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Product Planning Fundamentals: Develop a Product Plan in 6 Steps

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It also includes ongoing improvements and changes to a product, so the process is never really completed. Product planning utilizes many of the same processes, documents and tools that are used in project management. Our product planning methodology uses six steps to guide you through the entire process.

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Develop Better High Performing Teams

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As we ease into the new year, many organizations’ executive teams are ramping up hiring for new talent. All these efforts require precise judgment to hire just-in-time talent, using data to make strategic project decisions at a portfolio, program and project level and launching new high performing teams.

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How To Motivate Your Project Team

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Ruth Pearce knows everything there is to know about motivating your project team. I caught up with Ruth to find out more about how to motivate teams and why it’s something you should be actively doing. Why do you think motivation on project teams is so important? She’s even written the book on it. I love this question.

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Ultimate Guide to Business Process Management (BPM)

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That’s what business process management is all about. Business process management looks at the processes a company employs to deliver its goods or services to its customers. What Is Business Process Management (BPM)? BPM designs, automates, executes, controls, measures and optimizes business processes. Learn more.

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5 Strategies to Improve Team Productivity on Projects

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Wouldn’t life be better if your team were, well, just a little bit more productive? It is possible to create an environment where project team members can be more productive, by creating good habits. But no one is telling you HOW to get your team to adopt new ways of working. What is team productivity?

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30 Team Building Activities

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Teams don’t just come together and click into well-oiled productivity machines, at least not always. There’s often a period of time when the team members have to get to know one another and develop a rapport. In other words, every team can find value in team-building exercise. Objective: Develop listening skills.

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Decision Making Tools for Group Decisions

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Regardless of how much project management experience you have, at a certain point you will still want or need to make a decision as a team. Anytime you involve your team in project decisions, the complexity you have to deal with increases exponentially. Bad Practices. The Group Decision Process.