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How to Manage Fixed Date Projects

Rebel’s Guide to PM

“For example, many telecom projects have fixed end dates. In the case where the telecom ‘switch’ (the computer than runs the phone and data system for a large building or group of buildings) is being swapped out for a new switch, this is often done over the weekend. Fast-track the project.

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Agile: Past, Present, & Future. A Conversation with Agile Trainer, Rubin Jen.

International Institute for Learning

Rubin Jen has been in the project management field for over 23 years, spanning aerospace, engineering, telecom, software development, outsourcing, consulting, not-for-profit and government sectors. Things like using new metrics to measure progress instead of ‘on-time, on-budget’, and a better understanding of what is value.

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PM, CEM, and Covid-19: Reflections

MPUG

For most projects, we undertook massive reactionary workarounds just to move work forward, not to mention operating with a non-functioning budget and dealing with falling mortar rounds. Could it be that human nature is now making many smaller projects fail, and letting larger ones go astronomically over budget? Please chime in below!).

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If It Was My Organization

Agile Coach

Agile is sorta a barrier to entry in today’s software world. What would probably happen: I’d get brought to one of those meetings where the board (or my boss) wants to know where the hell this ‘project augmentation budget’ is going. Free wifi wouldn’t destroy big telecom revenue? I’d give them some of my time regularly.

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Salesforce and Leankor Ensure Business Continuity

Leankor

Project Management Software and Cloud Evolution. In 1985 Microsoft Excel hit the market and has become one of the most popular spreadsheet software of all time. In 2008, Software as a Service (SaaS) began to become a norm. Salesforce is often pinpointed as the start of the “no more software” movement.

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The Real ROI of Wrike

Wrike

It can speed up time to market, save critical project hours and budgets, streamline processes, and impact your company’s bottom line. For telecoms company Arvig , automation of some HR processes unlocked significant time savings to the tune of an estimated 900 hours a year.

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What is Knowledge Process Outsourcing? (KPO)

Wrike

Advanced tools such as business process management software are vital for every step of KPO management. Telecom Integration. So with a little forecasting, businesses can reliably stay within budget by eliminating what might otherwise be fixed expenses. When do you need KPO? Technology Support. Back Office Functions. Data Entry.

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