Project execution is where the rubber meets the road. Some organizations even have a dedicated project execution manager for this critical part of the process.
For a project manager, the brunt of project execution is plan and schedule management. The project manager should spend the duration of the project tracking variances and adjusting the plan and schedule accordingly.
Here are the top 4 challenges to doing so: (more…)
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