CENTER FOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT EXPERTISE
In project-driven companies, the creation of a project management division is readily accepted as a necessity to conduct business.
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What Does Project Manager (PM) Mean? A project manager is the person responsible for leading a project from its inception to execution. This includes planning, execution and managing the people, resources and scope of the project.
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MODIFICATION OF MATRIX STRUCTURES
The matrix can take many forms, but there are basically three common varieties. Each type represents a different degree of authority attributed to the program manager and indirectly identifies the relative size of the matrix structures company.
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MATRIX ORGANIZATIONAL FORM
The matrix organizational form is an attempt to combine the advantages of the pure functional structure and the product organizational structure.
A system approach to planning, scheduling and controlling PMP Project Management
SYSTEMS THINKING
Ultimately, all decisions and policies are made on the basis of judgments; there is no other way, and there never will be. In the end, analysis is but an aid to the judgment and intuition of the decision maker.
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CHANGE MANAGEMENT AND CORPORATE CULTURES
It has often been said that the most difficult projects to manage are those that involve the management of change.
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THE MANY FACES OF SUCCESS IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Historically, the definition of success has been meeting the customer’s expectations regardless of whether or not the customer is internal or external. Success also includes getting the job done within the constraints of time, cost,…
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INFORMAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT: A DEFINITION
Companies today are managing projects more informally than before. Informal project management does have some degree of formality but emphasizes managing the project with a minimum amount of paperwork. Furthermore, informal project management is based…
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Project Management Growth
INTRODUCTION The growth and acceptance of project management has changed significantly over the past forty years, and these changes are expected to continue well into the twenty-first century, especially in the area of multinational project…
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Case Study – WILLIAMS MACHINE TOOL COMPANY
For 75 years, the Williams Machine Tool Company had provided quality products to its clients, becoming the third largest U.S.-based machine tool company by 1980. The company was highly profitable and had an extremely low…
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Project Management Overview (Part5)
PROJECT-DRIVEN VERSUS NON–PROJECT-DRIVEN ORGANIZATIONS On the micro level, virtually all organizations are either marketing-, engineering-, or manufacturing- driven. But on the macro level, organizations are either project- or non–project-driven.In a project-driven organization, such as construction…