bureaucracy, poor planning, a shortage of resources, or other external factors. The Practical Project Manager actually gets work done by ensuring execution of day-to-day work activities, both Planned. With clear communication, deliberation, and enthusiasm. Comes in two forms:.

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The Practical Project Manager: Set a GOAL to plan the work and work the plan

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The Practical Project Manager. Set a GOAL to plan the work and work the plan. What are Plan Goals? What's more more difficult than developing the project plan? For planning the work and setting goals. For executing the work defined by the plan. Setting goals for planning and executing the work provides clarity and helps the project team members commit to executing work defined in the plan. Setting a Goal to Plan the Work. How to define goals for creating and maintaining the plan. Most project methodologi...

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The Practical Project Manager: How to Buy and Get Stuff

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The Practical Project Manager. How to Buy and Get Stuff. Procurement of resources, including staffing and equipment, can be cumbersome at best. Here is a checklist used by the Practical Project Manager to avoid risk and delays to the project plan. Work with the corporate procurement team. Will delay things further! Get the best money can buy. Click on chart to enlarge. Plan for training and testing time. Schedule and budget for training. Allow team members ample time to ramp up on new equipment. The info...

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The Practical Project Manager: #5 Don’t Work in a Vacuum

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The Practical Project Manager. 5 Don’t Work in a Vacuum. Integration, dependencies, scope and when to stop. External forces are also moving and changing and are as important as internal project activity. The longer the project duration, the more likely you will need to monitor activities outside your scope and make adjustments accordingly. A project is over when it is finished, canceled, you run out of time or money, or it has failed. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). There was an error in this gadget.

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The Practical Project Manager: How To Actually Get Work Done, Action Items

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The Practical Project Manager. How To Actually Get Work Done, Action Items. What Is An Action Item? A generally accepted definition is this: "An action item is a documented activity, event, or task. Action items are discrete entities that can be dealt with by a single person.". While this is true, t. He Practical Project Manager knows action. Unplanned work associated with issue and risk management. Often discovered during a meeting or formal discussion regarding an issue or risk. Build a collaborative A...

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The Practical Project Manager: How to Manage a Project Budget - FREE TEMPLATE!

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The Practical Project Manager. How to Manage a Project Budget - FREE TEMPLATE! The Practical Project Manager knows one thing is sure: your project sponsor wants to know when the project is going to be complete! Your ability to accurately report the the project ETC (estimate to complete) and EAC (estimate at completion) is a critical part of the project manager's job. We answer the ETC question most accurately through a Project Budget. Maintaining an accurate budget. Including a project business case.