When documents are requested for review on a project, it is common for the contractor to provide a non-native (i.e. Portable Document Format, or “.PDF”) file of project schedule information rather ...

A feasibility study analyzes all of the critical aspects of a proposed project. Understand how these studies work, how to ...

It’s never a good idea to rush head-first into a new project if you haven’t completed the necessary preparation first. You may miss something, forget your overarching goal, or simply find it difficult ...

A very common task incorporated into a commissioning process during the early stages of construction is schedule coordination. The task includes the commissioning provider working with the ...

All electrical projects start with a schedule or, at the very least, some basic milestone dates. Meeting these dates is the simple, strategic goal of any project. Keeping the project on that schedule ...

Business can often be described as a series of projects, and projects are often dictated by a set of constraints. While projects vary, constraints on them typically fall into one of three categories.

Despite the recent buzz surrounding nuclear power generation, project owners and financiers are reticent to invest billions in projects that run a high risk of being well over budget and coming online ...

Project coordination is a core element of project management. It involves managing and monitoring the web of processes that govern how teams approach specific, day-to-day tasks during a given project, ...

Scope creep is the uncontrolled and often unmanageable growth of a project’s requirements, or ‘scope’, once it’s underway. Scope creep often forces even the experienced with project management to ...

Kandis Porter is the Founder & CEO of Effective Flow Connections. She is a certified PMP and has a MS in Project Management from GWU. The value of establishing a project management office (PMO) cannot ...