***** CAUTION **** This article may no longer be accurate *****Notes on Equipment Qualification Equipment Qualification is the final series of inspections and tests to ensure that critical requirements necessary for related product quality are satisfied and that documents and procedures necessary to properly operate and maintain the system ...

Project management is supposed to be a transferable skill. The principles and practices laid down in the Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) should work in any application domain. So, anyone experienced in project management – especially someone with the Project Management Professional (PMP)® accreditation ...

While preparing for the Project Management Professional (PMP)® exam, the only knowledge of organisations you require is knowing the difference between functional, matrix and projectised organisations. After that, your PMP® course will concern itself entirely with project-related material. So, unwary project managers can find themselves facing a bureaucracy and ...

We are okay with projects – those temporary endeavours producing unique products, services or results. Once we have identified our deliverables, set the budget and devised a schedule (as well as planning all the other aspects of the project), we Project Management Professionals (PMPs)® are well placed to guide ...

Many organizations and indeed many individuals make changes without ever giving thought to whether the change will improve matters or not. We seem to rely on gut instinct to determine if our investment in change is worth it or not. Being in charge of change agents – namely projects ...

In September 2014, J. Leroy Ward was extremely critical of the way Microsoft broke the news of impending layoffs to its employees. This set me thinking: As Project Managers, we frequently have to be the bearers of bad news, so what is the best way to break this news? Telling ...