Elizabeth Harrin has over twenty years’ experience in projects. Elizabeth has led a variety of IT and process improvement projects including ERP and communications developments. She is also experienced in managing business change, having spent eight years working in financial services (including two based in Paris, France). Elizabeth is the author of 7 project management books including Managing Multiple Projects. She is a Fellow of the Association for Project Management and writes the popular blog, Rebel’s Guide to Project Management.

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Boost productivity by adopting a time maximizer mindset. This article outlines 8 practical tips to streamline processes like documenting steps, creating templates, using automation tools, and scheduling reflection time – making future tasks easier and faster.
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In a survey of project managers, 42% of respondents say they would ditch chasing people for status updates if they could, and 13% say they’d love to take project reporting […]
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Learn how to discuss your overwhelming workload with your boss in 7 simple steps. Take control, set priorities, and reduce stress for a more manageable work life.
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Earned Value Management (EVM) helps you assess project performance based on cost and schedule metrics. This introduction explains key EVM formulas, including Earned Value (EV), Cost Variance (CV), and Schedule Performance Index (SPI), and shows how to interpret and use these measures for better project control.
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This article discusses the definition of earned value and the five reasons why earned value management is important to project success.
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Project management is more than a set of processes. The PMBOK® Guide 7th ed. codifies 8 performance domains from planning to delivery.
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Every month, project management expert, Elizabeth Harrin, fields readers’ questions about the challenges, risks, and rewards of project work on the LiquidPlanner blog. This selection is used with permission. Dear […]
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Dear Elizabeth: I work on a remote team that’s spread all over the world practically! Both coasts of the U.S., Europe and Asia. Even though we have a cloud-based project […]
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Dear Elizabeth: I’m project managing 100 projects (seriously), and struggling. The main thing is deadlines – we have a fixed project deadline, but it’s largely in the control of our […]
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Dear Elizabeth: I’m in a bit of a pickle. The project I’m currently managing is not going to make the delivery date because a handful of developers got moved to […]
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Dear Elizabeth: I work on a project team for a manufacturing company. For the last year, we’ve been using ranged estimates to build out our schedules. For the most part, […]
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Dear Elizabeth: Last week my team had one of those “didn’t see it coming” moments, where we miscalculated scope and found ourselves in need of more time and resources to […]
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