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Project Scope: How to Stay in Control and Deliver for Your Business
Managing and controlling project scope is seen as one of the key project management skills. Just So We’re Clear – What is Project Scope? The project scope is a defined (and ideally documented) list of what is included in the project. There should also be a...
Project Constraints: What They Are & How to Balance Them
Managing projects within constraints inevitably leads to the need to make trade-offs and balancing decisions. Balancing the project constraints will result in the best outcome for your organisation. This is a key capability to develop on the road to becoming a...
Choosing Project Management Training That’s Right For You
What Project Management Training Options are There? There are many project management training courses available. Just check Google. I see 15+ million results and counting. It could take a while to go through all of the options… The majority of these are either...
Retail Project Management: What’s the Difference?
Retail project management is a different proposition to project management in other industries. There are some key differences which can mean that normal project management techniques, approaches and tools aren’t always a good fit. What Happens If You Use the Wrong...
What is a DMAIC Tollgate and How Can You Successfully Get Through All 5
What is a DMAIC Tollgate or Phase gate? When you’re using DMAIC to guide you through your retail project, a tollgate is a major milestone. A DMAIC tollgate (also called a “phase-gate” or “stage-gate”) is a checkpoints allowing you to proceed through the DMAIC model....
What is DMAIC? Should You Use DMAIC in Retail Projects?
What is DMAIC? DMAIC (often pronounced “der-may-ic”) is a model from Lean Six Sigma to plot a project from start to finish. There are 5 stages in the DMAIC methodology to guide you from identifying a problem through to having a robust solution in place. What Does...
What is Lean in Retail Project Management
Lean is often a term that seems to be thrown around in error, often used interchangeably with “Six Sigma” but the 2 are different. Lean is a series of tools, techniques and thinking that will focus on cutting waste, increase customer satisfaction and ultimately...
Six Sigma in Retail – How It’s Used
People talk about Six Sigma in Retail as a big opportunity In fact, six sigma is one of the big buzz words in project management overall. But it’s often an unrealistic goal that can waste money – so why are people talking about Six Sigma in retail, still? Six sigma is...
Building a Good Reputation as a Project Manager
As a project manager within a retail environment, you may have already witnessed both the good and bad reputations that can come with the territory. To avoid falling into the latter, we have some top tips on what you can do to ensure your reputation as a project...
London’s Latest Retail Trends & Innovation
Oliver Banks took to the streets of London alongside REPL’s Michael Grange, Travis Hespeler and Richard Haddon on the hunt for the latest retail trends and innovation. Recently Project Manager’s own Oliver Banks took to the streets of London alongside...
