6/22/12 Fundamentals of Project Management‚ 4th Edition Simple Solutions for Busy People By Joseph Heagney (A Book review by R. Max Wideman‚ FPMI) The views expressed in this article are strictly those of Max Wideman. Published here July‚ 2012 Introduction Every now and again it is nice‚ even comforting‚ to read a book on the basics or fundamentals of project management. Here is a book that does just that. It is a simple compendium of all the things that every project manager should know —
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In today’s job market‚ project management is becoming a major practice in today’s work force. In this paper‚ I will describe what a project is and its life cycle using examples of a project I am currently working on. Then‚ describe how this project assists our organizations to accomplish our company goals and the positive and negatives of the Oracle project at Diebold‚ Incorporated. Let’s start by looking at what is a project. A project is a complex‚ unique one-time effort that is limited by
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Project Management in High-Tech Organizations: A Field Study 1. Title: Project Management in High-Tech Organizations: A Field Study 1. Investigators (co-investigators) Clay Spinuzzi‚ University of Texas at Austin 1. Hypothesis‚ Research Questions‚ or Goals of the Project I seek to answer the following research questions: * How do people in high-tech knowledge work organizations manage projects? What tools and texts do they use? * How‚ and to what extent‚ do they collaborate
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explain the Project Portfolio Management (PPM)‚ the reasoning behind it as a set of processes and methodologies and how these build a group of singular projects into a stack or tier that can be holistically graded‚ how these processes can drive IT to become closely modelled on and aligned with business strategy. It seeks to point out successful methodologies for PPM implementation and some of the issues that can arise. The basis of PPM Project management and by extension portfolio management are curious
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Keller Graduate School of Management GREEN ACRES /A LEAN PLAN Prepared by: Group B Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Course Requirements for Sustainability Project Management PROJ 591-68026 12/16/2012 A LEAN PLAN Green Acres will identify a Lean Operations Plan and ways to reduce or the wastes produced in our production or project and service development. To be lean: • Identify customers and specify value‚ recognize that even
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“Crowdsourcing is a new phenomenon enabled by evolving information and communication technologies”(Aitamurto‚ 2011) Crowdsourcing is a neologism for the act of taking tasks traditionally performed by an employee or contractor and outsourcing it to a group of people or community in the form of an open call. For example‚ the public may be invited to develop a new technology‚ carry out a design task‚ refine or carry out the steps of an algorithm‚ or help capture‚ systematize or analyze large amounts
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What is the Project Management? Project management is the discipline of planning‚ organizing‚ securing‚ managing‚ leading‚ and controlling resources to achieve specific goals. A project is a temporary endeavor with a defined beginning and end (usually time-constrained‚ and often constrained by funding or deliverables)‚ undertaken to meet unique goals and objectives‚ typically to bring about beneficial change or added value. Project management is a composite activity with multiple dimensions.
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Houston Area Windows Company A NEW SYSTEMS INITIATIVE Houston Area Windows Company (HAWC) is an twelve-year-old company based in Houston‚ Texas. HAWC headquarters is located on the South East side of Houston. Currently‚ there are four local service centers providing installation and repair services for the greater Houston area. HAWC is organized into five logical units: Sales and Marketing‚ Product Installation and Repair‚ Training‚ Accounting and Finance‚ and Human Resources. All units except Product
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Project Mangement - Constraints By Jasmeet Prakash A project has many factors which determine its level of manageability and success. These factors can be considered constraints which may cause delays or difficulties. The most important criteria for a balanced project is often quoted as the careful organisation of these constraints. Constraint reducing techniques are used to better equip a Project Manager for success. These techniques are accomplished through the use of practical guides or methods
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Using TOC To Improve Project Management. ________________________________________ Most projects‚ whether big or small‚ are undertaken either to create a new structure‚ such as a plant‚ an airport‚ an Olympic stadium‚ a bridge‚ a new product‚ etc.‚ or to modify an existing structure‚ such as a plant expansion‚ adding a new production line‚ expanding a highway‚ etc. In most cases‚ the late completion of the project‚ such as finishing the Olympic stadium two weeks after the opening of the Olympics
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