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Project Management Life Cycle Change Management In this latest article, we're discussed the topic of Change Management . A  project management lifecycle is typically undertaken within changing business environments, so it's inevitable that during the life of your project, there will be some element of change required. Whether a customer requests a change to their requirements, management request a change in priority or team members request a change in roles, you will need an effective Change Management Process to minimize the resulting impact on your project. So here, we have described: How to implement a “Change Management Process” Change Management is the process of monitoring and controlling changes within a project management life cycle . By managing the implementation of change, you can: Reduce the impact of changes to the project Identify new issues and risks as a result of changes raised Ensure that changes do not affect the project's ability to achieve it...

Did you know…How to use the Project Management Methodologies Roadmap That the “Roadmap” included within MPMM project management methodology is the best place to find your way around? The roadmap is included within the educational, standard and professional editions of MPMM. Other than providing you with a generic roadmap for undertaking projects, it is actually a complete Project Management Methodologies. It lists each of the core project management steps you need to take to complete projects, as we as the project management methodologies that you complete to monitor and control your projects effectively. In addition to providing you with a graphical representation of the MPMM project management methodologies , the Roadmap allows you to navigate to the entire content set included within MPMM. You can click on each of the activities listed, to learn how to complete that online project management activity faster and more efficiently than before. When you read about each activity, you c...

Request for Information - Project Management Tools At some point in your career as a Project Manager, you will need to appoint a preferred Supplier to your project. Finding the right Supplier to deliver the right goods and services at the right time is always a challenge. To ensure that you appoint the best Supplier available, you need to undertake a formal Tender Process using these online project management tools . The first step in the Tender Process is to document a Statement of Work (as described in our previous newsletter) which describes the procurement requirements of the project using the right project management tools. Now that you have clearly described your procurement requirements, you need to give potential Suppliers in the industry an opportunity to register an interest in becoming the preferred Supplier for the project. You can achieve this by creating and releasing a comprehensive Request for Information (RFI) document to the market. RFI project management tools descri...

As you kick off new projects in the coming year, make sure you start out on the right foot. These tips will help you set up projects properly from the outset, and avoid problems down the track. Starting new projects When you start a new project, you need to follow these 8 “golden rules” to ensure its success... 1.  Sponsorship : You need to have a highly motivated sponsor who understands the criticality of the project on the business and is motivated to making it a success. They need to have the resources available to support you, and the right level of “influence”in the business. 2.  Targets : Sit down with your sponsor and agree specific targets. Make sure they are realistic. Perform a Feasibility Study to ensure that what is discussed is feasible to achieve. Only agree to the targets if there is sufficient contingency. Add an extra 20% to the budget and timeline if you can. 3.  Scope : Keep your scope to a minimum. If you can’t get the contingency you need, then try and negotiate t...

Customizing MPMM Project Management Methodology Want to create a completely customized version of MPMM project management methodology for your business? Here is how to do it: 1. Prepare for Customization Before you kick off your customizations, you first need to decide why you want to customize MPMM project management methodology , which portions your want to customize and how you are going to do it. You can customize any of the pages, workflow, content and terminology, as well as the project management templates and case studies. 2. Create a Duplicate The MPMM project management Methodology itself is protected from editing, so that you can always revert back to it. So to create a customized version of MPMM project management software, you first need to create an MPMM Duplicate. You can simply hit the “duplicate” key in the Methodology Manager, to create a complete duplicate of MPMM for customization. 3. Edit your Duplicate Now that you know what you want to customize and how you are ...

Flexibility of Online Project Management Methodologies Q: The “recent pages” feature under the File menu bar is great, but what if I want to change the number of recent pages that are displayed. Is project management methodologies software flexible enough to do this? A: Yes of course. You can click on the Tools / Options feature and then select the slider bar alongside “Recently visited page list”. This will allow you to increase and decrease the number of pages that are viewed when you select the “recent pages” menu option under the File menu. Or try these Project Management Templates. The MPMM Support Team