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Conflict, whether you call it difference of opinion, or disagreement, is an inevitable part of project life. Managing it well is critical to short-range project success and long-term healthy relationships. Organizational success relies on both project success and healthy ongoing relationships.   While not all conflicts or disagreements can be settled to satisfy all parties […]

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Manufacturers can’t just produce as many widgets as they want. There are financial constraints, of course, but there is also demand to think about. Making more than the market will support is going to lead to extra costs in production…
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Whether you’re interested in a career in construction or looking to fill an open position in your construction management company, there are a lot of entry points. Of course, your education and experience will impact many construction job titles you’d…
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Gantt charts are one of the most important project management tools there are. That’s why project managers use them to manage projects of all sizes across industries such as construction, manufacturing, marketing and many more. Since they’re so important, people…
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Construction projects come in all shapes and sizes, but all must be monitored closely. This is why a project has many construction documents. Building a structure is a complicated job and every aspect of it requires construction drawings to plan…
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Early in my career, the head of IT gathered us together to introduce us to a new concept—a methodology. He pitched it something like this: “We’re going to start using new processes to complete our projects in IT. We’ll follow this set of rules that will take us from the beginning of the project to […]

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Developing software, like any project, is complicated and littered with roadblocks. One of those roadblocks is a bug. A bug is a problem with a feature or the functionality of the software, which needs to be fixed before it can…
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Information technology is prevalent in nearly every industry and organization across the globe as the need for data analysis and IT assets such as software and hardware has become critical for most businesses. It’s a diverse and challenging discipline with…
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Creating software is a complex, layered endeavor. It involves many steps and usually has plenty of features. All that means there are many points in the project’s life cycle in which something can go wrong. A test case is an…
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Businesses are always looking for ways to work more efficiently and this is also true in regards to information technology (IT). IT asset management is how businesses make sure those IT resources are being efficiently used. But what is an…
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