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10 Best Practices for Project Management in any Industry

Teamweek

They say practice makes perfect. I don’t know about perfect, but practicing definitely makes you better. Everyone has their own secret formula when it comes to project management. However, there are some key elements that, if practiced, can really set you apart from the rest. Here are the project management best practices that’ll get you started on the right foot.

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Procrastinators, Rejoice! How Waiting Until The Last Minute Can Help Us

Trello

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The Best Meeting Minutes Transcription Software: An Independent Test and Review

Rebel’s Guide to PM

My goodness, this article has been a mammoth job to put together. But I think you’ll be interested in the results of my tests. I was approached by the people at Reason8 to try their meeting transcription software, and together we decided the best test would be to do a market comparison and review similar tools. So we did. Reason8 were kind enough to pay for my time to do this piece of work, but all opinions are my own.

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How to Be Happy at Work (Happier, at Least)

ProjectManager.com

Happiness is elusive. Everyone seems to strive for it and is unhappy with the effort and the mixed results. That’s because even if you achieve happiness, it’s only temporary. Happiness can’t exist without its opposite, unhappiness. That brings us to work. Unhappiness on the job feels epidemic. We’re sold on the idea that we should find something we love and then work towards a career doing that.

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Don’t Get Left Behind: Leveraging Modern Product Management Across the Organization

Speaker: Kat Conner

The challenge of delivering the right product at the right time while aligning with strategic objectives is more pressing than ever. Product management is evolving and gaining greater recognition as the means to creating this connection. Join our upcoming webinar and learn how to streamline your product development processes, infuse product thinking across the organization, and bridge the gap between vision and delivery.

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Project management training – 30% off our great courses….

Ron Rosenhead

I have been asked many times to run a course, a workshop or facilitate a specific project management event for a client. One thing that is evident is the real pressure on people’s time. It is becoming increasingly difficult to release staff for project management training, or training of any kind. For this reason, we have teamed up with OnLinePMCourses to supply high quality and practical on line project management training that is cost effective.

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How to recruit an outstanding project manager (Part II)

Susanne Madsen

If you missed Part I of this post, check out the first two steps in recruiting an outstanding project manager here. STEP 3 – Consider the project manager’s personality type In additional to the above steps, you can generate further insight by considering the personality type you require. Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is an assessment tool, which isn’t normally used in recruitment.

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The Top 15 Enterprise Project Management Software Solutions

Teamweek

Not many people start a business with the intent to run it on their own forever. It’s safe to say that most small businesses are started as the first step toward bigger and better things. The owners who are looking to scale their company will need an enterprise project management software solution to help them stay organized and collaborate with current and future team members.

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Top 5 Simple to Learn Project Management Tools for Teams

GanttPRO Project Management

Relying on traditional, costly, and time-consuming approaches for project completion is now a thing of the past. Project management software tools have flooded the market and started a dynamic revolution. […].

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Scrum – A Pocket Guide (a review by Cornelius Dufft)

Gunther Verheyen

At the Scrum Day Germany 2018 edition (12 June) Cornelius Dufft shared his appreciation of my book “ Scrum – A Pocket Guide ” with me. Cornelius said he had written a summary to help him grasp the content better, and sent me his work. I am grateful that Cornelius agreed to make his summary/review available here as a downloadable PDF.

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The Project Clinic: Assessing Project Health, Planning, and Execution

Speaker: Ketan Jahagirdar

Picture your projects as patients, each with its own unique rhythm and pulse, thriving under your care 🥼 🩺 Step into the role of an innovative project doctor in our upcoming webinar! This session is your guide to evaluating the health of your projects through Waterfall and Agile practices like Scrum and Kanban. We’ll explore the vital signs of project success through the lens of the “iron triangle” metrics, using deliverables as tracers.

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Why Should You Ignore The High Cost Of PMP Boot Camps?

Velociteach

A big thank you to one of our partners, Praveen Malik, for creating the content for this blog. You can check out his website, PMbyPM, for more advice and tips about the PMP exam: [link] Why Should You Ignore The High Cost Of PMP Boot Camps? Do you want 100% returns on your investment? What […] The post Why Should You Ignore The High Cost Of PMP Boot Camps?

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Top 5 Simple to Learn Project Management Tools for Teams

GanttPRO Project Management

Relying on traditional, costly, and time-consuming approaches for project completion is now a thing of the past. Project management software tools have flooded the market and started a dynamic revolution.

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Make Double-Checking Your Enrollment Marketing a Piece of Cake

Workzone

Tell me if any of this sounds familiar : You put dinner in the oven, set the timer, and come back 15 minutes ready to pull it out, only to realize you never turned the oven on. Your team spends weeks preparing for an event and discussing everything in excruciating detail (as you realize some people have opinions about literally anything). The day comes, families start to arrive on campus, and it dawns on you that you never told families where to park.

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Comment on We cannot communicate – it’s hopeless by Ron Rosenhead

Ron Rosenhead

Thanks you so much for the response Steve. MY apologies for the really late response – you were lodged deep among the spam however you have been rescued. I was running a project management programme for the last 2 days and suggested that for some people who are engaged in large projects that they should be appointing a person to manage communications – ensure there is a comms strategy, ensure it is activated, check it is being effective (develop some numbers around communications esp

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Toward a Unified Project Management Understanding

The objective of this research is to dispel misunderstandings about crucial project management terms and their definitions. It aims to accurately place these terms and facilitate a comprehensive global understanding of their meanings.

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KPI dashboard: for you to sort out what is working and what is not working in your management

Runrun.it

There we go to one more acronym. A manager’s life is really like that: an alphabet soup. It’s PDCA here, SWOT there, CEO up, SaaS down… only to mention some. Now, if you don’t know this one, it’s worth it to free up space in memory. Because the KPI dashboard is a celebrated management tool […]. The post KPI dashboard: for you to sort out what is working and what is not working in your management appeared first on For Managers | Personal Development Hacks.

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This is What Poor Operations Could Be Costing You

Scoro

Business operations is more than simply telling employees what to do. Managers must understand the organization, internal communication , and finances, as well as have a thorough understanding of the market, relevant technologies and policies. In this 6-minute read, we’ll reveal four key problems of poor operations and how to solve them. Poor management skills carry long-lasting effects and may infect an entire organization.

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Critical Path Method (CPM)

Celoxis

Appreciate what a Critical Path is as remember it forever!

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The Executive’s Role in Project Management

Gina Abudi PM

The executive’s role in project management is as the project sponsor. The project sponsor is a leader, or a group of leaders, who provide the resources and support for a project they launch. The sponsor should ensure a vision for the project and share that vision with the project team. The sponsor should ensure that [.]. The post The Executive’s Role in Project Management appeared first on Gina Abudi.

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Navigating the Future: Generative AI, Application Analytics, and Data

Generative AI is upending the way product developers & end-users alike are interacting with data. Despite the potential of AI, many are left with questions about the future of product development: How will AI impact my business and contribute to its success? What can product managers and developers expect in the future with the widespread adoption of AI?

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Stay on Top of Your Work During Summer Holiday!

TimeCamp

Summer is a specific time of the year. It’s the season when most businesses see.

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