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Engineering and Management, as disciplines, were ‘married’ a long time ago! It only makes sense, as every engineering effort must be managed. There are some key differences between managing the engieering work and manageing the engineering project.

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Can you think a little out of the box for more effective communications to your stakeholders? Today we have many available means of communications, and this post lists 23. Sometimes project managers have unique communication needs for their projects. Try repurposing some old ideas and build some novel and effective solutions!

Here is a quick but growing list common means of communications on projects today and when you should consider using them. If you are used to working within a confined niche, these might help you to think outside the box a bit for some new and effective possibilities:

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MS Project is a tool, and it needs to be used as intended to get the proper value from it.  A hammer is a great tool, as is a screw driver, but would we ever use a screw driver to hammer a nail? Many think that MS Project is not a real flexible tool, and [...]

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Managing the IT architecture process in the building industry has some parallels and distinct differences to the IT industry. 1. In the building industry, there are many standard ways of doing things – actually more ubiquitous and more stable than in IT – but I don’t think there is still not always one best way [...]

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PMcrunch.com is where you will see facts, information, and fresh insights and commentary on any issues related to the project management field. Topical areas include: project management certification, project management processes and PM knowledge areas, PM tools, PM techniques, PM templates, online project management, and more.

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There has been much written on whtehr or not any certification is of value. Personally, I think there is definite value, and here are a few of my reasons. 1. PMP vs other PM certification – It really does not matter. The important thing is that there is exposure to a complete framework, or body [...]

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