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Performance management for project managers: 5 key techniques
Performance management is not just some fancy business buzzword, but an essential tool for any project manager. Project management requires organizational skills as well as the ability to optimize team performance and ensure that objectives are met. This is where performance management comes into play. This approach allows project managers to continuously monitor, analyze, and…
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The communication plan for project management
Successful projects are based on effective communication. This is why a communication plan is so important. The level of quality with which one communicates during the life cycle of a project can make the difference between success and failure. According to the Project Management Institute – PMI, high performance organizations, ie those organizations that have…
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How to choose a project management software for the third sector
Choosing a project management software is never easy, especially if we are talking about specific sectors. The offer of softwares for project management on the market has in fact exploded exponentially in recent years. These programs are specially designed to improve collaboration between team members and the project manager. They offer a variety of functionalities…
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Matrix organization and PM
Projects require many different activities, therefore the organizational structure should not be rigid, but efficient, flexible and possibly innovative. Every organization is structured in some way and this structure is determined by the goals of the organization. The way an organization is structured provides a standard for operating processes and routines. Furthermore, it determines who…
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How to manage an Agile team
Learning to manage an Agile Work Team is not easy. For many companies, becoming more “agile” requires a significant change in the way leaders and managers seek success. The frameworks of managing projects established as Agile are too often considered as models to copy and paste. But if you really want to work fast, deliver the…
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How to best manage project closure
Closing a project is not like turning off a computer. After having apparently finished a project, there is still a lot to do and, even if it does not seem, many things can go wrong. So much time and effort is made in the planning of a project, but often it is forgotten that the…
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Project integration management: how to manage integration in a project
Project management can be complicated, especially when different departments have to work together. As more departments work on the same project, it is likely that each of them will use a different methodology to deliver the results. The methodology chosen is the one to which each department is more accustomed or the one with which…
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The role of the Project Manager changes with disruptive technologies
How are disruptive technologies redefining the Project Manager figure? The third PMI Report addresses exactly this topic. As already highlighted in the previous articles, 1st article and 2nd article, disruptive technologies are revolutionizing entire sectors and entire organizations. In short, they are forcing all organizations to change both what they do and how they do it.…
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The next generation PMO
Our journey into the future continues with the analysis of the second report on disruptive technologies presented by the PMI. You can read the first article here. This time the focus is on the PMO, the department that manages the projects within an organization. The massive chain effect of disruptive technologies is like a powerful…
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What future for Project management? New reports and disruptive technologies
3 Reports to analyze in detail the future of Project Management. 3 reports that the Project Management Institute has just published on the evolution of Project Management taking into consideration the “disruptive” technologies. These reports were presented during the seventh PMO Symposium in Washington CS, where more than 650 project management executives came together to…
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Multigenerational Work Team: Know them to manage them
We talked a few articles ago about the Project Manager and how the management of the project teams should function, not considering the generational difference. We have described, in that article, how today, in a job or in a team, up to 5 generations can be co-present, and this aspect must be managed at best if…
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MAP – Methodology Assessment Process
The choice of the right project management methodology is the first step towards success. Project managers can really become a concrete support for organizations by improving the way they implement projects, by choosing the most effective and efficient method and therefore reducing risks. But in order to do so, it is not enough to simply…
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Construction Project Management
Nowadays, applying Project Management to the construction sector is also a must. Construction projects evolve and become more and more structured, here we find many moving parts and heterogeneous resources that have to be managed. Moreover, in every construction project, there are many phases that have to be managed as well, from planning to construction…