The failure to identify when to use risk management is one of the issues that is faced by managers. If an issue is not identified early enough in the ...

It has been a repeated theme in Dr. Simon's lectures that a PM, especially for the medical device industry, may not have all the necessary safeguards ...

In the event of sudden emergencies, where a teammate is suddenly absent and their work need to be don’t in a timely manner; the other member would hav...

I believe that if the team member decides after the Planning phase to take a vacation, that he/she would require approval from the project manager. In...

It's ideally not possible to have a well experienced team members in a project. So PM must plan wisely such that he could manage everything. For insta...

A good manager must be able to gauge those who work under him and assign work to each member that he/she can manage and finish within the allotted tim...

There are many aspects of the project that can affect the cost variable and with that in mind, projects can be designed with the risk of these dynamic...

This is very important in the monitoring and controlling phase because that is where the project is controlled and kept on schedule and on budget. Oth...

Productivity – This metric allows project managers to assess the utilization of resources. It compares the total effort to the budgeted effort, which ...

One point I found interesting however is psm34’s comment. I had not really considered what and how upper management deems quality or not. I don’t work...

The critical path of the project determines the project’s duration and the completion date. If the critical path is realistic, the planned value and e...

To figure out if they need to skimp in certain areas and spend less, or if they can spend extra they would calculate cost variance (CV = EV - AC). Thi...

Once proper communication is established, there is follow-up on the work that needs to be done. For example, if I am taking a vacation for a week, I w...

If someone is not at work, everyone knows one pony doesn't stop the show so you can call their supervisor for information or call their listed backup....

Project plans are absolutely living documents that will be updated throughout the course of the project. One way to mitigate the issues you bring up i...