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Cost and Schedule Management Still Matter
Over the last decade, there has been a lot of focus on the newer ideas and trends in project management. Agile management, strategic alignment, stakeholder management, mobile project management apps, and big data analytics are just a few trends that are helping to...
Make Room For Project Management in Organizational Change Management Projects
Business transformation is the buzz. It is happening on a small scale and on a mega-scale in businesses we interact with every day. Industry experts abound in process reengineering. So, lest we lose our heads and believe that fundamentals aren’t necessary to success,...
Process Mapping: Begin at the Beginning
By: Mary Jane (MJ) Sill, FMA, Senior Project Manager So, you have been tasked with leading a process improvement initiative that, if successfully implemented, will help grow the business or reduce costs. Where do you get started? A systematic approach is always...
PMI Releases 2017 Pulse of the Profession: Project Success Rates Climb, Fewer Dollars Wasted
by Bridget Waller Management Institute’s (PMI) latest research shows that for the first time in five years, more projects are meeting original goals and business intent while being completed within budget – and that fewer projects are deemed failures. ...
Righting the Ship May Require Changing Perception and Reality
By: Denise Hoomes, PMP, Project Controls Specialist Project managers often inherit projects that are seemingly doomed from the start. Whether it's buy-in from stakeholders, funding issues or time constraints, a project manager can be fighting an uphill battle...
Army Site Restoration
The Challenge Our client was Department of Defense agency responsible for managing a restoration program at an army facility. Once work began at the site, the client quickly recognized that interference from other site contractors was causing schedule delays and...
Certified EVMS System
Informed decision-making enables DOE prime contractor to implement growth strategies, even while facing the constraints of a more competitive funding environment within the DOE The Challenge Our client was a prime contractor for the Department of Energy (DOE)....
Change Management
Providing expertise, tools and resources to manage significant change requests for Global Engineering Services firm multi-million dollar project The Challenge Our client was a large, global engineering services firm, responsible for the design-build of the facilities...
E&E Manufacturing Expansion
The Challenge Our client was a commercial construction contractor that needed support in prioritizing the areas of work on a 76,000 square foot facility expansion for an automotive parts manufacturer. The primary issue for our client was the lack of a true critical...
Facility Maintenance Data Accuracy
Facility Maintenance Data Accuracy program enabled maintenance managers to better trust the data and use it more effectively to plan and staff facility maintenance projects. The Challenge Our client was a prime contractor for a Department of Energy (DOE)...
EVMS Self-Surveillance
The Challenge Our client was a prime contractor responsible for a large Department of Energy (DOE) environmental remediation project. Per DOE requirements, the client was required to an annual self-surveillance of their Earned Value Management System. At the time of...
Federal Courthouse Renovation
The Challenge Our client was a regional architecture firm responsible for the design on a renovation project for a United States federal courthouse. The client was working with multiple design options for the project and needed to be able to evaluate the alternatives...
Industrial Facility Modernization
The Challenge Our client was a large Architect Engineering (AE) firm responsible for the design build of a significant modernization of an industrial facility. The client was working with multiple design options for the project and needed to be able to evaluate the...
Lock Project Review
Client achieves success validating & effectively managing multiple time impact extension requests The Challenge Our client was a Department of Defense agency. The client's project consisted of the excavation and construction of nine Upstream Concrete...
MGP Remediation Project
The Challenge Our client was a consulting firm tasked with managing the remediation of multiple Manufactured Gas Plant (MGP) sites for a third party end customer. The end customer required the consultant to coordinate and keep track of thousands of contractor...
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