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What is the Primary Project Hierarchy? 5 Core PM Concepts
One thing ties together many important project management concepts... so, what is the Primary Project Hierarchy?
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What is Release Management? Project Management in Under 5
Projects - especially IT projects - need to release new software into a live environment. So, what is Release Management?
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What is a Critical Chain? Project Management in Under 5
The Critical Path Method is well known. But, what is a Critical Chain?
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What is Collaboration? Project Management in Under 5
Good collaboration harnesses the differences between people, and is an essential part of project management. So, what is Collaboration?
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What is a Business Blueprint? Project Management in Under 5
In the world of business transformation, what is the master plan that guides the definition and planning of your project? It's a Business Blueprint. So, what is a Business Blueprint?
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What is a Functional Specification? Project Management in Under 5
On software and technical projects, there is a chain of project definition deliverables, and one of them is the Functional Specification. So, what is a Functional Specification?
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What is a Work Breakdown Structure - WBS? PM in Under 5
The Work Breakdown Structure (or WBS) is one of the most basic and most important of your Project Management toolset. So, what is a Work Breakdown Structure?
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What is a Senior Responsible Owner - SRO? PM in Under 5
The term 'Senior Responsible Owner' or SRO comes from the UK Government's Program Management methodology, Managing Successful Programmes (MSP). It also appears in the related and far more widely known PRINCE2 methodology. But what is a...
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Project Management in Under 5: What is Project Integration?
Projects have a lot of processes, tools, and methods. One thing allows a project manager to hold them all together. So, what is Project Integration?
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What is Crashing the Timeline? Project Management in Under 5
Your project gets delayed... Or maybe you need to finish early... So, what is Crashing the Timeline?
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6 Project Management Hacks in Under 3 Minutes
Six short, sharp, easy things you can do to improve your project management, that will have big results in improving your project outcomes.
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Project Governance Tips - 5 Tips for Good Project Governance
Good Project Governance is one of the golden keys to project management success. So, in this video, we have 5 Project Governance tips for you. These tips are inspired by our Kindle-exclusive eBook, 'Project Governance A Guide for Project...
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Personal Effectiveness: 5 Tips for Project Managers
Project Management is a professional discipline. It’s not enough to be skilled in the methods. You need to cultivate personal effectiveness. So, I'll offer you five of my best personal effectiveness tips. These tips are inspired by our...
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Certification for Project Managers - 5 Tips
Project Management is an excellent career. At its best, you are judged by your track record and your capabilities. But many organizations need a short-hand to know what you know. That's where qualifications come in handy. So here, we'll...
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How to Succeed in Project Management: 8 Skills to Cultivate
Do you want to know how to succeed in Project Management? I'll tell you: hard work. But in this video, I look at eight particular skills to cultivate. They are all themed around one master-competence that is crucial to your success as a...
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Leading without Authority: How to Manage and Lead People
Project Managers rarely have authority over the people we need to manage. So, our challenge is leading without authority. A manager typically has authority over the people they manage. But project managers rarely do. So, we cannot simply...
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The Need for Speed: How to Increase the Pace of Your Project
As project managers, we are constantly faced with the Need for Speed. Because one of the biggest challenges is the pace of change. More particularly, it is the demands our organizations are placing on us to respond to the pace of change,...
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Project Risk Management - How to Manage Project Risk
When you are managing a project, risk is always with you. So, Project Risk Management is a fundamental discipline. Project Risk Management one of the 10 Knowledge Areas in the PMBOK Guide 6th Edition and one of the 7 themes of PRINCE2....
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What is a Discounted Cash Flow - DCF?
Creating a business case and an investment appraisal is essential at the start of your project. And many organizations specify that the investment appraisal uses a DCF (Discounted Cash Flow) methodology. So, in this video, I answer the...
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How to Build a Great Project Communications Plan
If your project does not have a good enough Communications Plan, people won't know as much as they want to know. And if your project fails to keep communication ahead of events then, in the absence of real information, people will fill...
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How to Estimate Project Costs: A Method for Cost Estimation
There are two reasons why cost estimation is important for project managers. First, it’s extremely hard to estimate project costs well. And second, poor cost estimates are often the biggest reason for a project budget over-run. And...
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What is SWOT Analysis? Useful tool for Project Managers
SWOT Analysis is a well-known tool. And rightly so! It is simple, yet it is also flexible and powerful. As a project manager, SWOT Analysis is one of those tools that you can use in may circumstances. So it's a great resource to have in...
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Real Project Team: What Will You Do to Create One?
What will you do to create a real project team? I remembered this when I came across the concept of 'Real Teams'. This idea comes from Jon Katzenbach, a leading thinker on teams. Jon Katzenbach - along with Douglas Smith - is the author...
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What is Your Psychological Distance?
One of the key things to know, in deciding how to motivate your people is 'what is your Psychological Distance?' As a Project Leader, one of your critical jobs is keeping your team motivated. We all learn about motivation - some more...