Organizations still run into many challenges while implementing ERP systems. One of the key success factors is to ensure a project is completed on time and thus avoid schedule overrun. In this article, the author introduces an approach for handling issues related to project timeline and illustrates a concrete case on utilizing this approach in the business blueprinting phase.
There will come a day when you will face an issue and not be able to resolve it on your own. What will you do to ensure the project is not compromised?
If you cannot make a plan to have the right people at the right time, then your project will not succeed. But how do you arrive at that plan with the number of resources? And how do you ensure that the number of people is right, and the start and finish dates are correct? It all starts with estimating.
"I don't know yet what I want, but I expect you to tell when I'll have it and how much will it cost!" A common problem each project manager faces is providing effort and duration estimates based on unclear or high-level requirements. We can provide a best guess, padded because it will surely be trimmed down. Or we can provide a response that will make the executive understand the need for more details, without saying so. This article shows a simple way to do so.
While there has been much already written on agile estimation, it is an area that comes up time and time again. This article will cover the big picture view of upfront estimates and ways to engage more stakeholders in the estimation process.
With projects increasingly being initiated with incomplete scopes—and with change becoming ever more frequent—what role does estimation play today?
Project managers are regularly called on to coordinate event projects. The list provided here includes some tips from event management experts, who share some best practices.
Earned Value Management can only help if you understand the limitations of the data you're using to calculate the numbers. Here we look at the specific planning and tracking requirements for EVM--and the aspects that a project manager has to consider in preparing and managing their project for it.
Should you apply excessive schedule pressure onto your development team? Heck no! Here's five reasons why.
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