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How to Write a Killer Project Plan That Gets Results

by Vicky Webster and Martin Webster (Eds.) 

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How to Write a Project Plan
How to Write a Project Plan

In this article we show you how to write a project plan. But first we intend to dispel any myths about the project plan and project planning.

Then we show you how to plan for quality and how to be prepared for difficulties that will inevitably arise when managing change.

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Filed Under: What Leaders Need to Know Tagged With: Article, Business Tools, Planning, Product Based Planning, Product Breakdown Structure, Product Flow Diagram, Project Management, Project Manager, Project Plan, Project Planning, Project Schedule, Project Scope, Project Sponsor, Scope, Strategic Planning

Reporting Project Progress Using the Highlight Report

by Vicky Webster and Martin Webster (Eds.) 

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The Project Progress Report

To be honest, I’m not a big fan of the highlight report. The PRINCE2 term given to a project progress report.

This is, in part, because they tend to describe a project in the present rather than forecasting its state when it is should be completed.

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Filed Under: What Leaders Need to Know Tagged With: Business Tools, Communication, Progress Report, Project Control, Project Management, Project Manager, Project Planning, Project Progress, Project Progress Report, Project Schedule, Project Scope, Risk

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Who Else Wants More Fun and Less Stress When Managing Projects?

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Today’s workplace is a hotbed of irrationality, politics, much ado about nothing, and competing self-interests. The project manager needs to do much than measure the triple constraints. Here’s why.

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IT Organisation Design

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Read in 12 minutesIn this article we propose an Information Technology (IT) organisation design that is fit for the twenty-first century. An IT organisation design that is in tune with business, lean and effective. The mo is a marriage of structural cybernetics and the core IT capabilities.

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