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2017 Project Management Trends To Watch

Rebel’s Guide to PM

If you’ve come to one of my presentations about project management technology trends, you’ll have heard me say that big data is a game changer for projects. Our software tools are full of data from the risks we log to the estimates we fail to achieve. How long can we cruise on the coattails of project successes like London 2012?

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Your Guide to Effective Business Continuity Plan for Startups & Agile Professionals

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These trends have left companies exposed to a variety of risks. Using a Business Continuity Plan to manage these risks is key to the survival of any organization in the face of these risks. In 2012 alone, nine out of the ten most costly world-wide natural disasters happened in the United States of America.

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Your Guide to Effective Business Continuity Plan for Startups & Agile Professionals

nTask

These trends have left companies exposed to a variety of risks. Using a Business Continuity Plan to manage these risks is key to the survival of any organization in the face of these risks. In 2012 alone, nine out of the ten most costly world-wide natural disasters happened in the United States of America.

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What Is a PMO? (Infographic)

Wrike

However, PMOs are particularly useful as the number of projects grow in an organization, which increases the risk of failure as resources get stretched and competing priorities arise. Project and Program Managers. Project and program managers are increasingly reporting into the PMO. Who Needs a PMO? Support Roles.

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Sustain Your PMO: Nine Easy Lessons

The Lazy Project Manager

As has been already discussed the reality out there in ‘PMO land’ is that there is not a plethora of wise and experienced PMO managers, directors, leaders, heads, etc., The risk to not doing so is to, at the very least, slow the return on investment of the new PMO down. Lesson Five: Move with the Business.

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Requirements Management Panel Discussion – Transcription

MPUG

Jana Meacham: Hi, my name is Jana Meacham, I am a project manager with Edwards Performance Solutions. I’ve been here since 2012, currently assigned to Center for Medicare & Medicaid and working on continuity operations and pandemic planning, which is very timely. That has been my passion as well as project management.

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In Anticipation of PMI Global Congress North America 2012

Wrike

Some of the hottest topics this year are change management; requirements management; leadership and soft skills for project managers; agile; complexity in large projects; risk management; and the PMO, among others. We’re excited to offer some new panels and topics for 2012 as well.

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