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Agile, Quality Management, Change Management, Complexity, PMO, Decision Making, Business Analysis, Governance, Leadership, Organizational Project Management, Estimating, New Practitioners, Procurement Management 25 October 2019

PM Network

Using the project management process to improve lessons learned resolution results

By Anderson, Peter The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has an established lessons learned program that documents both shortfalls for corrective action and best practices for wider dissemination. Most phases are…

Article Quality Management, Decision Making, Leadership 1 June 2017

Project Management Journal

The Impact of Emotional Intelligence, Project Managers' Competencies, and Transformational Leadership on Project Success

By Maqbool, Rashid | Sudong, Ye | Manzoor, Nasir | Rashid, Yahya Project stakeholders always strive for a successful project, hence there is growing concern about the factors that influence project success. Although the success of a project is influenced by…

Article Quality Management, Decision Making, Construction October 2014

Project Management Journal

Influence of trade-level coordination problems on project productivity

By Hwang, Bon-Gang | Zhao, Xianbo | Do, Van Thi Hong This study aims to investigate the influence of coordination problems in glass and metal curtain wall (GMCW) installation on project productivity in Singapore. Trade-level coordination problems in…

Conference Paper Quality Management, Decision Making 23 October 2012

Project portfolio selection using mathematical programming and optimization methods

By Caballero, Hugo C. | Chopra, Shweta | Schmidt, Edie K. Portfolio categorization, evaluation, and prioritization are essential processes for portfolio management and play important roles in efforts to accomplish organizational strategic goals. This paper…

Article Quality Management, Decision Making July 2012

PM Network

Make no mistake

By Autio, Vesa | Goldfarb, Seth | Martinello, Carlo | Pana, Catalin | Kadre, Shailendra During the course of a project, a project manager will inevitably make errors or mistakes. This article discusses some of the biggest errors that project managers make. Some of the mistakes…

Article Decision Making, Scheduling, Ethics, Quality Management July 2012

PM Network

Going against the grain

By Starke, Steven Often the project manager's focus is to execute to the best of his or her ability according to the charter, which puts project managers in the best position to go against the grain and recommend a…

Conference Paper Decision Making, Career Development, Quality Management, Information Technology 22 October 2011

Don't forget the data

By Bishop, Diana J. Whether you say business intelligence, data warehousing, analytics, or just plain reporting, projects whose main deliverable is providing better, faster, and more insightful information to executive…

Conference Paper Decision Making, Risk Management, Quality Management 24 February 2010

PM constraint theory--a new category of constraints to ensure positive outcomes

By Kozy, Kenneth In the wake of the current downturn, organizations worldwide have been exercising extreme caution when making decisions about investing in new initiatives. This paper examines a new category of…

Conference Paper Strategy, Portfolio Management, Decision Making, Quality Management, Governance 13 October 2009

How strategic portfolio management can transform a global organization

By Britt, Beth Implementing a new governance structure requires large-scale change. This paper examines a three-year studying looking at how Microsoft's Customer Service and Support (CSS) adopted a governance…

Article Decision Making, Quality Management, Benefits Realization December 2007

Project Management Journal

Project management priorities and the link with performance management systems

By Bryde, David | Wright, Gillian H. Although management researchers have developed numerous frameworks for measuring the dimensions of employee and stakeholder performance, project professionals have rarely used these metrics to…