Resource Management

The coronavirus pandemic has taught organizations that they need a way to deliver valuable project successes even when nothing is going as planned. It takes a solid foundation of metrics […]

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General Project Management, Resource Management, Theory

5 Reasons Projects Fail: #1 Elusive resource management

This is the final post in a 5-part series. To see the last post on “Organizational Rigidity”, click here. The #1 reason projects fail has been a thorn in the […]

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General Project Management, Project Portfolio Management, Resource Management

Presenting: Eliminating Project Failure

Our vision is to make project failure obsolete. Many people find that overly-ambitious, so we set out to explain exactly what we mean by that and outline how to do […]

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Current Events, General Project Management, Resource Management

How AI Can Unlock the Final Frontier of Project Management

Most opportunities for digital disruption have happened when there is wasted capacity because of a disconnect with demand. How many empty houses were there before AirBnB connected people leaving town […]

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General Posts, General Project Management, Resource Management, Theory

Progress Tracking: What it is and why it’s good

These next three posts will cover Progress Tracking. This post introduces the concept and clears the air on some preconceptions about the process. What is Progress Tracking? A very important […]

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Microsoft Project, Resource Management, Technology

Hacking MS Project: Triggering Warnings When End Dates Change

An out-of-box feature that has long been missing from Microsoft Project is the ability to set a target finish date when you are scheduling from the project start date. When […]

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General Project Management, Project Portfolio Management, Resource Management, Theory

Project Initiatives Drive Your Organization’s Mission

Every organization has an ultimate Mission that all of their long-term goals, yearly portfolios, quarterly outlooks and daily operations are striving to fulfill. The Mission often sounds simple on its […]

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Events, General Project Management, Project Portfolio Management, Resource Management, Theory, View from the Top

Presenting: New EPMO White Paper

We have developed an Enterprise Project Management Office white paper, and we wanted to provide it for free for our loyal blog followers. At 5,000 words and over a dozen […]

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Microsoft Project, Resource Management, Technical How-To

Replacing Resources on Task Assignments in Microsoft Project

In our last post, we covered several different ways to assign tasks to resources. This post will cover the factors around changing task assignments and techniques for doing it in […]

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Microsoft Project, Resource Management, Technical How-To

How to Assign Resources to a Task in Microsoft Project

The following guide demonstrates how you can assign resources in various ways and avoid some overallocations by using tools available through the Assign Resources dialog box. These techniques apply whether you […]

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