Glossary

A collection of blog articles about common terms and topics in project management.

How to do Rolling Wave Planning
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How to do Rolling Wave Planning

Rolling wave planning, also known as progressive elaboration, is an iterative planning technique to use when it’s difficult (or pointless) to schedule too far ahead. The APM Planning, Scheduling, Monitoring and Control Guide (2015) defines rolling wave planning as ‘the planning density that is achieved at different moments in time. Primarily more detailed planning in…

How to Manage Expectations on Your Projects
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How to Manage Expectations on Your Projects

This is a guest article by Grace Windsor from BrightWork. Have you ever delivered a project on time and within budget only to discover that your client is unhappy with the final result? This often stems from mismatched expectations, and is quite unpleasant for both parties. I still remember feeling deflated and frustrated following a…

Project Resource Management: The Ultimate Guide on How to Master It
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Project Resource Management: The Ultimate Guide on How to Master It

Resources are the largest contributor to successful project delivery, and project managers spend significant time planning and managing their activities. Both resource and project managers work in tandem to develop resourcing strategies for projects. The project manager estimates the resource requirement and creates open positions that get fulfilled by the resource manager. Once deployed, the…