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Meet the MPUG MVP: Interview with Nenad Trajkovski

Meet the MPUG MVP: Interview with Nenad Trajkovski

Project management expert Nenad Trajkovski discusses his career, insights for new and experienced project managers, and previews his upcoming series on the new Microsoft Planner in an interview with M...

Understanding Activities

Understanding Activities

Learn the importance of breaking down projects into manageable activities for effective project management. Discover how to estimate activity durations and utilize tools like RACI matrix and RAM to en...

Part 3: Effective Use of Artificial Intelligence Tools in Project Management

Part 3: Effective Use of Artificial Intelligence Tools in Project Management

AI is revolutionizing project management and product development by enhancing decision-making, automating routine tasks, and enabling human-robot collaboration, ultimately shaping the future of work a...

Demystifying the Stage Gate Process in Project Management

Demystifying the Stage Gate Process in Project Management

Project phase gates are critical checkpoints that allow project managers to review progress, make informed decisions, and ensure alignment with project objectives, ultimately leading to project succes...

10 Tips for Managing Stress and Work Relationships

10 Tips for Managing Stress and Work Relationships

Managing stress at work is critical to your success, and strategies like staying active, prioritizing tasks, communicating effectively, being transparent, participating in planning, leveraging your ca...

Stakeholder Engagement: Building a Plan for Good Stakeholder Communication

Stakeholder Engagement: Building a Plan for Good Stakeholder Communication

Your stakeholders will make or break your project. So, how you treat them is critical. This means you have to plan your stakeholder communication with care. In this article, we’ll look at the three el...

Extended EMPWR.AI Free Trial is Now Available for MPUG Members  

Extended EMPWR.AI Free Trial is Now Available for MPUG Members  

For the past few months a number of MPUG members have been working with Envorso on a new AI tool for project managers called Empwr.ai. They recently started inviting project managers to use the tool f...

Kanban at Scale: Managing Multiple Teams and Boards with MS Project Agile

Kanban at Scale: Managing Multiple Teams and Boards with MS Project Agile

The ‘black mountain’ forced in,    broke Konark’s iron gates,Drank the water of Mahanadi river,     and ate from the golden plates. – Narrated by my parents in Odia, loosely translat...

Mastering Scope Management: Validation and Control Strategies

Mastering Scope Management: Validation and Control Strategies

Introduction Scope or requirements creep is the uncontrolled and often unmanageable growth of a project’s original requirements. According to a study done by the Project Management Institute, about 50...