Scope Creep
Learn about the dangers of scope creep and how to avoid it in your next project with these helpful tips and free project management webinars.
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...
Back to Basics: Why do Projects Fail?
I was working for an IT services company in early 2000. The much-dreaded Y2K problem had just passed without giving us too much trouble, and we had gotten a big project from a U.S based Fortune 500 co...
Back to Basics: Project Manager vs. Project Sponsor
I regularly conduct PMP training workshops. About one hour in, I discuss project stakeholders, and almost always the same question comes up: What is the difference between the project manager and the ...
A Simple Project Management Checklist
Projects are essential to all organizations’ goals and objectives. Successful project completions according to targeted purposes account for optimum company performance. But only through a robust proj...
Sprint Burndown and Burnup Charts with MS Project Agile
Two frequently and widely used charts in projects using Agile frameworks are the Burndown and Burnup Charts. These can be generated at the Iteration (Sprint) level or Release level. You can even decid...
Requirements Management Panel Discussion – Transcription
Please find below a transcription of the audio portion of Walter Stinnett’s Requirements Management Panel Discussion, being provided by MPUG for the convenience of our members. You may wish to use thi...
MPUG’s Best Tales of Terror
We searched through our MPUG archives to bring you the scariest project management stories of all time. Have one of your own to add? We welcome your submissions between now and Oct 31st. Email yours t...
Project Requirements Management – Part 3: Monitoring and Controlling Requirements Transcription
Please find below a transcription of the audio portion of Walter Stinnett’s session, Monitoring and Controlling Requirements, being provided by MPUG for the convenience of our members. You may wish to...
Project Requirements Management – Part 1: Introduction to Requirements Management Transcription
Please find below a transcription of the audio portion of Walter Stinnett’s session, Introduction to Requirements Management, being provided by MPUG for the convenience of our members. You may wish to...