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Ultimate Guide to Digital Marketing Project Management: Best Practices, Benefits, and Helpful Templates

GanttPRO Project Management

Digital marketing projects play a significant role in the strategies of many businesses since they help tell product stories and attract new clients. Effective digital marketing project management ensures alignment […] The post Ultimate Guide to Digital Marketing Project Management: Best Practices, Benefits, and Helpful Templates first appeared on GanttPRO Project Management Blog.

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Breaking down the P5 Standard for Sustainability in Project Management: Training and Qualification

Green Project Management

Training and qualification are crucial for ongoing development and project success. At GPM, Training and Qualification is an element under the “Labor Practices and Decent Work” category in the P5 Standard, and it is an important one. According to the P5 Standard, practices for Training and qualification that project team members have the necessary skills […] The post Breaking down the P5 Standard for Sustainability in Project Management: Training and Qualification appeared fir

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The Power of Adaptability: Why Defining Requirements Up Front Doesn't Align with Scrum

Scrum.org

In the realm of agile methodologies, Scrum stands as a guiding beacon, promoting flexibility, collaboration, and incremental progress. Central to Scrum is the delivery of value in small, usable increments. The purpose of every Sprint is to deliver a done increment that meets the Sprint goal. For this reason, defining requirements up front is not compatible with Scrum, because Scrum teams don’t deliver value in one “big bang”.

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Marketing project management: Everything you need to know

Planio

As much as product and marketing teams don’t always see eye-to-eye, the two departments ultimately have a symbiotic relationship. Without a good product, even the best marketing campaigns will fall flat. And without good marketing, even great products will eventually disappear into obscurity. But there’s a problem. According to a 2022 study , 40–60% of marketing budgets were wasted due to inefficiency, poor communication, and misaligned productivity tools.

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Understand Digital Debt, Form a Team, Set Goals, and Plan Roadmap for Transformation

Understanding digital debt is crucial before digital transformation. Assemble a team to assess internal operations, market pressures, and digital debt's impact. Define future digital vision with measurable goals. Refine hypotheses and conduct market analysis. Develop a roadmap for transformation with defined projects, cost estimates, and governance.

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Why Agile Engineering Practices in Software Development Are Essential to Achieve Agility

Scrum.org

In the Oxford Diary, the word agility is defined as the ability to move quickly and easily. It is therefore understandable that many people relate agility to speed. Which I think is unfortunate. I much prefer the description from Sheppard and Young, two academics in the field of sports science, who proposed a new definition of agility within the sports science community as, A rapid whole body movement with change of velocity or direction in response to a stimulus[1].

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How Scrum Masters can guide the transition from a traditional approach to Scrum

Scrum.org

Join the Mastering Agility Discord community! Organizations don't change overnight. Going from for instance waterfall to Scrum is a complicated process, with lots of people involved. Scrum Masters can be the right people to support this transition. Understanding the 8 choices of a Scrum Master, or the 6 Six Stances, helps Scrum Masters in their approach to facilitate this challenging process.

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Where There’s a Widget, There’s a Way: Overcoming Real Life Project Management Challenges

MPUG

Microsoft Project is an effective tool for supporting project management activities in most organizations. However, many project managers will come up against limitations with Project in its basic form at some point in their career, and perhaps more often than not. Project Widgets has built our business by developing and widely implementing several solutions that significantly extend Microsoft Project’s capabilities by addressing real life project management challenges.

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Should management be excluded from the Sprint Retrospective?

Scrum.org

Join the Mastering Agility Discord community! What if management has something important to share with the Scrum Team that they should improve? Or what if the Scrum Team wants to discuss something with management during the Sprint Retrospective? The Scrum Guide doesn't say anything about it. So what are your options? Find out in this video discussion.

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Episode 183 –  My Team is Self-Organizing, What am I Supposed to Do? Agile Teams and the PM’s Role

Velociteach

The podcast by project managers for project managers. How can agile project managers create conditions for self-organizing teams to thrive? In the agile world of a self-organizing team, the trend is to empower the team so the individuals doing the work can make decisions. So, what role do project managers play? Hear about the three responsibilities of the new agile leader and some important skills to level up in order to lead an agile project.

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Strategic Project Finance Essentials: A Project Manager’s Guide to Financial Metrics

Speaker: Ketan Jahagirdar - Sopheon’s Director of Product Management

Empower yourself as a project manager with insights that directly influence the financial landscape and strategic direction of your organization! Join us for a deep dive into the world of financial strategy, as we dissect key metrics that drive CFOs and business leaders’ investment decisions. This session will equip you with the necessary tools to craft compelling business cases as well as a comprehensive understanding of the crucial distinction between capital expenditure and operational expend

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Understanding PMP Certification Prerequisites: A Comprehensive Guide

MPUG

In today’s article, I’ll be shedding light on the crucial prerequisites for attaining the Project Management Professional (PMP) certification. At first glance, it might appear daunting, but rest assured, the requirements are actually pretty straightforward. To simplify, there are three key prerequisites: education, project management experience, and training.

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Marketing vs Advertising: The Differences Explained

UPQODE

In today’s fast-paced business landscape, effective communication and promotion are essential for any company’s success. Two key components of this promotional effort are marketing and advertising. While these terms are often used interchangeably, they represent distinct strategies and tactics within the broader realm of promoting products and services.

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New Book for PfMP Exam Prep: I Want To Be A PfMP, The Plain and Simple Way to be a PfMP

Management Yogi

It gives me a lot of pleasure in announcing the public availability of the book for Portfolio Management Professional (PfMP®) examination preparation:'I WANT TO BE A PfMP - The Plain and Simple Way to be A PfMP'.The PfMP certification is the highest-level certification offered by Project Management Institute (PMI®).

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Discover a Rising Star: Simple Asset Manager Shines Bright at Finances Online Awards

Admation

In a world driven by digitalization, the management of assets has become a pivotal task for businesses of all sizes. With the surge in digital content, challenges in overseeing valuable digital assets have grown more intricate, demanding innovative solutions. Among these solutions, one outstanding performer has taken center stage - Simple Asset Manager.

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Acclaim Projects Helps Deliver Innovation Projects on Time and on Budget

This large intercity transportation company for people and freight employs 100+ IT employees and contractors across North America and Europe and spends $10MM annually for approximately 50 inflight projects. The company needed the right financial tools to budget for innovation initiatives and real-time information on spending and forecasting. This transportation company turned to Acclaim Projects by Sopheon to help deliver projects on time and within budget.