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Common Project Manager Mistakes: #5 Assuming Estimates can be Right

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Estimating is fortune telling. When we estimate how long something will take or how much it will cost or how much resource will be needed, we are using the best information available to us and our experience to predict what is required for an event, activity or deliverable before we begin. This is self-evident, particularly when we see it in writing, but it belies assumptions that we usually fail to account for in the way we estimate or plan.

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Training and the Employee Lifecycle: Pre-Employment Development

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The labor pool presents a challenge to many organizations when selecting employees with the foundational knowledge, skills, and abilities for success on the job. Pre-employment development is the process of preparing future employees with information a…

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Putting Together the Project Puzzle

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In the business world, it is often said that resources are your most valuable asset. If that’s the case, are you doing everything you can to ensure that your most valuable assets are being leveraged to their fullest potential? It’s not as easy as it sounds—especially when you have multiple projects with overlapping timelines that require many of the same roles.

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