August 2010

Helping Project “Customers” Embrace Change

Friday, 30 July 2010 19:33 |

By Jonathan Weinstein, PMP

The fundamental nature of projects is to design and implement change. Projects in a government environment often focus on the processes and practices of managing projects, but sometimes overlook a critical success factor—their customer’s perspective on the changes that a project will bring to their environment.

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What Determines Project Success?

Friday, 30 July 2010 19:27 |

By Shelley A. Kirkpatrick, Ph.D.

Do these scenarios sound familiar?

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Project Management Certification: Opportunities Continue to Expand

Friday, 30 July 2010 19:25 |

By Morgan Henrie Ph.D., PMP

The first in a two-part series.Are you a certified project manager? Are you aware of the various project management certifications that exist? Are you required to have a FAC-P/PM senior/expert level program/project manager certification?

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How NextGen turned itself around

Friday, 30 July 2010 19:22 |

It isn’t easy to turn around failing programs, something the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Chief Acquisition Officer, Jim Washington, knows first-hand. Washington, who recently addressed PMI’s Government Forum in Washington, D.C., has presided over one of the federal government’s most dramatic program and project recovery efforts in the past few years.

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Audit Report

Friday, 30 July 2010 19:20 |

A round-up of problematic projects

In the past month, government agencies have received numerous recommendations by the GAO. The Department of Education, the General Services Administration, and the Department of Health and Human Services all received recommendations that encourage stronger project management. This month’s round-up focuses on projects where communication has decreased and project risk has increased.

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