Effective Project Communications
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Effective Project Communications

Successfully completing a project from start to finish requires specific core skills. Scheduling, time management, budgeting, and negotiating with all stakeholders are critical skills of a project manager. Leadership, risk management, and critical thinking are also high on the list. But the talent that is most important to project management is communication. A project manager spends 90% of his time communicating on a project, making it an immensely vital skill for successful project completion. 

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What is Project Tailoring?

What is Project Tailoring?

Tailoring is an essential concept used in project management. The PMBOK Guide mentions tailoring several times, emphasizing its importance in the project management field. This blog post aims to answer the following questions: What exactly is project tailoring? What are the benefits of tailoring your project methodology? What are the negatives of tailoring? How can you tailor your project methodology?

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Successful Project Manager Traits
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Successful Project Manager Traits

The best project managers focus on the big picture and see themselves and their team members from this perspective. Being a project visionary helps a great project manager prioritize, pay attention to the future and know what's going on with all stakeholders on a project.

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The Planning Process Group
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The Planning Process Group

The planning process group specifies the project scope and objectives and defines the actions required to achieve those objectives. The project management plan and additional core project documents are developed during the planning process to determine and provide baselines for the project. 

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Negotiating Basics (part 6) - BATNA
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Negotiating Basics (part 6) - BATNA

Learn what BATNA stands for and what it means in the context of negotiating. Also learn the 3 step process for determining your BATNA for your negotiation and how to compare it to a proposed agreement.

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