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Where to begin creating your project budget?

Defining a budget for development projects is frequently referred to as an art form. As seems to be true with all business ventures, your cost projection can easily be the subject of “fuzzy math,” with little bearing on reality. Hourly rates for development time, escalation costs for rapid development, and pricing of tools and other [...]

Top 10 Qualities of an Excellent Manager

An excellent manager taps into talents and resources in order to support and bring out the best in others. An outstanding manager evokes possibility in others.
1. Creativity
Creativity is what separates competence from excellence. Creativity is the spark that propels projects forward and that captures peoples’ attention. Creativity is the ingredient that pulls the different pieces [...]

Ensure That Projects Finish On Time By Avoiding Scope Creep

In my discussions with executives, the most common complaint they have about internal project teams is that they hardly ever deliver the agreed end-results on time. While there are a number of reasons why this typically happens, one of the most common reasons is scope creep. Scope creep can be defined as the tendency for [...]