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Bottom-Up vs. Top-Down Budgeting Approaches

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There are many ways to approach budgeting. Two of the more common approaches are bottom-up budgeting and top-down budgeting. Knowing which is right for you starts with understanding both of these budgeting approaches. Then we’ll show you how to make a budget using both so you can make an informed decision.

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Organizational Process Assets: Definitions, Examples & Templates

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Front of mind are resources and intangible things like leadership, experience and general know-how. Some of these are called organizational process assets. These organizational process assets are critical to a project’s success and its operations. What Is an Organizational Process Asset?

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Project Budget Template for Excel

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A project budget contains the financial details of your project, including the estimates of all the money you need to layout to lead a successful project, from resources to materials. Monitor project expenses with this Excel budget template. The budget is the life’s blood of your project, so you need to monitor it accurately.

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Transactional vs. Transformational (Part 2): Leadership in practice

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The transitions are fluid, and the optimal leadership behavior can vary greatly depending on the industry, project or corporate objective. In everyday life of a company, therefore, leadership cannot be categorized so easily. Benefits of transformational leadership, such as generating intrinsic motivation, are secondary in this context.

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The Importance of Operational Project Management for Businesses

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However, because they’re concerned with streamlining department workflows, implementing new technology or processes or even updating the company’s offerings, customers will eventually see the benefits of these improvements. Both rely on effective planning, execution and monitoring, and both require strong leadership and clear communication.

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Agile Leadership

Scrum.org

I had a leadership nightmare. And the training I ask for improvement keeps being returned due to budget issues…. Especially if we are talking about an organization that has started its transformation process to Agile…. It was as if most of the directors I have heard and met so far gathered and accompanied me….

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How to Build and Implement a Project Strategy

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We’ll go over that and link to free project management templates that can help you in this process. The importance of a project strategy is simple: it helps deliver projects on time, within budget and aligned with larger strategic goals. What Is Project Strategy? Who’s Responsible for Creating the Organization’s Project Strategy?

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