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Using project management templates is a great way to improve project performance rapidly. In addition, implementing proven project management methodologies and processes can also improve performance and deliver better results. Here is a look at a couple of low cost possibilities that project managers can deploy rapidly.

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IT project management is a very wide-open field, and can readily refer to IT infrastructure project management or software application development or both. Opinons vary as to what appropriate training means for IT project management, including the depth and type of technical skills, the unique project management methodologies, and a great deal in between.

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MPMM – Method123 Project Management Methodology offers a very comprehensive suite of project management templates and more for implementing best practices – derived from PMBOK and PRINCE2 – within an organization.

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There are 3 basic types of Project Management Office (PMO) organizations. They vary in the degree of control and influence they have on projects within the organization.

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Schumacher was right on years ago in his seminal book “Small is Beautiful”. The subtitle “as if People Mattered” is very appropriate for this comparison between large and small, as the struggle between large and small continues, and by and large people are treated as more important on smaller projects. In the software development field, Agile is small!

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There is a need for a more fluid approach to project management. As human beings, we have developed as social beings that want to work with a bigger picture and in less compartmentalized situations. Large projects need to find a way to leverage the strengths of small projects, and technology can help.

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Agile Development, or Scrum, is a very popular topic these days. Dr. J. Davidson Frame, a long time PMI Fellow, spoke about it to the New Jersey Chapter of the PMI on 18 September 2007. Organizations do not need to choose one or the other. It is all about goals, and getting from where you are now to the next level.

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Scrum or Agile is a hot methodology now, but I think there are a number of things to consider before “replacing” current methodologies with scrum/agile. Here are 6 key points to consider to build a good marriage between management and technology.

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George Pitagorsky examines the possibilities of using Zen practices to become a more effective Project Manager in his article “Manage Wisely” on Projects@Work (August 9, 2007). The article is an edited excerpt from Chapter 1 of “The Zen Approach to Project Management”. I thought it was relaxing just reading the article – and thinking of the possibility of being relaxed with eyes and mind wide open! And I think this was the intent.

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