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 [[wysiwyg_imageupload:7654:]]Planning Planet is the largest Project Controls global community, exceeding 200,000 members.  The most accomplished practitioners and employers are here.It doesn't matter your skill level or seniority we help you to be e...

Feb 26, 2021

Project Tools: Which to Choose?

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There are many tools to help project teams manage their work, collaborate, and track performance.  The number of options is overwhelming—Capterra has published over 900-project management tool reviews. I teach project management classes and am often ...

Feb 28, 2021

Show Calendar Days instead of Dates in MS Project Schedule columns

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Sometimes during tender or bid submission for a project, the client might not provide a Project start date and bidders would be required to show ordinal dates in the Gantt chart timeline and calendar days in the start and finish dates columns, so tha...

Mar 9, 2021

Be Productive by Focusing on Value

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Productivity is defined as our ability to create value.  Traditionally manufacturers and farmers became more productive by adding resources—people and machines—to the process.  Knowledge workers can generate more value by working smarter, rather than...

Apr 30, 2020

Feedback: The Right Way

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Feedback is a critical and valuable management tool.  For managers, it is the engine of continuous improvement.   For employees, it is the gift of valuable insight.  Unfortunately, many managers feel uncomfortable giving regular feedback, which depri...

Jun 4, 2020

Agile Beyond IT: Lean Thinking

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Agile is a mindset described by a set of values and principles.  It traces its roots to Lean, which is also foundational to other modern management theories.  Lean’s primary focus is delivering value quickly and eliminating waste.  Toyota was a Lean ...

Aug 6, 2022

Beyond IT: Reinterpreting the Manifesto

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Agile was initially conceived to deliver software projects more quickly.  We have now learned to apply these principles and practices well beyond technology.  Leading enterprises are now focusing on business agility—building the organizational capabi...

Aug 31, 2022

Top 9 Benefits Of Career In Project Management

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Are you at a point in your life where you are thinking what kind of job is best for you? You might be considering a few options but you are unable to decide what type of career path would be most suitable for you. My suggestion would be to go for a c...

Sep 17, 2022

The Evolving Arc of Management

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To successfully transform our organizations and adopt new ways of working, we need to understand how we got here.  The study of management is a social science.  It influences our thoughts, management practices, and organizational behaviors. Social sc...

Oct 2, 2022

Simple Rules for High-Performing Agile Teams

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Servant leadership and self-organizing teams are foundational Agile characteristics. However, defining these principles is like explaining gravity to a child—clear, tangible descriptions are elusive.  The image of an English butler still comes to min...

Oct 31, 2022

Quick way to find P6 Activities with Lag

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Finding relationship lags between activities in Primavera P6 is not as straightforward as one would like it to be. Out of the box, you either manually check each activity’s relationship or create a report detailing lags.But what if you want to apply ...

Mar 24, 2023

The Project Charter Lays the Foundation

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The project charter is a foundational deliverable created during the project’s initiation phase. The charter documents the project’s purpose, planned direction, and what is initially known.  It may be called a charter, proposal, grant, or request.  I...

Apr 10, 2023

Add a milestone on a Task bar in Microsoft Project

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This YouTube video demonstrates one way to add a milestone on a Microsoft Project Task bar (same row), e.g., Stage Gate, Go-Live date or a Decision Point.Note that for this solution to work, the Task Mode must be set to Auto Scheduled.

Apr 15, 2023