Project Management Archives - ProSymmetry

Feb 12 2016
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The state of Resource Management: An interview with PMzOne’s Daniel Zitter

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  • 50% of all projects are not resourced properly and 20% of all projects should never have been started in the first place
Those are some pretty alarming statistics, right? For those of us who work in the PPM / Resource Management world, we would never knowingly start a project that is destined to fail from the outset. Yet the findings from this November industry report by the Project Management Institute suggest that we need to do much more to make sure our projects start off on the right foot. Read More

Jan 29 2016
10

Discover the keys to Resource Management success

By | Company news, Gartner, Resource management | No Comments
Resource portfolio management is one of the most important challenges facing businesses today. Whether you oversee a team of ten or a company of 10,000, ensuring you have the right resources for the right job at the right time is incredibly challenging.

In today’s volatile market, challenges are often unpredictable and you need to be agile and ready to adapt. Those who can nimbly reallocate resources in response to new obstacles on the horizon and change their game plan when required will succeed. Those who don’t will struggle to stay afloat. So what are the keys to resource management success?

At ProSymmetry, we meet business people the world over who are struggling with key issues around resource management:

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Jan 25 2016
15

PMO responsibilities and what to look out for

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The International Prototype of the Kilogram has been kept in a glass jar at the Bureau International des Poids et Mesures (International Office of Weights and Measures) in Paris since 1889. The prototype is made of an alloy that is 90% platinum and 10% iridium and is kept under strict supervision, deep within the building.

You might wonder why a simple kilogram needs such high security, to be kept under lock and key. Quite simply, because without an internationally recognized and agreed weight for a kilo, anyone would be able to claim their products were the correct weight and short change their customers. Read More

Dec 16 2015
16

How can you ensure effective resource management?

By | Resource management, Uncategorized | No Comments
Project management (in the modern sense) has now been established for around 65 years, but it’s not difficult to argue that the concept of project management has been around since the beginning of history. As you would expect, it has gone through many changes in that time; however, it’s remained prominent due to the substantial, explicit values that many in the industry can relate to. Read More

Oct 12 2015
10

How to master the art of getting your data into a ppm tool

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One of our goals when building Tempus Resource was to make it an extremely versatile product. We know that some customers use it as a standalone PPM tool, while others use it alongside existing an tool. So, we wanted to make sure we could support the flexibility our users demanded.

In this post we wanted to illustrate some of the ways Tempus Resource can be used, and the methods we support to get data in.

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Oct 07 2015
6

Tempus Resource Review in Project Management Today

By | Company news, Product news, Resource management | No Comments
We’re very happy that Project Management Today have recently issued a review of our innovative resource management tool, Tempus Resource; written by Steve Cotterell.

Steve’s review details the cutting-edge features of Tempus Resource that aim to make several areas of project and resource management easier. The article provides an overview of the software and the best ways it can be utilized. There is also a message from our VP Greg Bailey in there too, so make sure you check it out.

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