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How to create a competitive analysis (examples and free template)

Planio

Fully understanding customer demand, the broader market, and the competitor landscape is vital to ensure you don’t fail - and that’s where a competitive analysis can help. Jump to a section: What is a competitive analysis? Download our free competitive analysis template and get a headstart on creating your own analysis today.

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How to Recover A Troubled Program

Rebel’s Guide to PM

There’s only one thing worse than being told bad news, and that is being told about bad news late. Problems facing failing programs Ward identified several problems faced by failing programs: Completing an accurate assessment of program problems is difficult for the program management team because they lack objectivity.

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What’s the Profile of a Good Project Manager?

Rebel’s Guide to PM

In this article, Ben Snyder looks at the different skills/behaviors that lead someone in a project manager’s role to become successful. His analysis is based on over 10 years of data capturing PM role profiles and success. This is a guest post by Ben Snyder, CEO of project management training and consultancy firm Systemation.

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Fixing Your Scrum: A Forensic Product Backlog Analysis (Part 1)

Scrum.org

TL; DR: Forensic Product Backlog Analysis. Garbage in, garbage out: No matter whether your team chose Scrum for the right purpose—solving complex, adaptive problems. No matter whether your Scrum Team’s product quality is top-notch or whether your teammates embrace self-management to the fullest. Participation is free.).

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A Guide to 7 Successful Steps in Project Post-Mortem Analysis

NimbleWork

If the project was not successful, are you curious to learn what contributed to the poor result? A post-mortem in project management is a structured review or analysis conducted after the completion of a project. Team members should be encouraged to share their experiences, insights, and suggestions for improvement.

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PMOs Shifting from Watchdogs to Strategic Enablers

Project Risk Coach

In this article, we will explore why this happens and what it takes for PMOs to become strategic enablers. PMOs are shifting from being project watchdogs to orchestrating conversations between senior leaders, business unit heads, product owners, and project teams. Based on the SWOT analysis, define clear, results-oriented goals.

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How to Manage Project Scope Without Scope Creep (with examples)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

One of the reasons for that is scope creep – and that’s what this article is all about. Scope creep is the more common term but you might hear both, especially if you are working in software development. Ultimately, it isn’t the project manager coming up with new requirements and asking the team to “just do it”.