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One of the biggest predicted project management trends 2016 was the Internet of Things (IoT). It is clear that sooner or later it will also affect project management. 

Collaboration is extremely important for disruption and innovation. Technological advancement has changed workplace collaboration immensely and will continue to do so in the future. 

In Part 1, we explained what a scope is. The basis for a scope statement is always a requirements specification statement that specifies the project requirements and objectives of the client. 

Project managers are notoriously busy and stressed, but that doesn’t mean that they lose their sense of humor along the way. We asked project managers on LinkedIn to share their favorite PM jokes with the InLoox blog. 

Like a good story, every project has a beginning, a middle, and an ending. And just like in stories, a project can either have a happy end or end in a tragedy, depending on how it was managed. 

Every project has various stakeholders who have an interest in its successful completion. However, it’s not easy to meet everyone’s requirements as each stakeholder has different interests. 

Earned Value Management (EVM) is a widely used project management process and technique to measure project performance. It is also an extremely important part of the PMP exam. 

A successful project start is extremely important because it’s a good indicator for the further process of the project. To ensure that your project initiation goes smoothly, you should ask yourself the 5 W and 2 H questions.

Ideally, you should’ve kept things in order all year long so that it’s always ‘spring clean’, but that’s most likely not the case. Just like furniture, projects can get dusty and processes can become inefficient.

US organizations have wasted $30 billion (!) over the last four years because of unused software. That's $259 per desktop. To save time, money and nerves, you'll have to plan the implementation of a project software carefully.