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Discover why professionals are choosing XER Reader to manage, share, and optimize their project data with ease.Project schedulers often spend a significant amount of time each day generating individual PDF reports for various team members. Beyond the...

Mar 29, 2026

PMI Standards Update

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Most people with an interest will know that PMI have released the PMBOK® Guide 5thEdition, the Standard for Program Management 3rdEdition and the Standard for Portfolio Management 3rdEdition, with an official publication date ofthe 31stDecember 2012....

Apr 2, 2013

Why the PMBOK is not a Methodology

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One of the more common discussions on the web and in other places is focused on arguing the merits of, or comparing, the PRINCE2 Methodology with the PMBOK Methodology.The problem with the proposition is basic premise is completely wrong! The PMBOK® ...

Apr 16, 2013

Cost is a management output

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The simple fact ignored by most accountants, general management and project managers is that cost is an output from the management process, and pretending cost is a manageable input is a recipe for disaster.Profit is the difference between the price ...

Apr 30, 2013

Management By Walking Around

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 I met  a lovely old guy last week at a Fleetwood Mac concert at Madison Square Gardens who was an Attendant there. We got talking while I was getting a beer and he told me he'd worked there for forty years, he remembered when Fleetwood Mac first pla...

May 1, 2013

What is Schedule Quality?

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 As a scheduler within various industries, I have been asked “What is Schedule Quality?” In fact, if you pose this question to various project personnel, you may receive more than one answer per individual! Why? Some view “schedule quality” as a simp...

May 6, 2013

Making Sense of Schedule Risk Analysis

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Planning Planet members are invited to a free AIPM Project Controls SIG  (PC-SIG) meeting to be held at The Water Rat Hotel, 256 Moray Street, South Melbourne VIC, 3205: http://www.thewaterrathotel.com.au/Date: Wednesday 20 November 2013,  Start 5.30...

Oct 20, 2013

The new the Complex Projects Contrac

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The Complex Projects Contract 2013 (CPC2013) focuses on managing time to ensure projects are delivered to specification on budget and without delays. Unlike existing contracts, which target failure by requiring financial compensation for late complet...

Oct 29, 2013

Spreadsheet error is normal!

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There is not a project in this world that does not use spreadsheets from time to time and many are run exclusively by spreadsheets – in numerous surveys Microsoft Excel is listed as the most common / popular project management tool.  And generally sp...

Sep 30, 2013

Spreadsheet error is normal!

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There is not a project in this world that does not use spreadsheets from time to time and many are run exclusively by spreadsheets – in numerous surveys Microsoft Excel is listed as the most common / popular project management tool.  And generally sp...

Sep 30, 2013

Project Controls – A Definition

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The Guild of Project Controls is in formation, and most people have a view of what is involved in ‘project controls’ but what is the ‘dictionary’ definition of ‘project controls’?  To answer this question, my proposed definition for ‘project controls...

Nov 26, 2013