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The unbreakable bond: How outstanding service = brand loyalty

Rebel’s Guide to PM

In addition, 89% of consumers moved to rivals after having a bad customer experience [ii]. User stories can help project teams put customer needs at the heart of what they build. Check out more project management trends shaping how we deliver projects successfully this year for other ideas of how to empower teams.

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100+ Project Management Terms: PM Terminology Explained

ProjectManager.com

B – Project Management Terms Backlog Backlog is a term from the Agile methodology Scrum, but is also used across industries to track every single thing that is needed to complete a product in development. Business Plan A formal document that clearly defines the business goals of a project and how to attain them.

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Scrum Methodology: Roles, Events & Artifacts

ProjectManager.com

The scrum methodology was developed as a response to rigid project management approaches such as the waterfall method, which didn’t adapt to the needs of agile product and software development teams. The bad news, it’s hard to master. Scrum is part of agile software development and teams practicing agile.

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Time Estimation for Project Managers: Tips & Techniques

ProjectManager.com

It’s of paramount importance to everyone involved, from stakeholders to team members. The best a project manager can do is develop an accurate time estimate for how long it will take to satisfactorily complete the project. The main lesson to learn from all this psychological profiling is that our gut is a poor estimator of time.

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How to Manage Expectations on Your Projects

Rebel’s Guide to PM

In project management, not knowing how to manage the expectations of your client and your team, and your own expectations leads to many challenges including: Unclear objectives and measures of success. Lack of team engagement. Reduced trust between you, your team, and the client. Confusion about what task is due and when.

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Projecting Project Success

MPUG

Although technology and software development tools are essential for most projects, it’s the leadership of a project that makes the difference between a project’s success or failure. Giving employees or teams the right foundational skills is critical to success. These numbers were about the same in 2011.

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A guide to Remote Work in 2020

Binfire

Binfire , after all, has been a remote working environment since we started in 2011. Set working hours when every in your team could be online together. This is easy said than done if your team members are located in multiple time zones. This helps team building and gives the sense to everybody they are working in a team.

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