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Unlocking the Power and Mastery of Development Approach and Life Cycle

Project Pulse Journal

Malinawan, PMP Navigating the complexities of modern project management demands a sophisticated comprehension of the Development Approach and Life Cycle Performance Domain. Delve deep into this insightful guide crafted to unravel the intricacies of Development Approaches. By: Meredith G.

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How to deal with difficult clients effectively

Proofhub

Customers not only claimed that poor customer service experiences made them feel dissatisfied, upset, and angry, but they also said that 65 percent of them had switched to a different brand as a result of a bad encounter. Giving a quick answer confirms the client and develops a clear line of contact right away.

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Project Management Statistics: 45 Stats You Can't Ignore

Workamajig

As these project management statistics show, creating a PMO can have substantial real-world benefits: Only 41% of organizations with an enterprise-wide project management office (EPMO) report that it is highly aligned to the organization's strategy. ( 72% say that there is a strong alignment of the EPMO to their organizational strategy. (

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In-Depth: The Science On Sustainable Pace, Stress, And Motivation

Scrum.org

How sustainable is your pace as a developer? This has always been a huge struggle for us and most of the teams we’ve been part of. Unfortunately, many developers and development teams still burn more hours than are probably good for them. The initial practice was for developers to work no more than 40 hours a week.

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The Must-Read Reading List for Project Communication and Collaboration

Rebel’s Guide to PM

. Project teams communicate and collaborate by default, don’t they? That certainly hasn’t been the case for all the teams I have worked on. Don’t assume your project team will know how (or even want to) communicate well and collaborate with each other. Will Kintish: Pearson, 2014. Strategies for Project Sponsorship.

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Project Sponsors are from Venus

The Lazy Project Manager

I explored this in the book Strategies for Project Sponsorship (Management Concepts Press) with my co-authors Vicki James and Ron Rosenhead, where – at Vicki’s suggestion – we agreed to separate the roles by gender.) Now it is possible that this comes into play if, say the project manager is a man and the project sponsor is a woman. (I

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Why All Entrepreneurs Should Have Project Management Skills

LiquidPlanner

Whether it’s developing a new product or securing investment, where the process involves a series of steps, it should be managed like any other project. The foundation level was fairly straightforward, there’s a lot to learn and an exam, but if you study hard it’s not too bad.”.

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