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Project: a set of activities designed to achieve a specified goal, within a given period of time. Projects focus on activities outside the routine operations of...; Project definition on BNET »

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Managing Projects Effectively: Project management is a technique used to organize work into separate, definable units to ease the coordination of different tasks. Although its earliest roots can be traced to the military and the construction industry, NASA’s legendary achievement of landing Neil Armstrong on the moon popularized the technique. Since then, Governments...; Tags: Project Manager, Project Management, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, It Operations, It service Management, Project, Management, BNET Editorial; Articles 2007-11-28
Keeping On Top of Project Management: A project can be an awkward beast to manage. Because the purpose of a project is to bring about change, the context is often unsettled and uncertain. As a result, unexpected issues tend to crop up—changes occur and mistakes are made. An effective project manager must accept that the unexpected...; Tags: Team management, Tools & Techniques, risk analysis, project manager, team, change request, risk assessment, BNET Editorial, Contingency Plan, TechnicalThis, Decision, Project Management, Management, Security, Strategy, Change, Risk, Project; Articles 2007-10-08
Creating Cross-Functional Teams: Most business projects require a wide variety of skills to complete the tasks involved. If you’re managing such a project, it’s almost axiomatic that you will be directing a group of individuals from different backgrounds: They may be members of your own organization, from other units of your company, or...; Tags: BNET Editorial, Management, Action, Organization, Motivation, Project, Team Management, Team Member, Delegation, Team, team-building, recruiting, project management, information technology, women, accounting, telecommunications, monitor, analysis, leader, job, performance, environment, phone, computer; Articles 2007-10-04
Film Director Joe Carnahan: Managing a $17 Million Project: Directing a film is a lot like running a business. You have a budget. You have crew. And then you have the biggest H.R. challenge the world has ever known: celebrity egos. Director Joe Carnahan has worked on the low-budget "Narc," the $17 million "Smokin' Aces" and the $180 million...; Tags: Director, Smokin Aces, ego, creative decisions, George Clooney, Dog And Pony, filmmaking, human resources, Narc, politics, budgeting, Joe Carnahan, Project; Videos 2007-09-26
Securing Business Grants and Funding: Both public and private sector organizations award grants routinely, almost always for a specific project or purpose. For example, a grant might be awarded to help a business develop a new product, buy equipment, run a training program, or research a specific problem. A typical grant is a one-time payment...; Tags: federal government, grant, application, project, Government, Business Operations, Investment, Marketing Research, Advertising & Promotion, Research & Development, Business, Marketing, Finance, BNET Editorial; Articles 2007-05-29

Off The Block: Is this an unrealistic look at a manager trying to motivate the troops, or an honest take on how we often try to start a project? While the words in our example were a bit stark, we often try to make changes with just this attitude. Is it any wonder...; Tags: Project; White papers 2003-04-28
The Top Ten Reasons Projects Fail (Part 7): Much has been written about the ambiguities associated with such things as what is a project, how do you measure success, and who needs to know what. This perception of ambiguity is caused primarily by the different corporate cultures and degrees of maturity regarding project management and general management practices...; Tags: Project, Ambiguity, Project Management, Leadership, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, It Operations, It service Management, Management; White papers 2003-08-11
The Top Ten Reasons Projects Fail (Part 13): Last, but not least?reason No. 10! Inadequate communication is not the least deadly of the 10 deadly project sins; it falls to tenth position almost randomly. Misleading, inaccurate, incomplete or just plain fuzzy communication can spoil your project's chance for success as surely as any other on the list. Communication...; Tags: Project, Communication; White papers 2004-09-29
The Top Ten Reasons Projects Fail (Part 11): It's a fact that a project's purpose is not always clear. Very often the project team has a misunderstanding due to unclear, ambiguous messages from the business managers, or because the team just doesn't understand - or a combination of the two. Misalignment on business purpose always leads to deep...; Tags: Project, Team, Team Management, Management; White papers 2004-04-14
