April 2010

Census 2010: A lesson in project management

Tuesday, 30 March 2010 17:59 |

By Laura Schlereth

Deadline extensions are common in some programs to give more breathing room when an unexpected conflict arises. However, as 2010 Count Review Program Manager Ed Byerly knows, a program as big as the Census doesn’t have the luxury of delays.

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Using Stakeholder Alignment to Achieve Early Project Support

Tuesday, 30 March 2010 17:58 |

By Martin P. Wasserman, MD, JD

As project managers we are given a specific task to achieve and must determine the best approach to its accomplishment. Because we have both time and resource constraints, it is important that in each and every effort we be efficient in our actions in order to complete the task successfully.

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PMI Update

Tuesday, 30 March 2010 17:56 |

By Siva Sivasailam Sankar, Chair, PMI Government SIG

Greetings from the Project Management Institute (PMI) Government SIG!

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Audit Report

Tuesday, 30 March 2010 17:54 |

A round-up of problematic projects

This month’s round-up features the U.S. Navy, Veterans Affairs, federal hurricane disaster relief, and the U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Afghanistan power plant project.

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VA system ties IT project funding to budget and schedule goals

Tuesday, 30 March 2010 17:52 |

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has adopted a rigorous management system to keep its information technology (IT) projects on time and within budget. Under the agency’s program management and accountability system (PMAS), IT projects must deliver new functionality within six months and stay abreast of established project milestones—or risk having their funding cut.

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Driving through Project Roadblocks

Monday, 22 March 2010 14:18 |

By Jonathan Weinstein, PMP

While all projects are fraught with obstacles, government projects have several unique roadblocks that many project team members have surely encountered. Here are a few of the more frequent roadblocks and tips on how some agencies have sought to mitigate or remove them.

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