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Small Projects Often Mean Greater Innovation

Post author By George Brzozowski
Post date January 24, 2016
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Small projects often embody more innovation than larger more costly or high profile ones.

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10 Motivational Quotes to Get You Through Your Procurement Woes

Post author By George Brzozowski
Post date October 28, 2015
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10 Motivational Quotes to Get You Through Your Procurement Woes

A well crafted quote, very much like good storytelling and can elucidate fuzzy concepts. For example, creativity” and “innovation” are not the first two words that come to mind when talking about procurement. However, According to Deloitte’s paper Charting the Course, this is where procurement’s destiny lies.

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9 Suggestions for Overcoming Barriers to Good Design When Using Modern Methods of Construction (Mmc)

Post author By George Brzozowski
Post date October 24, 2015
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The term ‘Modern Methods of Construction’ (MMC) embraces a range of technologies involving various forms of prefabrication and/or off-site assembly.

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29 Awesome Quotes on Risk Management

Post author By George Brzozowski
Post date October 18, 2015
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29 Awesome Quotes on Risk Management

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Are Women Better Project Managers Than Men?

Post author By George Brzozowski
Post date October 10, 2015
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Men and women are different on many levels, anyone can tell you this. While they have distinct physical and character differences, another telling difference between men and women is the way they work, manage, and handle different scenarios in a professional setting.

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Playing God: Swedish Train operator uses Big Data to ‘avoid train delays that haven’t happened yet’

Post author By George Brzozowski
Post date October 7, 2015
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In a sign of things to come, a Swedish train operator is using new technology that employs big data to predict the entire commuter train system two hours into the future.

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Why Do Projects Fail?

Large projects fail at an astonishing rate – more than 50%, by some estimates.

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Hidden Sins of Using Spreadsheets to Manage Projects

Post author By George Brzozowski
Post date September 23, 2015
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Shocking, we know

One of the most widely used tools for project management in software teams today is the spreadsheet. Although fairly cheap and easy to use spreadsheets hide problems that can hinder the success of your project and create more costs than you have planned for.

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The Ideal Home Exhibition: Live-in Quarters

Post author By George Brzozowski
Post date January 11, 2002
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The Live-in Quarters concept house and the Spaceover keyworkers prototype

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