Limiting project reviews to just a few slides and reducing the preparatory meetings can free up significant time, both for managers and project members.

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For example, the Department of Transportation took months off the timeline to approve the Whittier Bridge Replacement project in Massachusetts by working with the state government and doing concurrent project reviews.

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But before ground-breaking in November, two federal agencies must make final reviews of the project.

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Between 27 and 29 April took place in La Paz, Bolivia, the Workshop on Methodology for the Development of the Water Culture Atlas in Andean Countries, during which was launched the Andean chapter of the project, that will include reviews for Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela.

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The Galore project has years of environmental assessment reviews before on site construction can start in 2014 at the earliest.

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Anyone researching a big remodeling project likely ends up at Amazon for reviews, tutorials and pricing information.

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What do employee reviews, vendor selection, venture funding, and project planning all have in common?

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