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Skills Of A CIO – Within Reach Of A Strategic PM?

The Strategic Project Manager

This post queries whether a Chief Information Officer (CIO) position might be a good and realistic goal for a project manager. We’ll come back to that later after surveying the landscape. Strategic Roles – Transition to strategic roles such as IT strategy consultant, business analyst, or enterprise architect.

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Skills Of A CEO – Within Reach Of A Strategic PM?

The Strategic Project Manager

Decision-Making – CEOs must evaluate complex situations, weigh risks, and make sound judgments that align with the company’s objectives. Risk Management – Understanding and managing risks is a key aspect of strategy, as well as project management.

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Generative AI and Project Management in 2024: Three Themes to Watch

MPUG

Our team at Envorso, a boutique consulting company comprised of West Coast software and Rust Belt manufacturing leaders from companies like Microsoft, Ford Motor Company, Meta, and Rivian, has been front and center for this massive transformation. The volume of unstructured data we collectively create is staggering.

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PM, CEM, and Covid-19: Reflections

MPUG

Personally, I never paid enough heed to Disaster Planning and Risk Management until after leaving the USA and becoming a PM nomad , but once I was out in the world, it became clear that I had to do much better. In preparation for us to all go twitching for the elusive honking swan, please take a few moments to complete this anonymous survey.

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What Is Upskilling & How to Build an Upskilling Program

Teamweek

Businesses that don’t keep up with the changes in the workforce risk getting left behind and replaced by more forward-thinking brands. Sign up for a course Coursera and Udemy are just two examples of platforms with online courses where you can equip yourself with new skills for free or for a fraction of the price of a university course.

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

nTask

In terms of their experiences with project management programs, we recently surveyed different IT and non IT industries from all over. As a result, when they send in a request to the IT team and the CTO to buy task management tools, a lot of wrong things happen. The daily business operations are headed by the CEO and the CTO.

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Webinar Recap: Project Performance Measurement – Part 1: Overview Of Project Performance Measurements

MPUG

I am the director of technology solutions and CTO for Edwards Performance Solutions. We are a consulting company in the DC Baltimore area that specializes in project and portfolio management for about 80% of our customers in the government space, the other 20 in the commercial space. This is part one of the series.