PM Archives - Project Assistants

How Project Stakeholders and Organizational Influences Affect Project Management

Anyone who has worked on a project knows that it’s not just the project teams and its managers that affect project execution and success. This post will identify and examine the key external players that influence a project. Project Stakeholders...

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Theory

The Project Management Process

Methodology and process are critical to delivering consistent, quality project results. This post details how to get both in place for your project operations. The Importance of Methodology to Project Management A methodology is an integrated, cohesive,...

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General Posts, General Project Management

The Checklist every organization should use

Every organization has large initiatives they need to break down into task assignments. Action item lists are a great way to bridge the gap from the big picture of the project plan to the execution phase. These checklists facilitate a DYJ (Do your job)...

adminJan 15 action items, checklist, checklists, DYJ, leadership, management, PM, project execution, project plan, project planning, task assignments Comments Disabled

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 surface, but there is an array of initiatives that...

adminJun 06 execution, mission, PM, PPM, Project Management, strategy, vision Comments Disabled

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 graphics, this is the most in-depth content we have ever released free to the public,...

adminJan 10 best practices, Enterprise Project Management Office, EPMO, People Process Technology, PM, PM Theory, PMO, portfolio management, PPM, PPM Theory, Project Management, Project Management Office, Project Management Theory Comments Disabled