Project management is for the brave

Project management is a very popular topic today. Many individuals are considering it a career while others have the career and don’t realize it. Some just want to use the principles and aren’t very concerned with the title. For most of us becoming a project manager is a journey, not the destination. No matter how many projects you’ve done, the next project is always a […]

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Ongoing project schedule validation – can it happen?

Last week we talked about running project schedule validation checks on a schedule that has few completed tasks. As your project continues, there are checks you can run to insure your schedule is still valid. If you missed the first part, visit here. Invalid dates check If you reviewed the schedule when it was new, you should have found these before getting started. Sometimes, as […]

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New project schedule validation – know it can happen

Many project managers have no real idea of how to validate their initial project schedule. How do you know that this schedule can get you to your ultimate goal? I won’t try to make this up. The Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) has developed 14 quality checks for validating schedules. This agency manages contracts for the Department of Defense here in the U.S, working with suppliers […]

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