10 best practices for successful project management The right mix of planning, monitoring, and controlling can make the difference in completing a project on time, on budget, and with high quality results. These guidelines will help you plan the work and work the plan. The right mix of planning, monitoring, and controlling can make the difference in completing a project on time, on budget, and with high quality results. These guidelines will help you plan the work and work the plan. Given the high rate of project failures, you might think that companies would be happy to just have their project finish with some degree of success. Note: This article is also available as a PDF download. 1: Plan the work by utilizing a project definition document There is a tendency for IT infrastructure projects to shortchange the planning process, with an emphasis on jumping right in and beginning the work. Project overview: Why is the Exchange migration taking place? 2: Create a planning horizon 3: Define project management procedures up front
A short course in project management - Project Microsoft Office Project 2007 Step by Step By Carl Chatfield and Timothy Johnson Carl Cha tfield is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) with extensive knowledge of Microsoft Office Project as well as specific usability issues. Timothy Johnson has previously worked as an Office Project support professional for several years. Carl and Timothy are the authors of Microsoft Project 2000 Step by Step, Microsoft Project Version 2002 Step by Step and Microsoft Office Project 2003 Step by Step, all from Microsoft Press. To learn more about other books on the 2007 Microsoft Office system, visit Microsoft Press. In this article Understand what defines a project The project triangle: view projects in terms of time, cost, and scope Time, cost, and scope: manage project constraints Manage your projects with Project 2007 Understand what defines a project First, a project is temporary. Next, a project is an endeavor. Finally, every project creates a unique product or service. Top of Page Time Cost
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