Primavera P6 Activity Relationships Explained

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A project work schedule is a project document that represents all the milestones, activities, tasks, and activity dependencies required to complete the project on time. Before creating a work schedule, all the tasks are listed and grouped under specific work … Read more

Waterfall Model & Waterfall Methodology

Advantages and Disadvantages of waterfall model and methodology for software design and development & waterfall model diagram infographic

The Waterfall Model is a sequential and linear diagram for software design and development processes. Typically, sequential phases (Requirements, Design, Implementation, Testing, Delivery, Maintenance) form a waterfall diagram and each phase is completed before the next phase begins. This model … Read more

Portfolio Management, Program and Project Management

Project Management Program Management Portfolio Management infographic

Project Management, Program Management, and Portfolio Management are very important terms in project scope management. Although they sound similar, they refer to different concepts. Many PMP aspirants don’t know the differences between them. Knowing these concepts and understanding their differences … Read more

Conflict Management Techniques in Project Management: Five Strategies

Conflict Management Techniques in the workplace Conflict Resolution Techniques

Four weeks before practical completion on a hospital refurbishment — somewhere around £28m contract value — the structural and M+E lead engineers were called into a joint session to address a coordination failure that had been building for months. Both … Read more

Pareto Chart Example: How to Build One!

Pareto Chart Pareto Analysis how to read a Pareto Chart Infographic

The first time I used a Pareto chart example in a quality review was at a contract electronics manufacturer in the West Midlands — power supply assemblies, warranty returns, probably 2018 or early 2019. The quality team had been chasing eight different … Read more

Kaizen Principles: What They Mean in Practice

Kaizen Methodology Kaizen Implementation infographic

Most organisations that adopt kaizen principles understand them well enough on paper. The five or ten principles get listed in a workshop slide deck, people nod, and then the team goes back to their desks and nothing changes. I spent … Read more

Critical Path Method Example: Steps, Float and Common Mistakes

Critical Path Method (CPM) in Project Management

This critical path method example article covers the full calculation — forward pass, backward pass, float — and the execution problem that makes most CPM implementations less useful than they should be. The critical path method tells you which activities … Read more