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Characteristics of Strategic Collaboration and Efficient Construction Project Delivery

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The benefits of strategic collaboration vs. traditional construction planning, procurement, and project delivery are well documented and partially listed below (Chan et al., Lower project related cost growth. Projects completed at or under budgeted cost. Reduced project related cost growth per change order.

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Why Projects Fail

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The ability to successfully account for and manage change during a project lies in an organization’s leadership and level of maturity relative to its strategies, processes, goals, and resources. This is why, at the end of the day, leadership and organizational leadership are the primary cause of endemic project failure.

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PSMJ Resources Blog: Effective Project Managers Need Authority

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Effective Project Managers Need Authority. Clients want strong project leaders rather than mere project “administrators” who’ll simply manage things and move them around. Numerous excuses can be made for any project that does not meet budget, schedule, or quality needs.

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PSMJ Resources Blog: 6 Common Project Management Practices of.

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6 Common Project Management Practices of the Most Successful A/E/C Firms. This practice is essential for realistic budgeting, scheduling, easier negotiating, and to serve as a yardstick to monitor the progress of the project against the resources spent to date. project management professional. ► May.

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PSMJ Resources Blog: 5 Ways to Manage Your Principal

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5 Ways to Manage Your Principal. PMs often complain that they fail to earn budgeted profits. that a few hours of a principal’s time can eat up significant dollars in the fee budget. time on your projects: 1) At the project’s beginning, establish the responsibilities and functions of any principals involved.

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PSMJ Resources Blog: 5 Fundamental Finance Tasks for PMs

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Your project managers are key players in ensuring that the. PMs are responsible for managing projects, but to be truly effective, they must also understand the firm’s monthly financial reporting cycles and have the ability to. plan, track, and evaluate each project’s fiscal performance. ► 2007. (8).

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PSMJ Resources Blog: 6 Techniques for Managing Up

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6 Techniques for Managing Up. authority and responsibility to good project managers, and then stay out of their way. A few, however, like to “meddle” in the management. manage your manager? .” Sometimes bosses log time on your project without telling you, and can, in the process, wreck.