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Quality in the design-procure-construct industry, OR quality > six sigma
Six Sigma, a statistical measure, receives lots of press in the realm of quality. Unfortunately, I estimate you will be 130 years old before you have enough experience to use statistics as a quality…
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Project management in the Correios (Brazilian Post Co.)
Correios has more than 100,000 collaborators and delivers around 32 million parcels a day, in an area bigger than the continental United States. This paper tries to demonstrate that project…
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Developing a project management methodology for state government
Large and diverse organizations, such as state government, typically have many different approaches to project management. Selecting best practices and incorporating them into a single, standard,…
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Selection of a project delivery system using analytical hierarchy process
The need to identify suitable project delivery systems within the construction industry is a challenge to the owner. There are different delivery systems to suit different projects, as each strategy…
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Implementation of a project management leadership program at Marriott International
What is project management? This was the question facing Marriott International three years ago, when they realized the loss of millions of dollars from unsuccessful projects. These losses were due…
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Establishing an effective PM culture
Background:JUST DO IT is the approach most organizations take when they first start managing projects. Project leaders dive right into implementation, disregarding or misunderstanding the whole of…
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Re-igniting a stalled project by integrating organizational development concepts for project success
The project had all the earmarks of a good start. There was a project charter developed by the project office in conjunction with a sponsor at the top of the organization. A very talented team was…
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Project culture
This paper considers a fundamental change in project management. The emphasis on how projects are managed is shifting from the process outlook to the people that manage the processes and their…
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Managing the easy way--with the lights on
Some ideas are so good, so right, that they seem like no-brainers. Sometimes they are accepted and implemented easily and sometimes not. Implementing a Performance Management Business Process (PMBP)…
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Measuring the success of project management and the capability maturity model using the parking lot metric
To understand the impact of using project management tools and processes, one must sometimes look beyond the metrics and the benefits gained, beyond budget, schedule, and quality measures, observing…
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