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Why is it a project manager’s job to fix companies?

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Projects are the future, a good portfolio office can influence and shape strategy and project management is the only way to holistically deliver improvements. If you have sat through any project management conference presentations or talked to someone evangelizing about the role of the PMO then you will have heard this stuff before.

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Lean Change Management – 4 Years Later

Agile Coach

Context : it’s important to understand what triggered me to move away from agile, and into org change. It’s also important to understand what influenced thinking about org change differently. peaked at #6444 out of 8,000,000 books on Amazon, #198 in Leadership and Management. How this Post is Constructed.

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Sustain Your PMO: Nine Easy Lessons

The Lazy Project Manager

They must be enthusiastic about leading change and critically must have the strength of belief in their own uniqueness and that of the PMO they lead. It is critical for a PMO to achieve a level of maturity, as the PM-Partners: PMO Trends 2012 report states: There’s a direct link between the maturity of the PMO and the value it provides.

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The Human Experience in the Digital Age

The IIL Blog

They] are obsessed with the pressure of new customer acquisition and meeting macro KPIs that represent little influence on customer behavior. Illuminating the Blind Spot “Most companies are still dominantly sales-centric and product-centric,” states Dr. Michael Lowenstein. They will be disrupted by those that do.”3 McGoff, Chris.

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Compendium of Works to Increase Probability of Project Success

Herding Cats

Five Immutable Principles of Project Success - There are many (possibly too many) methods for successfully managing a project. But each method needs to be based on 5 Immutable principles to be successful, no matter the domain or context, PMI Spring Seminar , 2012, Austin TX. Waste Management Symposium Feb 26 - Mar 1, 2012.

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Wrike vs Asana – which PM tool works best for YOU?

BeeWits

It features a number of unique features in it’s feature-set: Team and task management as core-functions. Minimalist UI with multiple panes focusing specifically on project management and team collaboration. Task tracking with a dynamic timeline, changing based on progress. Implementation and change management consulting.