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Triple A:
3 Intangible Skills that Make You Successful
Project management can be stressful because it requires a variety of intangible skills in addition to knowledge of project management principles. If your intangible skills are lacking or underdeveloped, your job can be overwhelming.
Intangible skills take you beyond adequate performance to excellent performance. Full Story.
Plan for Everyday Risks: Brace for the Ordinary
When we think of risk and risk processes, we tend to think of those efforts that preclude us from encountering the catastrophic.
But the processes that really have high yield are those that give us the ability to deal with the day-to-day challenges in our projects. Read more.
Quick Quiz
 “No matter how careful I am, the estimated timeframes for my projects are always too long. What am I doing wrong?
A. Cut each team member’s estimate by 10%, as they have probably padded the time.
B. Never give an estimate as to how long it will take to complete a project.
C. Always plan at least one hour of overtime per employee per day.
D. Follow a checklist of suggestions to quickly see ways to reduce the schedule time.
Test your knowledge.
PMI Blogs
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- Easy EAC Calculation: Michael Hatfield, PMP, discusses how estimate at completion can be calculated without a baseline, a work breakdown structure or a formal change-control process.
- Tools to Generate Ideas: Neal Shen, PMP, offers tips for using the SCAMPER method for problem-solving.
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