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Article Quality Management, Risk Management, Scheduling, Complexity, Scope Management 1 January 2017

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Do Look Down

By Ali, Ambreen Here's a winning formula to take tourists to new heights: Build glass skywalks. Last year a burst of construction projects in China hoisted walkways alongside dramatic cliffs, atop skyscrapers and…

Article Program Management, Quality Management, Risk Management, Scheduling 1 April 2014

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Water works

By Howlett, Sarah Protzman For centuries, the Netherlands built walls to keep the water out. With the 2.3 billion Room for the River program, this European country--where 26 percent of the land sits below sea level--is now…

Article Scheduling, Quality Management, Risk Management, Stakeholder Engagement January 2014

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Teaching moments

By Ali, Ambreen Literacy rates have been linked to economic development, and education projects aim to create better-educated and thus more economically secure populations. For education projects globally, the…

Conference Paper Scheduling, Quality Management, Risk Management, Information Technology, Telecommunications 12 May 2010

Single telecom provider for multinational companies

By Abajo Bedmar, Mariano de | Gaspar Rebollo, Alejandro By teaming with wholesale global telecommunications companies (WGTC), multinational organizations (MNO) can not only keep up with the widely diverse and ever-changing demands involved in…

Conference Paper Risk Management, Quality Management, Scheduling, Cost Management 24 February 2010

Right on time, right on money--personal experience

By Klein, Tom One of the most effective ways to learn about the challenges and dynamics involved in managing projects is to study cases of implementing actual projects. This paper examines the author's experience…

Conference Paper Quality Management, Risk Management, Scheduling, Benefits Realization, Cost Management, Scope Management 2007

Six (yes six!) constraints

By Siegelaub, Jay M. Project professionals have long recognized cost, time, and scope as the constraints influencing a project's outcome. Prince2 has expanded this list to include quality, benefits, and risks. This…

Article Quality Management, Risk Management, Scheduling, Construction 1 September 2005

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Paving the way to the mile-high city

By Ellis, Libby When project managers anticipate delays and assemble project teams comprised of like-minded contractors, they are efficiently and effectively practicing their discipline from a risk and quality…

Conference Paper Risk Management, Scheduling, Quality Management, Communications Management 3 October 2002

Seminars & Symposium

You’d call anything a project just so you can manage it

By Lang, Joan | Robertson, Patricia A. Have you ever wondered how you could "impose" project management upon your "volunteer" roles so you would have properly planned events that are on schedule, well communicated, and with all the risks…

Conference Paper Quality Management, Risk Management, Scheduling, Cost Management 14 July 2002

Project termination

By Sohmen, Victor The final termination date of the typical project has a tendency to be somewhat later when formally commissioned than that projected during the pre-execution segment of the project life cycle. A…

Conference Paper Scheduling, Quality Management, Risk Management, Change Management, Cost Management, Construction 1 November 2001

Seminars & Symposium

Configuration management

By Canepari, John E. Configuration Management addresses the need for establishing a methodology to control the various elements of the change and validation processes. The general definition of Configuration Management…