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Five tips for using Project Management in your small business
- Learn common Project Management Terminology – This will allow you to communicate effectively with your contractors, subcontractors and customers. Consistent communication will save your company time and rework.
- Get the low hanging fruit first – There are lots of inconsistent processes in your business. Focus on easy ones first and fix it using project management principles to gain momentum and early wins.
- Keep it simple – You don’t have to use all project management tools and techniques on the very first project you work on. If it is too complicated, no one will follow it.
- Less is more – This is an excellent time for small businesses to make a mark. With power of project management behind your ideas, you can deliver results faster than big businesses, with fewer resources.
- Learn from your mistakes as well as successes – To become successful business owner you have to make lots of mistakes and learn quickly from them. Project Management processes allow you to capture lessons learned during the project. It is important you use that insight gained from one project to use it in the next project. So you don’t keep reinventing the wheel.
1 comment March 10, 2009
PMP Study Group in Detroit
Kapur Training, LLC is sponsoring a PMP Study Group in Detroit. Group limit is 15 people.
Start Date: May 20, 2006
Time: 6-Saturday mornings (From 9:00AM to 12:00PM)
Venue: University of Michigan-Dearborn
Cost: $50 (includes a copy of PMBOK)
Materials: PMPOK
Group is forming now!
Study Group Goal:
To provide venue and discipline for reviewing the Framework and nine knowledge areas in the PMBOK and additional materials, review sample exams and provide an opportunity to talk to people who have passed the exam to share their experiences.
This is our first facilitated PMP Study Group for folks who are studying to take the PMP certification exam.
Requests are being taken for involvement in the next PMP study group. If you are PMP certified, you are welcome to help the group.
A PMP will be leading this group of people on the road to becoming a PMP. The current group is still open, and if you’re looking to find out more about attending a study group, email at jkapur@kapurtraining.com
Send your name and e-mail address indicating that you are interested in joining a study group. Those persons wishing to form a study group must take the initiative to get together to study for the exam.
Add comment May 1, 2006
