Posts Tagged ‘project management’

Now that October is here, I thought it would be neat to look back at what our readers found most interesting last month. Below are the top five blog posts Perficient’s life sciences practice wrote in September – they’re ranked in order of popularity, with number one being the most viewed piece. An Insider’s Look At If And When […]

Many projects are incorrectly scheduled or structured, resulting in wasted effort, missed requirements and even project failure. A properly scheduled and structured digital marketing project drastically increases the probability of the project to succeed. This problem applies to many digital marketing projects, including websites, apps, email campaigns and more. So what does a properly structured and […]

Perficient Project Manager Karen Ouyang recently renewed her PMP (project management professional certification. Preparation for the PMP exam can be extensive, so if you are considering certification you need to first determine why you want to get certified. You can then determine whether or not certification makes sense for you. If you are considering obtaining […]

I just recently completed the trainings that are required for renewing my PMP (project management professional) certification every three years. Looking back, I’m glad that I made the investment to obtain my PMP certification from Project Management Institute (PMI). Since it takes a significant amount of time to study for PMP and prepare for the […]

User Acceptance Testing or User Exception Testing? I recently joined a conference call concerning User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and at the start of the meeting it was accidentally called User Exception Testing. Although the meeting participant quickly corrected herself and it wasn’t noticed by the testers, it made a profound impact on me. Over the course of […]

Typical project or program management wisdom dictates that a project or program needs to be completed to be successful, however this is in discord with most businesses growth strategies using continuous improvement or growth strategies.  This type of discord can lead to project delays or failures as the company or organization moves away from finishing […]

In April of this year, the U.S. Department of Labor finalized a new rule that is meant to protect individuals from receiving retirement investment advice that, in reality, may not be in their best interest. It’s a complicated rule that addresses the conflict of interest that financial advisors frequently encounter, such as receiving commission or […]

When I hear the words change management, my mind immediately thinks of the scene in Office Space where the employees meet with the consultants (“The Bobs”) to answer their question: “What would you say you do here?” All joking aside – change management is often misunderstood. After listening to a recent podcast about the subject, […]

“…When we think about projects particularly with technology implementations, we are all about getting technology right…unfortunately that doesn’t always define success.” David Chapman Strategic Adviser – Perficient Change Management helps to ensure that the “people” in your organization are ready, willing and able to function effectively as part of the technology implementation and it can be one  […]

“Remove everything that has no relevance to the story. If you say in the first chapter that there is a rifle hanging on the wall, in the second or third chapter it absolutely must go off. If it’s not going to be fired, it shouldn’t be hanging there.” — Anton Chekhov Scope creep, or the addition […]

How to track your Salesforce project’s success and what to expect when engaging with Perficient as your Salesforce implementation partner on a weekly basis. Great news – your organization just purchased Salesforce and now you’re looking for a Salesforce partner and team of consulting experts, like Perficient, to support your team’s implementation.  Whether it is […]

Sometimes Salesforce projects don’t stop, they slow down, sputter, and you can’t seem to get them restarted or firing on all cylinders. These projects aren’t always failures – they just need a thorough tune-up and clear path to get them back on the road. As such, below are the top reasons for a project stall […]