What to Collect When Progressing Your Projects
Each reporting cycle, you should be collecting updated information about how your project is progressing (“Actuals”). In the last post we discussed how to collect […]
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Sample PMP Question: November 2015
If your expected value is 110 and the standard deviation is 12, which of the following is true? A. There is approximately a 99% chance of […]
Suggestions for More Productive Project Status Meetings – Part 3
Track and record issues. Produce short, meaningful, useful meeting notes. Record decisions, issues, and action items where people can see them. Structure the meeting around […]
Sample PMP Question: October 2015
Phillip is a project manager in a manufacturing industry. He has just been assigned to a project that has been in progress for three months. […]
How to Collect Progress for Your Projects
Each reporting cycle, you should be collecting updated information about how your project is progressing (“Actuals”). But how should you collect this information? There are […]
Sample PMP Question: September 2015
In the projects final closure phase, which of the following should be done first? a. Measure customer satisfaction as a key performance indicator of project’s […]
Suggestions for More Productive Project Status Meetings – Part 2
If this is only time the team meets, schedule two meetings back-to-back, instead of one long meeting. Use the first meeting for status, and the […]
Sample PMP Question: August 2015
Which of the following is not a common format for reporting performance? a. Bar Charts b. Resource Activity Matrix c. S-Curves d. Tabular Reports B. […]
Suggestions for More Productive Project Status Meetings – Part 1
Schedule the meeting on an appropriate, regular, and well publicized basis. Create an agenda. Understand the meeting’s desired outcomes. and plan the meeting processes. Standardize […]
Sample PMP Question: July 2015
A housing construction project requires that governmental environmental hearings be held prior to site preparation. From a project management prospective, this is an example of? […]