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Effective Project Management – 2 days training programme at MATE, Chennai

May 15, 2016 By Manickavel Arumugam

The Andragogy Consulting House (TAC House), New Delhi approached me for a customized in-house training programme for a company in Chennai. The proposed two days training programme titled “Effective Project Management” should be customized based on organization needs and ensure that the given workshop objectives were met. About TAC House TAC House delivers HR consulting, … [Read more...]

Guest Lecture at Sona College of Technology, Salem

July 11, 2015 By Manickavel Arumugam

I was invited to deliver a guest lecture to Civil Engineering students at Sona College of Technology, Salem. About Sona College of Technology, Salem Sona College of Technology is one of the top-ranking engineering colleges in India. It was built and developed on the reputation of the well-known Thiagarajar Polytechnic College. The college offers Bachelor of Engineering, … [Read more...]

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Perform Integrated Change Control [Step-by-Step]

A change request is a formal proposal to modify any document, deliverable or baseline. Several project management processes may involve a change request. Perform integrated change control is the process of reviewing all change requests and approving the changes. This process happens throughout the project for integrating change requests. The approved change request may be […]

How to remember ITTOs of Project Risk Management?

This is the eighth article in the series “How to remember ITTOs”. You can find all the articles in this series here: How to remember ITTOs series. ITTO is an acronym that stands for Inputs, Tools and Techniques, and Outputs. In this article, we will focus on Project risk management. What is Project Risk Management? […]

PMP Practice Questions [Project Integration Management]

Below are few practice questions from the Project Integration Management knowledge area. All the questions are prepared with PMBOK Guide, Sixth Edition as the reference. Please give them a try. If you cannot answer to any of them, please refer to PMBOK Guide, Sixth Edition first and you will be able to find the correct […]

Resource Leveling and Resource Smoothing Explained with An Example

What is resource leveling? What is resource smoothing? Are they the same? If not, what is the difference? We will try to answer the above questions in this article. Resource Optimization Resource optimization is a tool/ technique used in the Develop Schedule process of Schedule Management knowledge area. Resource optimization is a schedule network analysis […]

Sequence of Activities in Closing Process

Closing process group includes only one process, namely, Close project or phase. This process belongs to the Integration knowledge area. Close project or phase is the process during which we formally close the project or phase. Generally, the project charter will include project success criteria, project exit criteria and who will sign off the project. […]