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10 tips to meet your project planning goals

Moira Alexander

If you’re a project manager, chances are your daily calendar is already filled from the moment you sit down at your desk to whatever time of day – or evening, most likely – you clock out. Many people at all levels of the enterprise rely heavily on you to have a solid grasp on all aspects of project management, including timing, status and direction of projects, at all times.

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3 Best Practices For Managing Creative Agency Retainers

Function Point

3 Best Practices For Managing Creative Agency Retainers. A retainer relationship works best when both sides find value in it, and maintain an active role in its progress. This way you know how much time you’re spending on your client’s jobs. If you’re running over-time—or under—you’ll know that it’s time to talk to your client and adjust the agreement.

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When are you planning to take PMP Exam?

PM by PM

I conducted an online poll to determine “when are PMP aspirants planning to take PMP Exam?” The result of the poll can be seen in above figure. There are some interesting facts and observations from the poll results. Let me share my opinion. Observation I There is a trend to take PMP Exam as late […]. The post When are you planning to take PMP Exam?

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Are your beliefs helping or hindering your as a leader?

Susanne Madsen

​Have you ever considered how important your values and beliefs are to the results you get (or don’t get) in your personal and professional life? Beliefs are so powerful that they shape your attitudes, decisions, actions, and ultimately determine your results. They are something you accept as being true or real. They are firmly held opinions about what you think you can and cannot do.

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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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Are You Willing to Kill a Project?

Gina Abudi PM

Those organizations that rely on the expertise and good judgment of their project managers expect – or rather, demand – that information by floated up the ladder if a project is no longer going to achieve its objectives or is no longer the best project to do to meet strategic goals. If a project won’t [.]. The post Are You Willing to Kill a Project?

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What can you learn from your local supermarket?

Mike Clayton

Supermarkets place premium goods at eye level, they put sweets and magazines near the checkout counter and use point of sale advertising throughout the store, they offer trial packs and free tastings, they attract us round corners into aisles with … Continue reading →

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Fresh Friday 6th November 2015 – What Caught My Attention This Week

Fix my Project Chaos

Here are the best project management blog posts and articles that caught my attention this week: The post Fresh Friday 6th November 2015 – What Caught My Attention This Week appeared first on Fix My Project Chaos.

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What Is DevOps?

PM for the Masses

Listen to my conversation with DevOps expert Matt Stratton. This is a great introduction to DevOps! The post What Is DevOps? appeared first on Project Management for the Masses. Listen to my conversation with DevOps expert Matt Stratton. This is a great introduction to DevOps!

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Top 2 Mistakes Creative Agencies Make With Their Rates

Function Point

Deciding on your agency’s rates and billing structure will be one of the most critical factors to long-term profitability. To do this, you’ll need to calculate your agency’s billing factor, agency blended billing rate, and staff cost rates to understand the true value of your work. There are various methods of billing, including hourly and fixed fee.

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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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Reinvent You

Stepping Into Project Management

Have you woken up to boredom? To wake up, eat, work, eat, sleep, repeat. Sometimes, you need to detox and look within yourself what you want. Our goal changes with life. My reinvention has been about doing something new, finding ways to have some time for me and being happy. In order to do that, I have added things in my regular schedules and things have been working.

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Podcast 65 – How to Turn Bad Stress into Good Stress

Fix my Project Chaos

About This Podcast: Stress is a part of our lives. Our body needs to good stress to get the best – both Physical and Mental stress. As we know bad stress is not good for. The question is – do you suffer from bad stress or do you embrace good stress? In this Podcast Judy […]. The post Podcast 65 – How to Turn Bad Stress into Good Stress appeared first on Fix My Project Chaos.

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Resource Planning Can Change What Employees Are Saying About Work (Infographic)

Ganttic

A. A. Milne once said, “Organising is what you do before you do something so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up.” This fundamental and foolproof method of working is not unheard of but it’s easier said than done. It seems that while the majority of the workforce follow this rule, there is still a significant portion of issues that are reflected in statistics.

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Top 2 Mistakes Creative Agencies Make With Their Rates

Function Point

Deciding on your agency’s rates and billing structure will be one of the most critical factors to long-term profitability. To do this, you’ll need to calculate your agency’s billing factor, agency blended billing rate, and staff cost rates to understand the true value of your work. There are various methods of billing, including hourly and fixed fee.

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20 Common Mistakes Made by Inexperienced Project Managers

You’ve read the PMBOK® Guide several times, taken the certification exam for project managers, passed, and you are now a PMP®. So why do you keep making rookie mistakes? This whitepaper shows 20 of the most common mistakes that young or inexperienced project managers make, issues that can cost significant time and money. It's a good starting point for understanding how and why many PMs get themsleves into trouble, and provides guidance on the types of issues that PMs need to understand.