Celoxis

OCTOBER 15, 2016

What makes a perfect project? Ask any project manager and they will all have conflicting answers. But do we really have a scale to measure how perfect a project is? Some may quote cost effectiveness, others may say delivery before the deadline and some may say planning.

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Herding Cats

OCTOBER 4, 2016

In the same book Burn Math Class and Reinvent Mathematics for Yourself , there is a joke that is applicable to the topic of this blog. Why is this applicable to Project Management? Good Project and Bad Project. Decision Analysis and Software Project Management. Smith Infinitesimal Analysis.

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Wrike

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Whether it’s a trade show, conference, corporate event planning, sales kickoff, or even just a team outing, managing an event is a different from managing a project. Every event requires meticulous planning and collaboration, not to mention exceptional budgeting, resource allocation , and time management. Team Kickoff.

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Wrike

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Visual project timelines are a manager’s best friend. P roviding an easy way to report big picture progress to executives and stakeholders can be a life saver when it comes to managing large projects. Here, we’ll show you how to make a timeline in MS Project, along with an easier way to do so with Wrike. .

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Recently I’ve been working on longer pieces that offer greater insight into project management techniques like this one. This year I’ve produced more free templates for managing projects than ever before. I’m working on a new resource to help you manage stakeholder relationships more effectively.

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Proofhub

OCTOBER 6, 2016

In short, you can manage more than one account, schedule tweets for the future and do lots more using TweetDeck. You can simply your blog’s RSS feed to various social media accounts and it will share the content automatically across them. Bring end to all your project management and collaboration troubles.

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Herding Cats

OCTOBER 28, 2016

In a recent Blog post titled Precision it is suggested Precision (or the implication thereof) is perhaps the root problem of most, if not all dysfunction related to estimation. . Yes, projects have uncertainty. Projects are no exception. This is another example of Bad Management and Doing Stupid Things on Purpose.

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EarthPM

OCTOBER 8, 2016

Where’s the project connection? there are initiatives and projects which are themselves focused on sustainability, and they are yielding financial benefits. Johnson & Johnson is achieving a 19% internal rate of return on its CO2 projects. Well aside from the key connection already mentioned (can anyone say “stakeholder”?),

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 19, 2016

The reason for all this is that I’ve taken on a new project. So, here are my tips for beginning work on a project that someone else is handing over. Scroll to the bottom to get a free Project Initiation Checklist to help with all this. It’s everything you need to remember when you are taking on a new project.

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Celoxis

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Project team members are both responsible and accountable for their tasks. A good project manager must be able to distinguish “accountability” from “responsibility” to ensure project success. Despite the similarities, both terms aren’t identical.

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Stepping Into Project Management

OCTOBER 12, 2016

I have moved between countries, thought myself as a go-getter, done well for myself with a full time job and a blog and hosting meet up group because networking is a good, right? I felt guilty that I couldn’t write the blog, I was so exhausted by the end of the day. I know it firsthand.

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Celoxis

OCTOBER 27, 2016

If you are running a software project, one of the questions you are likely to come across is which development methodology to use. In reality, many projects end up somewhere in between; with a methodology that is neither extremely agile nor extremely rigid.

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PM for the Masses

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Therefore, it is important that managers implement policies that allow workers to get as much accomplished each day while eliminating as many frivolous tasks as possible. The post Managing Managers: How to Cut Busy Work and Boost Productivity appeared first on Project Management for the Masses.

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