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Can I have some chips with my hamburger?

This request can get you different results depending on where you’re at. If you are in North America you’ll get what the British call crisps. If you are in the UK, you’ll get what the Americans call French fries. Confusing, to say the very least! He…

[ More ] January 28th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Language, Learning English |

Spanish Verb Conjugator – The Most Effective Tool When Studying Spanish Verbs

Discover how using recently developed Spanish verb conjugator software programs can decrease the time taken to learn Spanish verbs and make the process a much more enjoyable one than it would be using traditional verb table methods.

[ More ] January 26th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Language, Learning English |
 

The Top Five Software Project Risks

I recently posted an entry on a risk assessment tool you can download and use. Risk management (or more precisely risk avoidance) is a critical topic, but one that is often dull to read about and therefore neglected. One of the few useful and entertain…

[ More ] January 25th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Professional, Project Management |

Growing your Small Business with Project Management

If you think project management is only for the big guys, think again. Project management is a powerful business tool for businesses of any size. And as any small business person will tell you, effectiveness and efficiency is never about size. It’s abo…

[ More ] January 24th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Professional, Project Management |
 

How to Create a Gantt Chart Using Microsoft Excel

Since the initial introduction of Gantt charts, they have become an industry standard as a key project management tool for showing the phases, tasks and activities that are scheduled as part of a project over time. This video presentation shows a step …

[ More ] January 24th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Professional, Project Management |

Understanding MSP Programme Management

For any organisation or individual that needs to manage and control related projects (portfolio of projects), Managing Successful Programmes (MSP) programme management is a management tool for bringing together people, activities and information to ach…

[ More ] January 24th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Professional, Project Management |
 

Project Management Requires a Road Map

The principles of project management have been with us for a long time. There has also been a number of project management software packages introduced over the years, beginning with mainframe based commercial packages introduced back in the early 1970…

[ More ] January 24th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Professional, Project Management |

Earned Value Management Study: Is Your Organisation Ready for EVM?

The goal of this article is to encourage project managers to participate in an academic survey to help determine if an organisation is ready to apply earned value management to its projects. If you are interested in providing input into an assessment t…

[ More ] January 23rd, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Professional, Project Management |

The Secrets to Earned Value Management Success

Earned Value (EV) is a management tool for tracking and communicating a project’s status. Earned Value Management (EVM) will let you know the actual state of the project by comparing your current project performance against your plan. Knowing the proje…

[ More ] January 23rd, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Professional, Project Management |

Customer Management in Project Management

Customer Management in Project Management
By Dave Nielsen
It is fair to say that good communications is essential to the task of managing the customers of a project, but good communication is tool that will enable you to improve on your management styl…

[ More ] January 22nd, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Professional, Project Management |