Breathing Easier: The Art of Stove Making
On DEVELOPMENT: For more than 30 years, the Aprovecho Research Center has been designing cleaner, low-cost cooking stoves for the developing world.
Help with a sponsorship letter
I am 16 years old and currently seeking a sponsorship to help with cost to allow me as an individual to play volleyball at a national level. The problem is I have no idea how to write a letter to a company to ask for a sponsorship. If you could help I …
Compare Energy Prices to Better Understand The High Cost
The plans offered by most energy suppliers will offer different prices based on a pricing structure for electricity and gas. There are standard plans, as well as the following options.
Managing IT Projects Offshore
Today many organisations have decided to move their operations offshore to reduce costs and increase competitiveness. The cost savings offshore are considerable but the headline saving is only a small part of equation. Having spoken to many project man…
What is Earned Value?
Current performance is the best indicator of future performance and therefore using trend data it is possible to forecast cost or schedule overruns at quite an early stage in a project. The most comprehensive trend analysis technique is the Earned Valu…
Six Rules for Great IT Project Success
Between cost overruns, project delays, unfulfilled expectations and quality control issues, less 30% of IT projects are successful. This is unfortunate because, conducted and delivered well, projects are one of the most powerful ways IT contributes to …
The Value and Costs of not Doing a Project are not Necessarily Zero
If you don’t know the values and costs of not executing your projects then you’re probably not maximising the value of your project portfolio and you may be working on the wrong projects. Most project portfolio managers are not including the actual val…
How to Implement Earned Value
Earned value (EV) is one of the most sophisticated and accurate methods for measuring and controlling project schedules and budgets. Earned value has been used extensively in large projects, especially in government projects. PMI is a strong supporter …
Getting Your Project In Sight
Have you ever had a project that took longer than was expected, cost more, or ended up totally different than the original plan? You’re not alone. Most projects sway from the initial idea, but they shouldn’t and don’t have to. By keeping the proper sco…
Managing Scope Creep – Don’t Gold Plate My Project!
When the scope, or extent, of a project is improperly or insufficiently defined, confusion, delays, and/or cost overruns – scope creep – typically result. Preventing scope creep and managing scope creep is, therefore, built into successful project mana…