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Article Quality Management, Innovation, Complexity, Stakeholder Engagement, Technical Skills, Construction 1 May 2017

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Spread the Word

By Howlett, Sarah Protzman Few places in Australia draw more visitors than the country's second largest city, Melbourne. But leaders of the greater Melbourne region weren't about to take that popularity for granted. That's…

Conference Paper Strategy, Quality Management, Benefits Realization, Cost Management, Technical Skills, Earned Value Management 23 October 2012

Earned value management

By Heinlein, J. W. | Craig, Christopher | Perotti, John | Pearson, Megan | Wooten, Teressa | Balderson, Lucas Growing pressure on federal budgets creates the strategic imperative to increase the transparency of the performance of agencies' mission-critical investments, as well as heighten their realized…

Conference Paper Quality Management, Benefits Realization, Cost Management, Technical Skills 23 October 2012

How to make earned value work on your project

By Lukas, Joseph A. Earned value analysis (EVA) appears to be a compelling technique to use on projects to better understand and manage performance. Companies embracing earned value prepare procedures and may provide…

Conference Paper Quality Management, Innovation, Technical Skills, Education 18 July 2012

The use of the electronic portfolio in evaluating and assessing the efficacy of graduate project management education

By Richardson, Tracey M | Watkins, Daryl | Field, Shannon Colleges and universities are under pressure from a variety of stakeholders to demonstrate evidence-based, authentic assessment results. The purpose of this case study was to describe one private…

Article Quality Management, Talent Management, Technical Skills July 2012

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Lasting improvement

By Whitten, Neal Training programs provide a wide variety of needed abilities. However, typically a month after training, things go back to how they were before training. This article discusses why lessons learned…

Conference Paper Strategy, Quality Management, Benefits Realization, Technical Skills 9 May 2012

Management of value as PPM driver

By Abdollahyan, Farhad There is a general consensus in the field of organizational project management (OPM) that programs and projects, whether organized and managed in portfolios or not, are means rather than ends to…

Conference Paper Quality Management, Technical Skills, Healthcare 12 October 2010

Project healthcare reform

By Mattucci, Anthony A. | Goldsmith, Larry Preventive healthcare services for people can be more cost effective than medical intervention and have greater benefits. Similarly, project health services practices can benefit from preventive…

Article Quality Management, Teams, Technical Skills February 2006

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The buck stops here

By Kent, Simon One of the most significant factors to project success--along with understanding project scope--is understanding project accountability: Only when all team members--including project managers and…

Conference Paper Program Management, Quality Management, Lean, Skill Development, Technical Skills 26 October 2004

Using metrics as a catalyst in achieving successful project performance

By Rad, Parviz F. | Levin, Ginger Organizations that are forward-looking and progressive in their strategic plans are continually working to improve performance in achieving sustained success in all areas including managing projects…

Conference Paper Quality Management, Program Management, Technical Skills 26 October 2004

Tuning up your PM engine

By Pennypacker, James S. Since the start of the 21st century, numerous Global 2000 companies have initiated measurement programs--often called pmValue Measurement Program Initiatives (pmVMPI)--to gauge the value created by…