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Als Projektmanager können Sie sich bei fast jedem neuen Projekt sicher sein, dass etwas schief gehen wird. Sie wissen vielleicht nicht genau, was es sein wird - nicht verfügbare Ressourcen, Terminkonflikte, geänderte Anforderungen oder etwas anderes - aber die Chancen stehen gut, dass mindestens ein Teil Ihres Projektplans nicht eingehalten werden kann. Was unterscheidet den durchschnittlichen...
One of the things we asked ourselves when we founded Planview AdaptiveWork is why was MS Project so popular and so commonly used? The answer is simple; it’s available, affordable, and includes a very necessary set of Project Management features. The next question we asked was, “why is Excel even more popular and commonly used...
In the business world, it is often said that execution is everything. What most commonly separates successful organizations from those that lag behind or, oftentimes those who fail altogether, are not great ideas, but great delivery. To be sure, a great idea or product can make you and your organization initially successful. However, without solid...
A well known self-help guru, who has legions of raving fans across the world and dozens of books to his credit, once suggested that there is no such thing as failure; there are only results. Well, as edifying as that may be, telling a Project Sponsor that “the project wasn’t a total disaster – it...
As more companies around the world – from fresh solopreneurial start-ups all the way up to large established enterprises – grasp the fact that project management is an efficient and effective approach to reducing risk, ensuring quality, controlling costs, and achieving objectives, the decision to get project management software is an easy one. However, that’s...
Clarizen’s configuration platform allows you to create a vast array of business rules, custom actions, and custom fields to help automate business processes, customize Planview AdaptiveWork to meet your needs, and most importantly, have workflow processes collaborated between all members of your team as well as your clients. We at Planview AdaptiveWork pride ourselves on...
In his article “How to Turn a Failed Project into a Successful Program”, Shay Shargal noted that one of the reasons projects fail is the “Poor communication and coordination between various stakeholders of the project: Customers, Vendors, Suppliers, Managers, Resources and others.” When communication breaks down and perceptions on roles and responsibilities are misaligned, the...
The time you’ve been dreaming of is finally here. All of those endless hours and, alas, sleepless nights have finally paid off. At long last, you know that you have in your hands (or perhaps on your screen) a WINNING product – one that’s going to transform the conversation in your marketplace, win you many...
Motivation, leadership, structure, resources and systems: all of these must be present to maximize project team performance. Yet, as important as these are, they aren’t enough. There’s one more piece of the “team performance puzzle” that is indispensable. And surprisingly, it’s also the one piece that many projects overlook. Transparency. Transparency enables project team members...
We all know that, generally speaking, project managers are great people who know what they’re doing. Sure, some score higher on the “nice” and “smart” scale than others, but that’s true of any field. However, despite all of the great project managers out there, we have to admit that the overall success rate for project...
