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Tag Archives: business
Challenge the Status Quo
Effective project and business leaders challenge existing processes and question the status quo. They recognize the need to rethink assumptions and evaluate issues objectively. Preconceived notions and biases favoring existing thinking limit our critical thinking, and diminish our ability to … Continue reading
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The “Silo” Effect in Large Project-Based Organizations
Delivering large and complex projects in accordance with contract requirements while meeting client expectations is difficult enough. There is an added burden within large organizations that have not fully integrated project management into their fabric. These organizations, particularly government agencies, … Continue reading
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Commercial Brokerage Lessons Learned by a NYC Industry Veteran
By Gregg B. Slotnick, Commercial Real Estate Broker / Helmsley-Spear The commercial brokerage business has changed in many ways since I started in the 1980s. Back then, new brokers did not have access to the electronic tools available today. There … Continue reading
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Recommended Reading for Project Managers! The E-Myth
Over the past 20+ years, I have read few books which provided the kind of business revelations that Michael E. Gerber’s seminal work did. His book, The E-Myth, illustrates with elegant simplicity, the fact that entrepreneurs must “work on their business”, not … Continue reading
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Capital Asset Project Portfolio Management as an Integrated Management Methodology for Real Estate Owners
BY MATTHIAS EBINGER > NEW YORK UNIVERSITY > SHACK INSTITUTE OF REAL ESTATE > AUGUST 2007 In the highly competitive and fast changing real estate environment, organizations are increasingly assessing the impact of real estate ownership to the organizational bottom … Continue reading
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Information Management > Project Management Challenge or Opportunity?
Contractors and construction professionals are increasingly realizing that their success depends on their organization’s ability to process, manage, filter, keep and leverage information. We live in the age of information and therefore, we understand that our ability to sort through … Continue reading
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Aligning Information Technology and Business Processes on Projects
The following is from a paper written by Jerry N. Luftman – “Alignment in the Sand” Project success requires alignment between information technology and business processes. The 12 factors involved in aligning technology and business are: – Business scope – … Continue reading
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Processes and Interfaces
A business is largely a collection of integrated processes. This applies to projects as well. Integrated processes have interfaces and these interfaces are dynamic and complex. Interfaces are the points at which risks are significant; the management of interfaces is an important function … Continue reading
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Commercializing New Technologies > A Project Manager's Viewpoint
As project managers, we are on the front lines of new process developments and the deployment of new technologies. We are tasked with managing in changing environments, and asked to stretch our skill sets to include an understanding of business imperatives in addition to leading people … Continue reading
Root Causes of Project Failure
Projects fail because of issues related to poor management. Project failures are invariably the result of one or more of the following factors: • An ill-defined business case. • Poor planning. • Poor estimation. • Absence of leadership. • Mismanaged … Continue reading
