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Project Scheduling: Methodology & Techniques

Every project manager has faced the same question: “When will this be done?” And each time, the answer always lies in choosing the right scheduling methodology—a systematic approach for creating, implementing, and tracking project timelines. Just like estimating time for any work or activity, project planning follows structured methods to ensure accurate scheduling. With so […]

Project Management, Scheduling

Schedule Baseline: How to Create, Use, and Optimize

Megan Bell

The schedule baseline serves an essential purpose in every project: A tool to measure the project’s progress against the stakeholder-approved project schedule. Additionally, as an output from the schedule development process, the project schedule baseline is used in conjunction with the scope and cost baseline to form the performance measurement baseline. On this page: What

Agile

How to Use Agile in Project Management as a PMP® Credential Holder

Megan Bell

A Project Management Professional (PMP)® certification shows that, as a project manager, you understand the agile approach to project management. The PMP certification exam requires you to have an understanding of standard agile methodology, tools, and techniques and how to integrate the agile approach properly into a project environment, when beneficial. On this page: Agile

Develop Schedule PMP® Process and Inputs

Project Management, Scheduling

How to Develop a Schedule: PMP® Process and Inputs

Brent Nair

Struggling to keep your projects on track and delivered on time?As project managers, we face this challenge daily. The solution lies in mastering the Develop Schedule process described by the Project Management Institute (PMI) to create effective project schedules. This process helps determine which tasks to complete, what resources those tasks require, and the overall

Techniques for Schedule Compression Crashing vs. Fast Tracking

Scheduling

PMP Exam Prep: Fast-Tracking vs. Crash Schedule

Erin Aldridge, PMP, PMI-ACP, & CSPO

Project professionals are skillful planners and multitaskers, capable of juggling multiple priorities, big and small, every day. Yet, even after careful preparation, plans can change, projects delay, and it’s up to the project manager to get things back on track. In these instances, the project manager or Project Management Professional (PMP)® may use two schedule

Project Management, Scheduling

Control Schedule in Project Management

Erin Aldridge, PMP, PMI-ACP, & CSPO

Projects consist of many moving parts that project managers must track consistently. A fundamental responsibility in project management is knowing whether a project is behind or ahead of schedule. According to the Project Management Institute (PMI), the process for monitoring schedule progress against the baseline is called control schedule. Project planning, monitoring, and controlling all

Change Management

Top Business Trends to Watch for in 2023

Andrea Brockmeier

By Andrea Brockmeier, Jason Cassidy, Ken Crawshaw, Amy Farber, Susan Heidorn, Norman Kennedy, Jose Marcial Portilla, and Mike Stuedemann This past year has been a bit of a respite from the chaos of the last couple of years as many people have settled into working from home, in the office, or some combination. We seem

Project Management

Types of Project Management Artifacts

Megan Bell

Project artifacts are tied to project documentation, but not all project documents are artifacts. As the Project Manager, you and your project team should dictate which project artifacts are needed based on the needs of your project. The Project Management Institute (PMI) provides a definition and examples of project artifacts in their 2021 publication, A

PMI Talent Triangle

What are the Three Components of the PMI Talent Triangle®?

Megan Bell

Project Management Institute (PMI) identified the PMI Talent Triangle® skill areas to guide Project Management Professional (PMP)® credential holders in their continuing education efforts. These skill areas are Business Acumen, Ways of Working, and Power Skills. On this page: The Three Components of the Talent Triangle PMI Talent Triangle skill areas | Business Acumen PMI

Agile

ITIL vs. Agile: Choosing Your Next Certification

Erin Aldridge, PMP, PMI-ACP, & CSPO

When it comes to project management, several certifications and frameworks can be used to improve one’s skills and knowledge. After completing your Project Management Professional (PMP)® certification, consider pursuing a complimentary certification in either Information Technology (ITIL) or Agile (PMI-ACP)® to further your expertise. The many approaches to project management, including predictive, adaptive, and hybrid,