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Project Management News & Information: Goals, Milestones, Aims and Objectives

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Project Management News and Information. Sunday, 27 July 2014. Goals, Milestones, Aims and Objectives. In the English language the terms goals, milestones, aims and objectives all mean essentially the same thing and are used interchangeably in business and in everyday life. But frequently in a project management environment they are used to distinguish between long-term and short-term targets. So goals or milestones are short-term achievements of which an example is: “Build an online data repositor...

Project Management News & Information: The Yin and Yang of Project Management

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Project Management News and Information. Saturday, 14 September 2013. The Yin and Yang of Project Management. Part of what makes project management interesting is the challenges it always seems to throw up. And part of what makes a successful project manager is being able to deal with the challenges whether they are related to the budget, scope, schedule, people or project documentation. Develop a supportive working environment. Accept that mistakes can be made (and move on without blame). Her and kick o...

Project Management News & Information: 10 Things Every Project Manager Should Know

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Project Management News and Information. Saturday, 14 June 2014. 10 Things Every Project Manager Should Know. Gantt charts are the most generally useful tool in project planning. They are used for scheduling and monitoring tasks, for showing costs and expenditure at all stages throughout the project, for communicating progress and producing reports. They show, on a simple block diagram, the activities and costs over time in an easy-to-understand way. Devote adequate time to fully defining the requirements.

Project Management News & Information: April 2013

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Project Management News and Information. Saturday, 13 April 2013. The importance of end-users in IT Projects. Is it that the group itself does not believe their opinions carry any weight and, therefore, do not speak up when given the opportunity to do so. Is it that they are never fully involved in the project and so don't have the opportunity to speak up? If it is proving difficult to get feedback from the everyday user of a system then it is in the interests of the project manager to elicit that inform...

Project Management News & Information: May 2012

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Project Management News and Information. Wednesday, 16 May 2012. 10 Reasons You Need Project Management. You may feel the whole process of project management with all its methodologies, techniques, meetings, reports and other assorted documentation is just a thorn in your side. You may even feel you would be better off without it - but I suggest you read these 10 benefits of project management and they may just change your opinion. So here's my 10 benefits of project management:. By incorporating change ...