Deciding How to Decide

Are You Ready to Take the Plunge?

Making the Best Possible Choices

Knowledge allow us to know if we’re at risk of being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

People and interactions are greater than processes and tools.

The Mysterious Story of Penguins, Walruses, and Clams.

Good problem solving skills are fundamentally important if you're going to be successful in your career.

“Problems are Only Opportunities in Work Clothes.” – Henry John Kaiser (American Industrialist)

So the next time that you have a problem to solve, if it's a complex problem, don't get caught in a loop for every solution is new problem. Instead, take the time to do “Seven Step Problem Solving”.

Solve it Once

You're now going to brainstorm all of the factors that could be contributing to this problem.

By understanding your strengths and weaknesses, you can exploit the most relevant opportunities in the marketplace – and manage threats that might otherwise take you by surprise.

You see always other people and does other organizations think a view of the complaint of something bad, as something to be avoided …

Assessing the Balance of Power in a Business Situation

Developing Strategic Options From an External- Internal Analysis

Mapping Out Your Best Possible Direction

The Value Engineering Concept in Construction Project Management is a systematic and structured approach within the context of construction projects, aimed at analyzing functions to achieve an optimal balance between time, cost, and quality.

The Suppressive Person is actively trying to destroy the operation but is often trying to hide his deeds by the use of a “nice” social mask.

One Good Way to Look at it is to Ask: What Do We Need to Do to Win in Our Market?

This (Formation, Storming, Norming, Performing & Reforming) happens a lot today, but the point is still the same.

The Turtle and the Rabbit Management Lessons

Managing Contractors Hiring, Managing, and Motivating Contract Workers The Mindtools Content Team It's happened again. The company CEO has set a new, incredibly ambitious goal for your department … and the deadline? You've got six months to make some pre...

A Powerful Lesson on Time Management Once your goal-related activities are scheduled then you can fill the rest of your schedule with all those other activities that are less important. Don Howe Hi! this is Don Howe. And the topic for this Golden Nugget is managing your tim...

Value Management Value Management means retention of the highest level of quality and at the same time reduction of costs, and create a balance of these components Tomasz Kuś Introduction Value Management - is a service in which a person or a sponsor of the project conveys a clues and r...

The Importance of Strategic Planning in Construction Companies and Projects LetsBuild Strategic planning is a crucial aspect of higher management in any company across all industries. Strategic planning includes designing a company’s response and behavior in a competitive market, crea...

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The Future of the Construction Industry Preparing for Fundamental Shifts in Connected Construction Michelle Meisels Introduction Are engineering and construction industry leaders ready to harness the full potential of changing industry dynamics to benefit their clients, people, organizat...

Prioritization Making Best Use of Your Time and Resources The Mind Tools Content Team Introduction Prioritization is the essential skill that you need to make the very best use of your own efforts and those of your team. It's also a skill that you need to create c...

Managing Project Finances Understanding and Controlling Project Costs The Mind Tools Content Team Fig-Crunch the numbers to make sure that your project is on track. A well-managed project is completed on time, on spec, and on budget. It's generally the case that cost is one of the ma...

Eisenhower's Urgent/Important Principle Using Time Effectively, Not Just Efficiently The Mindtools Content Team Using Time Effectively, Not Just Efficiently Introuction What really needs your attention right now? Imagine that your boss has asked you to pre...

Project Milestone Reporting Keeping Projects On Track by Monitoring Significant Check Points The Mind Tools Content Team Introduction Many managers will have been in situations in which they're told that work is "80 percent done" at a certain stage of a project, only to fin...

Time Management Audit The Mind Tools Career Excellence Club Introduction When someone asks you, “What do you do?” The typical response is, “I’m a [insert profession here].” But does that really describe what you do? Do you even know what you really do during th...

Six Essential Project Management Reports for Project Managers Martin Luenendonk Introduction Project management involves a lot of processes and activities such as project tracking, measurement of key metrics, and project execution to ensure that a project is completed successfully according...

Time Management Center for Good Governance Understanding Time Management Bruce Lee. Introduction “We all have time to either spend or waste and it is our decision what to do with it. But once passed, it is gone forever”. Bruce Lee (“Zen in the Martial Arts&rdq...

Introduction to Project Management The Mind Tools Content Team Project management is the process of planning, budgeting, coordinating and monitoring a series of steps required to achieve a particulr goal. It was used to build the Pyramids, Graet Wall of China and Stonehenge, and today it is us...