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Major Roots of Project Slippage

Major roots of project slippage

Slippage of the scope, time and budget happens often on the projects. As the result both duration and cost may troubled. Inflexibility of a selected project management framework and practices may also add miscalculation of outcomes, over-pressure on resources, low moral and consequent business loses. The sources of slippage usually lay in the beginning of projects and arise from poor planning.

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Knowledge as a Denominator of Human Values

Knowledge, as a Denominator of Human Value

There numerous slogans do describe how the knowledge defines various aspects of our lifes.

I like this simply genius one – equation by Albert Einstein:

Ego = 1 / Knowledge
"More the knowledge lesser the ego, lesser the knowledge more the ego."

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Leadership Drivers in Project Management

Leadership Drivers in Project Management

In this article, I am trying to summarize my vision on both administrative and emotional intelligence leadership aspects learned from the distinguished professors, other educators, practitioners, and own experiences and believes, applied in project management practices.

The following list doesn’t pretend to be complete or perfect;

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Project Schedule Must be Aggressive but Achievable

Project Schedule Must be Aggressive but Achievable

Usually, the word "aggressive" makes us worrying the same way as its synonyms violent, hostile and destructive. However, when it comes to a project schedule, the word "aggressive" should raise rather positive emotions, brought by its other synonyms: proactive, dynamic, vigorous, and optimized. Which also means the schedule is compressed,

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Survey for Project Initiation

Survey for Project Initiation

I found surveys are very helpful and am using them on different stages of the projects. Our surveys contain the base questions and cover all project stages from creation of a business case to closure. It is very practical and handy using these questionnaires to make sure the overall aspects of the project status are captured.

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Being a Project Manager Smartsheet


The Unofficial Smartsheet Guide to Being a Project Manager | An infographic by the team at Smartsheet

The Unofficial Smartsheet Guide to Being a Project Manager

  1. Read widely, especially about human psychology.
  2. Become an early adopter of new technology.

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10 Steps to Passing PMP Certification Exam

Passing PMP Exam

The following road-map for successful passing of the Project Management Professional (PMP) certification exam is written for those, who are ready to dedicate their time and efforts to confirm their Project Management skills and knowledge.

1. Plan to complete your certification within certain period of time;

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Memorizing PM formulas for good

This post is triggered by an article "How to memorize PMP formulas" by Richard Wheeler. Richard is a frequent blogger on project management forums, my G+ friend, and simply a nice fellow.

In his article, Richard suggests his approach to memorizing formulas.

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Protected: Project Check Lists, Processes and Templates

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