Project Planning
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As projects become more complicated and involve more people and steps, the importance of project planning increases. Learn more about how to optimize project success throught the use of effective project planning.
By n a
Learn how to plan and schedule more complex projects using Critical Path Analysis and PERT. These are powerful tools that help you to schedule and manage complex projects. They were developed in the 1950s to control large defense projects, and have been used routinely since then. Learn how these tools can work for you.
(Added: 29-Mar-2006 Hits: 707)
By Chris Vandersluis
But what does collaboration really mean in the context of Modern Project Management? Over my next few columns we'll be looking at the movement towards collaborative project management. We'll look first at what collaboration means when we apply it to project management and who should be collaborating
(Added: 28-Sep-2001 Hits: 577)
By Chris Collison
One of the most critical tasks to plan on completing for any project is almost always the last task to complete. It is often identified simply as 'lessons learned'. This article provides the ten easy steps to identifying what went right and what went wrong in the project and what to do about repeating the success or ensuring that the negative aspects of the project are not repeated.
(Added: 4-Oct-2005 Hits: 390)
By Max Wideman
Originally I wrote this for one of my clients in 1991. The idea was to develop a brochure to promote project management in one of the client's departments. Today, project management is well established in the organization, but the answers to the questions are just as necessary.
(Added: 4-Apr-2005 Hits: 346)
By Dick Billows, PMP
Instead of defining the measurable results, many PMs and their sponsors focus on the bells and whistles of the project's tasks. This is the activity trap, and it is an evil thing. When a PM dives head first into the gunk of the activity trap, the project planning takes the form of horse-trading. "Okay, if you can add your favorite task, then I get to add mine!" Most importantly, no one has agreed on what the project will achieve.
(Added: 1-Mar-2006 Hits: 559)
By n a
This article will help you understand how setting up and maintaining a gantt chart can benefit a project manager. Also provided is a step-by-step description of how to set up a gantt chart as a tool to manage your next complex project.
(Added: 29-Mar-2006 Hits: 962)
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