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New Year’s Eve

The Lazy Project Manager

A New Year’s resolution is a tradition in which a person makes a promise to do an act of self-improvement, such as losing weight, doing exercise, giving up smoking etc. Peter Taylor is a PMO expert currently leading a Global PMO, with 200 project managers acting as custodians for nearly 5,000 projects around the world, for Kronos Inc.

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Add to the C-Level

The Lazy Project Manager

Well it starts with strategy formulation which is no longer the annual exercise it used to be – nowadays it is an ongoing iterative activity. Managing the overall portfolio risk to the organisation. Managing resource requirements across the project portfolio. Driving efficiencies in delivery and economies of scale.

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A View from the Top

The Lazy Project Manager

The following is an extract from my new book ‘How to get Fired at the C-Level: Why mismanaging change is the biggest risk of all’ in association with my friends at Tailwind Project Solutions – the extracts follow a series of 5 Challenges that I think every organisation should consider, and consider very carefully: ‘Change is the law of life.

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Know the value of your change

The Lazy Project Manager

We will come on to the definition of this term in one moment but to begin we need to clearly differentiate Challenge 1 – Invest in the right portfolio management, which was all about knowing what your true portfolio value is. In all aspects, the project demands the intelligent project manager. Project Methodologies and practices.

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Webinar Recap: Microsoft Project Do’s, Don’ts, and Cool Customizations

MPUG

PMI PDUs in the technical category and the MPUG activity code for claiming the session was on the screen now. Hey listen, Kyle is going to manage the questions today. My advice is if you’re early in your career here with Microsoft Project or project management, schedule from the start and swatch and build your project.

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The 23 Best Project Management Books For Upgrading Your Career in 2020

Planio

The number one thing every project manager needs to level up their skills is experience. A good project management book. While there are tons of fantastic resources online for learning how to be a better project manager (such as this blog!) Jump to a section: The best books for mastering the fundamentals of project management.

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Webinar Recap: They Finally Did It! Microsoft Releases a Brand-New Version of Microsoft Project

MPUG

And today’s session is eligible for one, PMI, PDU in the technical PMI category. Tim is an accomplished speaker, consultant and educator, supporting the project management community for over 25 years. We’re building project management technology, so I love doing PMOs like finding ways to blend this.