Search

Assurance for high risk projects

Blog

Why do so many governing bodies allow their organisations to embark on high risk projects without insisting on a robust, independent assurance function?There is nothing wrong with embarking on a high-risk, high-reward project that has the potential t...

Dec 4, 2016

Risk? What are you?

Blog

It is inspirational to hear words that rhyme where a line and a stanza impart a meaning using the song-like attributes of the articulated statements. The command of a poem makes one remember. It helped some University students recall difficult formul...

Dec 11, 2016

Schedule Driven Projects

Blog

One benchmarking article mentioned an IPA study presented in the March 2010 annual meeting of the Industry Benchmarking Consortium (IPA, 2010) on how frequently small, site-based projects fail to meet objectives. A study divided the projects into two...

Dec 19, 2016

CPM Resource & Cost Loading Requires Inside Knowledge

Blog

CPM Resource & Cost Loading Requires Inside KnowledgeLike construction project management, CPM Resource & Cost Loading is a science in which the best practitioners have administrative, as well as practical and theoretical skills specific to the indus...

Dec 29, 2016

Explore PROFESSIONAL Level Certification

Page

EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENT The provision of an Experience Profile to show ~ 1 years of work relevant the the Credential (i.e. about 2,000 hours).  Project Controls (as opposed to Planning or Cost or Claims) applicants will need to demonstrate an appropri...

Oct 14, 2016

Explore SPECIALIST Level Certification

Page

EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENT An Experience Profile to show ~ 5 years of work relevant the the Credential (i.e. about 10,000 hours).  Project Controls (as opposed to Planning or Cost or Claims) applicants will need to demonstrate an appropriate spread of wo...

Oct 14, 2016

Explore MASTER Level Certification

Page

EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENT An Experience Profile to show ~ 8 years of work relevant the the Credential (i.e. about 16,000 hours).  Project Controls (as opposed to Planning or Cost or Claims) applicants will need to demonstrate an appropriate spread of wo...

Oct 14, 2016

Explore EXPERT Level Certification

Page

EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENT An Experience Profile to show ~ 8 years of work relevant the the Credential (i.e. about 16,000 hours) with a minimum of ~2 years (4,000 hours) in a supervisory or managerial position. Project Controls (as opposed to Planning or...

Oct 14, 2016

Explore FELLOW Level Certification

Page

EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENT An Experience Profile to show ~ 15 years of work relevant the the Credential (i.e. about 35,000 hours) with a minimum of ~7 years (14,000 hours) in a managerial, leadership or academic position. Project Controls (as opposed to ...

Oct 14, 2016

The Power To Save A Life

Blog

As we discussed last time, the resource-loaded schedule represents a project manager’s most valuable tool for understanding and controlling the time and money requirements on any given project. With a continued focus on schedule importance, this arti...

Oct 18, 2016

Risk Register with Dashboard for Risk Communication

Blog

Risk communication is required and crucial to keeping Stakeholders in the loop regarding project health and progress. It is arduous to please higher management and other Key Stakeholders by communicating nebulous (vague) project Risk status.Lack of c...

Oct 19, 2016

Guild Certification Exam Terms & Conditions

Page

INFORMATION, TERMS & CONDITIONS - as a result of making your purchase you hereby agree to the following:When using one of the "Buy It Now" buttons you will be asked for an email address which will be used to help you login to the exam system.  You wi...

Oct 20, 2016

Black Swans

Blog

Black swan events are so fascinating that they are a common source of discussion in many risk management forums. The variety of perspectives coming from all directions never ceases to amaze. Understanding black swans can help planning and professiona...

Oct 21, 2016

Project control – A Technique and Approach

Blog

Project control provides the systematic pathway for monitoring, analyzing forecasting and controlling the projects. Project control is a proactive approach rather reactive. Similar to other project management components, Project control plan ought to...

Oct 27, 2016

How to perform Impacted As-Planned Delay Analysis in Primavera P6

Blog

The Impacted As-Planned method measures the impact of the delays on the as-planned schedule. The delays are formulated as activities and added to the as-planned schedule showing the effect of each delay and demonstrating how the project is being dela...

Nov 8, 2016

The Butterfly Effect and How It Will Impact Your Project

Blog

Previously, we have discussed how schedule pressure and various schedule compression techniques may manifest themselves unpredictably and with adverse effect on the project. When pondering this correlation it might be comforting to recall the age old...

Nov 8, 2016

Wiser Group Decision Making

Blog

If ‘two heads are better than one’ why do so many committees make bad decisions?[[wysiwyg_imageupload:4284:]]Good group decision-making involves an open discussion among members of a group, each with their own skills, experience, ideas and informatio...

Jun 6, 2016