Category: PM Tips & Ideas

Project Knowledge Management – The Importance of Managing Project Knowledge

Project Knowledge Management – The Importance of Managing Project Knowledge

If you ask me about ways to make your project team more competent, I will answer that a truly efficient way to let your people better understand your project is through managing project knowledge. The importance behind project knowledge management is that you can apply knowledge transfer methodologies throughout the project management lifecycle to use the information collected from previous projects and make current project be managed more efficient, and benefit from better project performance.

project staffing plan in 3 steps

Project Staff Management in 3 Steps (A Quick Checklist)

Simply saying, project staff management is a series of process for ensuring that the right people with the right abilities and tools are assigned to the right tasks at the right time. Developing a staffing plan helps project managers to perform the processes of effective staff management which is one of the most important factors in leading a project to a successful outcome. In this article we briefly review the key steps to creating a project staffing plan

4 methods of project information management

Four Methods for Gathering Information on Projects

Project information management is a series of activities for gathering, analyzing, tracking and utilizing data on projects. These activities are also called steps that are consistently taken to provide project participants and stakeholders with all necessary information on their project. In this article, let’s talk about Information Gathering. The article briefly describes the four methods of gathering and managing project data.

Project Constraints and Assumptions - A Planning Checklist

Project Constraints and Assumptions – A Planning Checklist

Efficient planning for project success significantly depends on the right statement of the constraints and assumptions. Why are constraints and assumptions in project management so important? The answer is that because setting proper project constraints and assumptions paves the way for adequate risk analysis, efficient project planning and timely project delivery. This article is intended to give you definitions of both project constraints and project assumptions and also show what steps can be taken to determine the key characteristics of project success.

project scope management

Managing Scope for Project Success

Can you start a new project without having a clear scope statement? Perhaps, you can’t. The project scope management process is required to make a stable foundation for scope. Implementation of the process ensures project success. Project scope management is essential because it helps teams make scope unambiguous and carefully managed. The project scope management process provides a formalized set of procedures for stating, executing, tracking and controlling scope. In this article we’ll focus on the goals and functions of the process. I hope the information written in the article will give a better understanding of project scope management and help you plan and do your projects more efficiently.