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) And Truthiness: Thirteen Ways To Avoid Nearly Accurate Vendor Statements: The word "Truthiness" means a preference to state ideas one wants to be true instead of stating the actual facts. In advertising, truthiness is expected. However, in major technology implementations, especially Enterprise Resource Planning ERP projects, you need to know the difference between fact and truthiness. The difference will dramatically...; Tags: Project, Fact, ERP, InfoSENTRY Services, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Enterprise Software, Software; White papers 2007-06-06
Work On A Project Offline: Microsoft Office Project Professional 2007 enables you to work on a project plan when you are not connected to Microsoft Office Project Server 2007. For example, if you are working on a project plan and you have a business trip scheduled, you can check the project out from Project Server...; Tags: Project, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office Project Professional 2007, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software; White papers
Save A Project: You can save your project in several different file formats. If your project plan may meet the needs of other projects in your organization, you can save it as a template. If your project is saved to Microsoft Office Project Server and you would like to get additional input from...; Tags: Project, Microsoft Office, Servers, Office Suites, Software, Hardware; White papers
Create A New Project From An Existing Project Or Database: You may find it helpful to base a new project on an existing Microsoft Office Project MPP file or a Microsoft Office Project Database MPD file. When basing a new project on an existing project file, the existing file must be closed. If you are basing your new project on...; Tags: Project, Database, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Project, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software; White papers
Gather Project Performance Data: A key activity of project management is highlighting problems and issues early in the process and taking appropriate action. The earlier the action, the less likely the project is to suffer. To do this, you need to gather, analyze, and track data and create reports. Throughout the life cycle of...; Tags: Project, Performance, Microsoft Corp., Action, Project Management, Tools & Techniques, Performance Management, Strategy, It Operations, It service Management, Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management; White papers
Building A Solid Project Foundation: Nowadays at a project management training class, the instructor faced his students and with a straight face said, "As project managers, we manage projects." Although the participants laughed, his point was not lost on the class - project management is often lost in the cacophony of the project itself. Project...; Tags: Project, Project Manager, Project Management, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, It Operations, It service Management, Management; White papers 2005-06-15
Charting Project Direction: As sea captains and aviators use charts of the sea and the sky to ensure that navigation is true to their planned course, the project manager must maintain the project direction and planned course to ensure a successful conclusion of the project. Maintaining the project's direction has - and will...; Tags: Project, Project Manager; White papers 2004-10-12
An Introduction To Project Management: A project is temporary, unique, and the product of a multifaceted and progressively elaborated process that produces a solution for a specific objective. For the endeavor to be successful, the project must be accomplished on time, within budget, and to the appropriate degree required to satisfy the objective. For success...; Tags: Project, Project Management, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, It Operations, It service Management, Management; White papers 2007-01-30
Supporting Collaborative Working Of Construction Industry Consortia Via The Grid: In the AEC (Architecture / Engineering / Construction) industry, large projects are tackled by consortia of companies and individuals, who work collaboratively for the duration of the project. Such projects are complex and the consortia members provide a range of skills to the project from its inception to completion. This...; Tags: Project, Cardiff University, Consortium, Construction Industry, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software; White papers 2003-08-21
Earned Value Management - Not Just For Monster Projects: EVM Earned Value Management is a way of monitoring your project success based on actual work time completed, task estimated percent complete, and work scheduled to be completed. These are each measured against your project budget to provide greater insight into whether or not your project is on schedule, relative...; Tags: Project, Monster, Monitoring, QuickArrow; White papers
Recognizing Loser Projects: The ability to differentiate between winners and losers permeates virtually every aspect of our lives. The same is true of getting yourself involved in projects. Is the project you are considering a winner, or a loser? If it's a bad project, you could end up losing a significant intellectual and...; Tags: Project, Professional Development, Investment, Career, Finance; White papers 2003-01-27