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Article Quality Management, Scheduling, Teams, Scope Management 1 May 2017

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Perfect Harmony

By Jones, Tegan When the city of Strasbourg, France decided to upgrade its symphony hall and convention center, it was mostly looking to expand its space. But during the bid process, architecture firms Rey-Lucquet…

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…

Conference Paper Quality Management, Risk Management, Scope Management 23 October 2012

The scope crept, the risks leapt!

By Walker, Loran W Everything is under control. The initiation of the project went smoothly. The SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats) analysis was complete. The project plan came together without a…

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

Manager's challenges--managing constraints

By Lee, Wei Most project practitioners are well versed in the dynamics of managing a project's triple constraints. But as experience project professionals know, the act of implementing a project involves more…

Conference Paper Scheduling, Work Breakdown Structures, Quality Management, Cost Management, Scope Management 19 October 2008

Moving from the WBS to a critical path schedule

By Jones, Charles The work breakdown structure (WBS) not only enables project managers to develop a project's activity sequences, but also serves as the basis for developing a project team's critical path, from which…

Conference Paper Scope Management, Work Breakdown Structures, Quality Management, Cost Management 19 October 2008

Applying the work breakdown structure to the project management lifecycle

By Brotherton, Shelly A. | Fried, Robert T. | Norman, Eric S. The work breakdown structure (WBS) has long served as a valuable tool in helping project managers plan deliverables and detail project scope. Unfortunately, the business pressures driving projects…

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, Scheduling, Scope Management March 2001

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E-project management of the new e-reality

By Kulik, Peter | Samuelsen, Robert The new e-business environment runs at an accelerated speed -- 'Internet time' -- where being on time can be more important than being under budget.This time compression has created challenges for…

Article Quality Management, Cost Management, Scope Management December 1994

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The WBS

By Webster, Francis Marion This tutorial covers the basic principles of developing a work breakdown structure (WBS). A WBS starts with a dynamic vision of the project, perhaps in the form of a drawing, diagram, or computer…

Article Quality Management, Cost Management, Scope Management May 1994

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The earned value concept

By Fleming, Quentin W. | Koppelman, Joel M. A project manager truly understands his job once he has a tangible metric called 'Done' for the project, a process for managing changes, and a way to know how much of the job has been accomplished…