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Project Management

Project management is a discipline of certain activities to manage a temporary endeavour (project) to achieve specific goals.

These certain activities are initiating, planning, executing, controlling and meet the deliverables.

Project management is the application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project activities to meet the project requirements. A project is temporary in a specified timeframe, and therefore defined scope and resources.

The primary challenge is to meet all of the project goals within the given constraints. This information is usually described in a project plan. This project plan contains a scope, a time line, quality and budget. The challenge for the project team members and project leader is to optimize the allocation of necessary inputs and integrate them to meet pre-defined objectives.

Project-based work has many advantages for an organization such as deploying specialized staff and temporary hiring of personnel. Both the functional and operational management of employees are experienced as disadvantageous as is the continuous adaptation to the environment.

What are the most known and used project management tools and methods? What are their success stories and practical tips when you apply these? These posts are all about great tools and methods that can help you to achieve your goal or understand certain aspects that come with project management.

Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

by Patty MulderProject Management TemplatesNovember 7, 2017January 19, 2020

Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) is a term that is used in project management. A WBS has a hierarchical structure in which concrete, main activities are divided into logical sub-activities.

Project Initiation Document (PID)

by Patty MulderProject ManagementOctober 16, 2017November 19, 2019

This article explains the Project Initiation Document or PID in a practical way. After reading it, you will understand the basics of this powerful project management tool. What is a…

Scope Control

by Patty MulderProject ManagementAugust 22, 2017November 19, 2019

Scope Control consists of Project Scope (size of the project) and Product Scope (size of the product). Project scope shows the total amount of work to be done, in order to achieve the desired outcome.

MoSCoW Method

by Patty MulderProject ManagementAugust 1, 2017November 19, 2019

The MoSCoW Method is about setting requirements by order of priority. The most important requirements need to be met first for a greater chance of success.

GAP Analysis

by Patty MulderProject ManagementJuly 12, 2017December 3, 2019

This article describes the GAP Analysis in a practical way. After reading you will understand the basics of this powerful type of project management and strategic tool. What is a…

Stakeholder Management

by Patty MulderProject ManagementFebruary 2, 2016November 4, 2019

This article explains Stakeholder Management in a practical way. After reading you will understand the basics of this powerful project management tool. Introduction Organizations that intend to implement large-scale changes…

Influence Mapping

by Patty MulderProject ManagementMarch 17, 2015November 19, 2019

Influence Mapping is a visualization technique that allows you to identify key stakeholders and the people who influence those stakeholders.

Managing Successful Programmes (MSP)

by Vincent van VlietProject ManagementOctober 27, 2014December 9, 2019

Managing Successful Programmes (MSP) is a programme management method to implement change within an organization as efficiently as possible.

Responsibility Assignment Matrix (RAM)

by Patty MulderProject Management TemplatesJune 9, 2014January 13, 2020

Project managers like using a Responsibility Assignment Matrix to identify the role of the various members of a project team. This matrix is a structural chart in which is visually made clear what should be done by whom. In the matrix it is clear what the tasks and responsibilities are of each of the team members.

RACI Matrix

by Patty MulderProject Management TemplatesNovember 10, 2013January 12, 2020

The RACI matrix or RACI chart is used in order to have a good overview of a (complex) project of the various members of the project and their individual responsibilities. This matrix describes the participation by various roles in completing tasks or results for projects or business processes on completing the tasks or results in an orderly fashion.

Project Management

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