Project Procurement Management Project Procurement Management is a knowledge area where you would be using all skills that you have learned in other 9 knowledge areas. The Project Procurement Management processes deal with purchasing goods or services from vendors, contractors, suppliers, and others outside the project team. When we see the Procurement through the lenses of […]
The techniques used in Sequencing the activities PMBOK 6 defines “Lag is the amount of time whereby a successor activity is required to be delayed with respect to a predecessor activity” “Lead is the amount of time whereby a successor activity can be advanced with respect to a predecessor activity” Lead Lead is a relationship where the successor activity […]
Inspection and Audits Before jumping in the details of the Inspection and Audits, let me explain PDCA Cycle; Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) cycle to differentiate between audits and inspections. At a high level, inspections are a “do” and audits are a “check”. Now the PMBOK 6 Definitions; An audit is a structured, independent process used to determine if […]
Project Communication Management 90% of the Project Manager’s job is communication. Good and effective Communication makes or breaks the project. It is critically important for the project management team to get it right. The project manager would be doing all sort of communication, within Project, Outside Project, to the Management, with the team, to the stakeholders, […]
Project Communications Management Project Communications management is essential to any successful project; it comprises of the procedures required to ensure on time/prompt and suitable/appropriate production, assembly, dissemination, storage, and final outlook of project information. It offers crucial connections among individuals, ideas, and information that is essential for success. Organizations environment and culture impacts the level […]
Project Communication Management (A high-level snapshot) Project Communication Management Knowledge Area ensures timely and appropriate planning, collection, creation, distribution, storage, retrieval, management, control, monitoring, and the ultimate disposition of project information. As a Project Manager, it is your responsibility to oversee and ideally developing a communication strategy to ensure communication remains effective and engaging for stakeholders. […]
Before going forward with the clarification of the definitions mentioned above, we need to understand the WBS, and work breakdown. “A hierarchical decomposition of the total scope of work to be carried out by the project team to accomplish the project objectives and create the required deliverables. Each descending level of the WBS represents an […]
According to WorkFront 2018 State of Work report, 57% of knowledge workers “have not been formally trained to manage projects but do manage projects.” Project Management is a large and complex field and it sometimes becomes difficult to comprehend it in totality. To be a successful project manager you need to master the skills, knowledge, creative […]
Project Resource Management Project Resource Management is a complex and sensitive knowledge area as it involves Humans. We all understand dealing Humans are not easy. This is where you need to employ best of you soft and interpersonal skills, like Leadership, Coaching, Communication, Performance appraisals and above all Conflict management. Project Resource Management processes cover all […]
