Would Michele Bachmann’s Style Work as a Project Manager?
Step aside Sarah Palin—Minnesotan Michele Bachmann makes you look like, well a soccer mom with lipstick! The Tea Party 2012 presidential candidate …
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A Project's Sunk Costs - Should You Ignore Their Effect?
Sunk costs tend to be confusing. In our academic learning, we are taught that they’re necessary but treated as outright losses and hence should …
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Active Listening Techniques to Make You a Better Project Manager.
If you are a project manager, and you are hearing comments like “You are not getting my point,” “You are just not listening to …
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Agile Project Requirements Gathering: Techniques to Identify User Stories
It may be blasphemy to some, but Agile does have a requirements gathering process. In this article we look at different ways to trawl for requirements …
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Best Practices for Cost Estimating in Construction Project Management
As one of the major responsibilities for construction project managers, cost estimation ensures that a project gets done within budget and on time. …
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Don't Miss These Important Business Books That Will Help You Improve Your Business Game
One of the best ways to come up with new tricks to help you manage your projects and your productivity is by reading one of the many great business …
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Emphasis on Externalities in Assessing Project Risks
In coming up with cash flow estimations, the extent of possible side-effects to be considered goes beyond the project but extends throughout the …
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Helpful Tips to Manage Project Slippage
In order to manage project slippage, you have to determine the causes of the slippage and then systematically repair or replace what isn’t …
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How to Become Assertive & Get Results: Top Tips for Project Managers
Experienced project managers know that to be a good leader one must be assertive. But it’s easy to take this a bit too far and come off as a …
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How to Use Starbursting Idea Generation Techniques to Improve Project Initiation Phase
Starbursting is a form of brainstorming. Using startbusting as an idea generation technique requires asking questions in a systematic, comprehensive …
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