ProjectNews:The Official eNewsletter of ProjectWorld & The World Congress for Business Analysts USA

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JULY PROJECT GAMES, JOKES, AND FUN FACTS!
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Since we know behind every great project manager is a great sense of humor, we are providing an issue full of fun and laughs for your entertainment. Check out the links below to explore the wonderful world of project management gaming. Enjoy!

• Project Hangman: Click here

• Click here for a Project Management Quiz, Word Searches, Tic Tac Toe, and more PMP study aids!

Did you know...?

• Scope creep is the piling up of small changes that by themselves are manageable, but in aggregate are significant.

• The most common cause of blown project budgets is lack of schedule management.

• Maintaining a lessons learned log, even a very simple one, can provide insight into areas that are consistently causing problems and impacting project performance.

• There are several approaches that can be taken to managing project activities including agile, iterative, incremental, and phased approaches.

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25 Project Management Tips

Brought to you by American Management Association

1. Develop a team consensus on the nature of the problem. Otherwise, you can develop the right solution to the wrong problem or wind up with paralyzing bickering about goals.

2. Remember and follow the mission statement throughout the course of the project.

3. Develop a project strategy that will meet all project objectives.

4. Check back periodically to make sure the project stays within the original scope of work.

5. Determine milestones and benchmarks: the desired outcome, obstacles to achieving it, guidelines that will let you know you have achieved the desired result.

6. Get buy-in from all stakeholders on a project to avoid running into conflicts of interest later on.

7. Choose the right people for the project team—people who bring insights and information to the effort, not only available to work on the team.

8. Work as a team. If all members of a team operate individually, the end product will be as disjointed as the team was.

9. Be realistic about the number of projects your organization can undertake and the goals set.

10. Plan the project by answering questions: what must be done, by whom, for how much, how, when, etc.

For the rest of the Project Management Tips and more information about the American Management Association, please visit the website by clicking here.

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Do you have any project stories you would like to share? Think you are funny and have any project management or business analysis jokes? Contact Noreen McCaffrey, nmccaffrey@iirusa.com, and submit your ideas!

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