ProjectSteps: 100 Rules for NASA Project Managers

When it comes to NASA every project is critical and stakes are high. These rules have been passed on internet and emails. I recently found a blog article on 100 Rules for NASA Project Managers that I am sharing with you. These are the 100 Rule for Project Managers.ProjectSteps: 100 Rules for NASA Project Managers...

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When to Involve the End User in a Project

The success of a software project how easily the end-users adopts it… This also means that the software solution or product that you are going to deliver should be user-friendly and should improve the end-user productivity. Recently I was working on a Project for a particular group of a client, where they were using a MS-Excel based system to get their things done. It was decentralized system where different team member work on their piece of excel sheet and then all the works were consolidated, verified and reports were generated. We got this Project to convert the existing system to Web based Centralized application. Now as a part of requirement...

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Bad Attitudes – How they affect your Project.

If your project has adversaries, participants who are hostile or reluctant to contribute, it can damage team cohesion and threaten the outcome. You must confront the problem early on, taking steps to win them over to allies, minimize their negative impact, or remove them from the effort entirely. Tom Kendrick, discusses here the effect for Bad Attitudes on your project here. Bad Attitudes...

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Project Management Checklist

Project Management requires you to manage various activities at different stages of Project and take into consideration the processes defined by your organization. As a project manager you would like cover as many aspect that can affect the project. Though during managing a project everything might not go as planned, but if you cover the standardized processes or activities that will definitely help you in any situations. The Project Management Checklist will help you to accomplish the standardized processes and activities. A good checklist will give you a list of activities that needs to be completed and it will also keep you informed about...

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