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Work Breakdown Structure: Breaking Down the Beast
What Exactly Is a Work Breakdown Structure? Here’s the thing about project management—everyone talks about “breaking things down,” but I’m not confident that most people get it right. A…
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Decoding Your Project’s Hidden Playbook: It’s All About the Environment
Have you ever felt like your project is battling unseen forces? You’re not wrong! Every project operates within a unique “environment” – both the outside world and your company’s…
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Understanding Project Scope: Importance and Process
Defining the project scope is one of the most critical concepts in project management. It serves as your project definition – it is the whole point behind why the…
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Key Roles in Project Management Explained
There can be quite a few roles on a project. However, this post will focus on the ones that you will see on most projects. It is important that…
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Essential Phases of the Project Lifecycle
Overview The project lifecycle refers to the sequence of phases that a project goes through from start to finish. These phases help organize and manage the work needed to…
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Essential Project Management Terms Explained
We are going to look at some key foundational terms which will be used in future posts. If you do any amount of project management, I guarantee that you…
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Example Scope Statement
The following is an example of a project scope statement. This could be used as an input to a project plan. Feel free to copy the text and use…
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Waterfall vs. Other Project Management Methods
A project management methodology is a set of principals that guide how you do your work. If you look at various methodologies, you’ll see that they all do the…
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What is Project Management?
The Project Management Institute (PMI) gives us a really good definition of project management, so let’s start with that. Project management is the application of knowledge, skills, tools, and…
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What is a project?
So now that you have a better understanding of what project management is, what is a project? First, it is important to understand the difference between operational work and…