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List/Describe 5 Stages In Process For Selecting A Supplier

List and describe five typical stages in the process for selection of a supplier via competitive tender. Define requirements Issue Invitation to Tender Answer queries Evaluate responses Award contract 1.    Define Requirements Defining the requirements is a stage in the Supplier Selection Process.  This process sits within the Project Management Plan and is produced by […]

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a)    Explain the following approaches to resource scheduling: •    Resource Smoothing •    Resource Levelling b)    Explain three approaches/tactics which a Project Manager might consider when optimising the resource allocation for a project.  (Identify in your answer any assumptions/implications made) Resource Smoothing is an approach to Resource Scheduling.  The Project Manager can move his resources to […]

Agile Project Management – A Basic Overview

Agile project management is incredibly popular, but what does it actually involve and how does it differ from more traditional forms of project management? Here we look at a basic overview of agile project management for those who have never used this approach. The agile project management was originally used to manage software development projects […]

Rescuing Your Project: Quick Tips

Projects can commonly get into trouble, and there are plenty of ways to get them back on track, but there’s always room for more ideas – like these. Your project is failing rapidly. You know that, your team knows that, but news of this hasn’t reached the ears of senior management yet, which means there’s […]

Building A Team For Success: Setting The Tone

Setting the tone is an important part of building a team for success. So let’s look at when, how and why to do this to have the best possible outcome for your projects. Building a team isn’t easy, especially when you have limited project management experience. However, building an effective project team is achievable by […]

5 Key Benefits Of Using A Programme Management Approach

1. If you are the programme manager you will have ultimate control over the programme, you will have a clear picture of what projects are in the programme and by having a programme management approach you will be able to define, accelerate or terminate projects depending on how they are performing and whether they are […]

Explain 5 Key Benefits Of Using A Programme Management Approach

Explain 5 key benefits of using a programme management approach 1.  Strategic benefits Focusing on the strategic benefits is a key benefit of programme management. Programmes can review the of the projects that make up the programme works and define which projects should be initiated, withdrawn, accelerated or batched together to enable cost savings.  Eg. Building […]

Feedback Required Please – Another Response For Review

List and describe five roles associated with a project environment and include in your answers the responsibility of each role Steering Group The Sponsor The Project Manager The Team The Suppliers The Steering Group – will consist of individuals from varying departments and organisations which have an involvement with the project.  They will nominate the […]

Is Your Project Worth Saving?

Project recovery is a term that you will hear throughout the project management world. It is important to understand what it is, because it is almost bound to come up at some point in your career as a project manager. So just what is project recovery? Everything involved in trying to keep a struggling project […]

Becoming A Project Manager – A Basic Guide

Project management is certainly an amazing career with great prospects, plenty of opportunity for working your way up the ladder and trying out different industries. If you’re seriously considering project management as a career option, you’re likely to have come across much of the specific terminology, which can seem daunting at first and make you […]

Risk Management: An Overview

This is a transcript of a distance learning video, which you can also watch in our Videos section. In this video we are going to look at Risk Management.   But why do we want to look at Risk Management?   Well, because we’ve finished the plan, looked at costs, looked at resources and looked […]

Resource Management – Please Could I Get Some Feedback?

Explain the following approaches to resource management: Resource smoothing Resource levelling. Explain three approaches/tactics which a project manager might use consider to optimise resource allocation across a project (identify in your answer any assumptions/implications made). 1. Resource smoothing Resource smoothing is where a project manager will assess the resources needed across the project, using the Resource histogram. […]

Your Project’S Last Day – What To Think About

You have finally come to the end of a mammoth project and you’re on the very last day with 8 hours left on the clock before it is all over and completed. It probably feels like you’ve been working on this project for your entire life, and it isn’t over quite yet even though you’re […]

A Simple Guide To Project Planning For Beginners

Project planning can be difficult but it can’t be neglected. Here we look at a simple way to plan projects to provide a really good base for success. A project that succeeds is far more likely to have been a project that has been planned properly. When a project comes into being, the very first […]