Before embarking on our journey to understand the mentioned terms, let’s understand Decomposition Decomposition as a means of breaking down scope into work package or work packages into smaller activities I understand that for many of us, the project manager it doesn’t make a lot of sense to have two activities as we usually deliver […]
Project Team and Project Management Team let’s start our discussion with the understanding of who is Project Manager. They are organized, passionate and goal-oriented who understand what projects have in common, and their strategic role in how organizations succeed, learn and change. They work well under pressure and are comfortable with change and complexity in dynamic […]
Project Manufacturing vs Operations Project Manufacturing Project Manufacturing is an operation designed to produce unique but similar products. It takes advantage of common manufacturing requirements (and therefore efficiencies), while allowing for customization into “unique” combinations. Unique orders may be managed like a project. Project Manufacturing is a temporary endeavour carried out to develop a unique […]
Project Risk Management Future in ambiguous, future is unknown, no one controls the future. Even with the perfect plan, no one can guarantee that things will go as the team has charted out. The risk is a future uncertain event, which means that it might happen or might not. In order to maintain good control over […]
Project Risk Management (A high-level snapshot) Risks are inevitable. Whatever you do, some of the future uncertain events will happen on the project. You got to be ready to face them. Project Risk Management Knowledge Area helps you prepare for these unexpected and unplanned events. Project Risk Management Knowledge Area Processes Plan Risk Management (Planning) it […]
Project Risk Management Changes and Risks are inevitable, you can’t run from these. To be an effective project manager it is in your favour to plan for these calamities beforehand. The challenge with this planning is that both risks and changes are unknown and this is where Project Risk Management plays a vital role. The […]
‘Enterprise Environment Factors’ and ‘Organisational Process Assets’: EEF vs OPA You, your team and your project are not in space, they are surrounded by the environment. EEF and OPA’s make this environment for you. They do not compete with each other as EEF vs OPA, but they help the project manager to understand the project […]
Project Stakeholder Management The very reason that project exists is because of stakeholders. The project deliverables should match their expectations and this is why it is important to keep them involved so that first they can share what is their expectations and secondly you can manage the expectations which right communication. Technically good projects can be […]
Project Stakeholder Management (A high-level snapshot) Project management is about knowing your audience and then manage their interests and expectations. Project Stakeholder Management knowledge area helps you understanding your stakeholders so that you can win the project champions and friend amongst them. The project manager and his team job is to asses the degree to which […]
