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If we do not take the time to truly understand previous project experiences — both our own and those of others — how can we expect to improve our project outcomes? Here are a few pointers for capturing, assimilating, sharing and applying all those lessons learned.
Are key written resources used by project workers stored randomly like in a library with a mad librarian? Toss that library card and use a context-rich intranet repository instead.
Virtual workspaces, blogs, wikis and archives can become the lifeblood of larger self-organized project teams, for which all-inclusive, continuous information sharing is a founding principle. Meanwhile, the author recommends that email take a backseat on project communication.
Many project leaders and teams believe brainstorming is a waste of time and doesn’t produce meaningful results. Maybe they aren’t doing it right. A variation called reverse brainstorming can help, focusing on the quality over quantity of ideas. Here’s advice on achieving better outcomes from both techniques.
Organizations and project leaders must support the gathering and reviewing of project lessons learned, or teams are doomed to repeat avoidable mistakes.
Why should your organization spend money on projects? If we don’t answer, others will guess about our value...and we may not like their guesses! Fortunately, benefits realization management offers a set of strategies and techniques to help organizations obtain value from projects.
Assumptions are some of the biggest culprits in scope creep, misunderstandings and successful projects being declared failures. This article will provide examples of each--and ways to take the assumptions out of the picture and make your project a success.
Is the PMP really the dividing line of quality for a PM, or is the world a little more complex than that?
Let’s take a broad look at how business intelligence is used in project management to improve performance and focus efforts on activities that garner positive results--focusing on the two phases that get you the quickest results.
Virtualization trends and social technologies have greatly changed the way today’s teams collaborate, generating volumes of unstructured data and new challenges in tracking and measuring project performance. But the rapid changes have also created new opportunities in the area of business intelligence that can improve analysis and visibility.
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