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We generally talk about managing projects that were sold to our customers. But how about the management of a presales project? Is that just like managing any other project? Do we have the same constraints? Is it less stressful?
Like project managers, weather forecasters predict, or forecast, what will happen in the future. But they have an advantage over most PMs when it comes to estimating future uncertainties. Weather forecasters forecast the future more than they predict the future, and forecasts are superior to predictions for aligning stakeholder expectations and improving stakeholder decision making.
En temporadas de auge económico la mayoría de las empresas pueden identificar fácilmente que los proyectos permiten realizar inversiones y mejoras para el crecimiento del negocio, pero que pasa en tiempo de crisis, ¿es necesario realizar proyectos?
Scared of spreadsheets? Don't be! They are a necessary and valuable tool in the project manager's arsenal. This article and its accompanying template are not a step-by-step tutorial. Instead of detailed instructions, it discusses a few things that are crucial to start both managing projects and completing advanced work with spreadsheets.
What constitutes a troubled project? The answer is truly in the eyes of the sponsor, but as project managers we need to measure objectively and then decide how to use those facts in our go-forward plans. Here the author puts everything in the context of the triple constraint.
| A. | The economic marketplace is so dependent on stakeholder interpretations of the news and political events that it is impossible to try to predict the value of organizational projects in the future. Since 2011, businesses no longer use the present and future monetary calculations in their strategic planning. |
| B. | When choosing projects, the one which will offer the highest return on investment is always the best one to choose. Financial value, even if it is delayed longer into the future, is always the wisest way for an organization to direct its investment dollars. |
| C. | Present Value (PV) and Future Value (FV) can be used to see how much business value a project can provide to the organization in the future. It allows mathematical calculations to pinpoint amounts rather than just predictions of good “growth” or “return.” |
| D. | There are many types of value for a company to consider. Each project can be focused to lead to whichever type of value is most important to the organization, but only one of four portfolio value categories for projects can be met by a single project. |
The following article discuss how fast tracking can lead to project delays, showing the most common risk and pitfalls when applying the technique. It will focus on examples from some projects in Qatar.
This article highlights why project financial assessment is so prone to errors during project monitoring, and illustrates a better practice for applying earned value to analyze and report project schedule and cost data quickly and accurately.
For a long time, the constraints of time, scope and cost have been the key attributes that a project management professional had to handle effectively for project success. However, project success encompasses much more.
Many organizations consider quality improvement as a critical factor of success for competitiveness. The goal of continuous improvement attempts to not only meet customer requirements, but to also do it at the lowest cost. Values obtained as a result of the calculation need to be analyzed to prepare plans for improvement and set goals for reducing the cost of quality.
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