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IT TOOLS TO BRIDGE THE DEVELOPING GAP - PROJECT MANAGEMENT (PM) - DESKTOP OR WEBSITE
CLIENTS
To
manage a team to successful achievements, a team-leader, in any line of business,
needs to distribute tasks to team's members, follow up implementation, coordinate,
reassign tasks if necessary and finally control completion of tasks in accordance
with project's deadline - all that within the fraework of allocated budget.
In
addition to leadership's qualities of having a global vision of the project to
implement, knowing how to delegate tasks to staff members, to motivate and to
sanction when necessary and to communicate well with customers, a team leader
will succeed in implementing projects only if information flows smoothly from
his desk to team's members and if he gets feedback from them timely and in appropriate
reports.
 Henry
Laurence Gantt (1861-1919), an American engineer was the first to establish the
mathematical theory of a chart (known as Gantt chart) that depicts progress in
relation to time, often used in planning and tracking a project. (Sample at the
left side.)
The more complex a project environment (number of people involved,
number of decision's levels, number of interrelated projects, number of manufacturers.
Etc.,) the hardest to have a precise and accurate Gantt chart.
That was
before personal computer revolution a century ago - that is before the 1980's!
Now things are relatively easier and any one who cares for the success of his
project, in any line of business, should have the right project management software
package. Click here for a Free
Gantt Chart Software
There are plenty of PM software available out
there in the World Wild Web. Established brand names like Microsoft Project, Intellisys
Inc., InterPlan Systems Inc. This
page list several of these packages and this one provides sounds
vendors and analysts' reports
If you would like to have a degree in
Project Management, Villanova
University provides excellent online courses that cover the following learning:
1- Project Management. 2- Project Management IS / IT. 3-
Six Sigma.
4- Contact Management. 5- Strategic Organizational Learning. 6-
Human Resource Professional. 7- Financing / Account for nonprofessional
Financial Manager. Villanova
University's Information Request Sheet is Here
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FREE DESKTOP OR WEBSITE PM CLIENTS ARE AVAILABLE African
policy makers should embrace project management to master the complex problems
involved in implementing successful developing schemes in African countries.
Every decision maker in sub-Saharan African countries governments should have
access to PM software packages either as desktop utility or as website end client.
This is not a luxury. It is a must have to be able to perform well developing
projects.
There are excellent website end PM clients that are free to
use. Let us mention AceProject
from WebSystems Inc., which Hosted Basis package is free to use for unlimited
time. Another free package is ProjectEngine.
Project Engine drives the workflow of an entire project. It is a reliable, scalable
and secure solution for projects ranging from a single user to several from
large organization or corporation. The system manages tasks and assignments,
schedules events, encourages work breakdown and delegation and improves the accuracy
of time estimation.
Africa's policy and decision makers have all these
PM free tools at their disposal to bridge the developing gap; making sure that
projects are professionally implemented, scarce funds efficiently allocated and
rare human resource well organized to reaching the target.
About
Six Sigma: Six Sigma is a measure of quality that strives
for near perfection. The Six Sigma process uses data and rigorous statistical
analysis to identify "defects" in a process or product, reduce variability, and
achieve as close to zero defects as possible. Using a universal measurement scale,
Six Sigma defines and estimates the opportunities for error and calculates defects
in the same way every time, thus offering a means for measuring improvement. Six
Sigma takes its name from the Greek letter "sigma," which is used in statistics
to indicate standard deviation.
For
more on X Sigma Project Management Click here for: Design for Six Sigma:
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