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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...

How to Keep Your PMP Certificate Current with MPUG: A Guide for Project Managers

How to Keep Your PMP Certificate Current with MPUG: A Guide for Project Managers

Congratulations on earning your Project Management Professional (PMP)® certification! As a college graduate or project manager, you have demonstrated your expertise in the field of project management ...

Revolutionizing Project Management: The AI-Driven PMO and Its Transformative Potential

Revolutionizing Project Management: The AI-Driven PMO and Its Transformative Potential

Introduction Welcome to the transformative world of project management, where artificial intelligence (AI) is not just a buzzword, but a game-changer in the way Project Management Offices (PMOs) funct...

Project Leadership: What Does it Really Mean to Lead, Not Manage?

Project Leadership: What Does it Really Mean to Lead, Not Manage?

In his 1990 book, “On Becoming a Leader,” Warren Bennis articulated his famous 12 differences between managers and leaders. The last is the best-known: ‘The manager does things right; the leader does ...

Effective Use of Artificial Intelligence Tools: 5 Strategies for Effective Implementation (Part 2)

Effective Use of Artificial Intelligence Tools: 5 Strategies for Effective Implementation (Part 2)

In part 2, we will go a little deeper into AI with 3 more ways that AI is revolutionizing project management. Then we will explore 5 ways to ensure seamless integration for your organization.

The INs-N-OUTs of Quality

The INs-N-OUTs of Quality

Learn how IN-N-OUT Orvis, and quality planning, assurance, control, and improvement in IT projects can illuminate the importance of quality assurance in project management.