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Adele Sommers's Articles in Management Show All|Display Category|Title|Newest|Oldest What's on Your Meeting Agenda? Conducting great meetings depends on several activities that occur before, during, and after each event. To help you establish the conditions for success and attain the very best results, this article offers essential tips on using meeting notices, agendas, and summaries. The Treasure Trove in Your Suggestion Box Do you have a suggestion box for your business? If so, how sincerely do you consider the recommendations and complaints you receive? If you haven't yet tapped this invaluable resource, this article offers several tips for using the input you collect to actually strengthen your business and bring in more revenue. Managing Project Risks (Part 4): A Simple Mitigation Planning Process Getting a handle on project risks is a slippery job, but well worth the effort if you and your project team desire to sleep more soundly at night. After you’ve identified various risks related to choosing, estimating, and staffing a project, you would next assess the potential adverse effects on the project cost, schedule, quality, and features. Following assessment, this article takes you through a simple, four-step risk management process. Managing Project Risks (Part 3): How to Quickly Assess Potential Pitfalls Being optimistic is a wonderful thing, but being overly optimistic -- in the face of unrealistic odds -- can sabotage a project's success. Over-optimism abounds when people view every project as a "must-win" effort while failing to manage potential problems. After you’ve identified the possible risks, this article explains how you can quickly evaluate any risks you've identified to see whether they're likely to overwhelm your project. Managing Project Risks (Part 2): 10 Major Mistakes Your Team Can Avoid Does your organization see every opportunity as a "must-win" project, even when it's a poor fit for your in-house talents? If so, this is one of several viewpoints that can blind your company to potential problems ahead. In Part 1 of this series, we explored how to recognize six common project traps. Now in Part 2, we'll review 10 major mistakes to avoid (or risks to flag) when choosing, estimating, and staffing your projects. Managing Project Risks (Part 1): Don't Be Snared by These 6 Common Traps When your business decides to undertake a new endeavor -- whether it's designing a training program, building a new system, or revamping an existing product -- this endeavor is called a project. It involves people, funding, resources, schedules, requirements, testing, deployment, and much more. You may have noticed by now that projects are risk magnets. This article explains six common risks to avoid to help your projects run more smoothly. How Accurate Are Your Project Estimates? Projects typically involve many dynamic aspects, yet they're often constrained by finite conditions. These contradictory forces make it very difficult to determine with pinpoint accuracy the time and effort required. By using a set of proactive estimating techniques to scope, plan, and constrain your project conditions, you can dramatically improve your estimating practices, reduce and mitigate risks, and increase your project success rate. 5 Ways to Finesse New Project Budget Discussions If you have difficulty engaging in budget discussions for new projects -- particularly during initial client meetings when it can be tempting to make promises that might be difficult to keep -- this article explores five ways to help you gracefully avoid backing yourself into a corner.	Publish for Free Sign Up For Free Learn More Please Support Our Sponsors Authors and Writers Submit Articles Submission Guidelines Link to Us Member Login U Publish Store Publishers Article RSS Feeds Link to Us Contact Us More Link to Us Privacy Policy Terms of Service Submission Guidelines Top Authors Popular Articles Article Aids We Recommend SubmitYourArticle iSnare Article Marketer Published.com Article Directories Word Count Utility Search U Publish by: Title Author Keyword

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