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How to write an executive summary stakeholders will love

Planio

According to some estimates , PMs spend 90% of their time communicating with team members, sponsors, and stakeholders. An executive summary is your secret weapon when it comes to project communication. Jump to a section: What is an executive summary? How is an executive summary different from other project documents?

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Agile Infrastructure Transformation and TBM

Leading Agile

My experience is that in a TBM implementation that is driven by a CTO or even a CIO in a defense mode (“Why are your costs so high?”) A prior CTO gave an excellent explanation of what it looks like to truly understand TCO. Over time it became used for only the executives in the company.

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Is JIRA a Counterproductive Project Management Software In Today’s Market?

nTask

From time to time, I also partake in software development and QA campaigns. Most of the negative air about any project management software is associated with the end users’ inexperience to run the program. Case History: ABC is a software development company with good presence in other tangible businesses.

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How to Control Project Scope and Avoid Scope Creep

PM Basics

I’ve been managing software development projects for more than 11 years. Then, a CTO of the company comes and requests that we have to add a technical feature to this release. Imagine that a newly hired editor for this blog comes to you one day. You need to start to control project scope right away.

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20 Marketing Influencers You Should Follow on LinkedIn

Proofhub

Marketing, software development, and/or human resource?—?it Whether you’re testing a new marketing strategy or need help improving your chances of getting hired, these masterminds can help you with almost anything. Oleg Vishnepolsky Global CTO At DailyMail Online And Metro.Co.Uk Fascinating, right? Follow Dharmesh Shah.

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Creating the Conditions for High-Performance Development Teams

Leading Agile

Solid technical practices and your full-stack developer’s software craftsmanship are also limited by the conditions inside your organization. A couple weeks ago we did a recording session with Chris Beale, who is one of our most senior executive consultants, runs a lot of our large enterprise class engagements.

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How to identify stakeholders? (+Identification Cheatsheet)

PM Basics

You can now think about ways to negate the potential threat they bring, perhaps by contracting the lunch preparation work to them instead. Consider discussing your project with your manager, senior manager, or C-level executives. You also worry that they may protest against the school principal to cancel your project.