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How to be a Superhero Project Manager

LiquidPlanner

Protect all assets (Stay on budget). In most cases, project managers aren’t the functional manager of project team members, and it isn’t always clear what priorities have been set. One of the biggest missteps a project manager can make is delivering the project over budget. First, let’s define what project success really means.

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Time to Check-in on Your Mid-Year Goals

LiquidPlanner

Shifting priorities isn’t always a bad thing. Software like LiquidPlanner makes it easy to create an action plan against your goals. Budget issues may have gotten in the way. Make sure to take the time to revisit them even when the budget is tight. In fact, it may well yield better outcomes. Too many fires to fight.

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Six Characteristics of a Great Project Leader

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To effectively lead a project to completion, I think we agree that many soft skills are needed to manage a project team and timelines successfully. Really it’s critical for everyone on the project team, but it is an essential skill for the project leader. Let’s explore a few of them…. Excellent communicator . Emotionally intelligent.

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The Mad Hatter: How Many Hats Do Project Managers Have to Wear?

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If you’re a project manager – and if you are reading this you probably are… or deal with them often on a team – then you know that you often need to be a jack of all trades in order to get things done for your projects. Manage the budget closely. A 10% budget overrun can be corrected fairly easily. The financial guru hat. .

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Improve Your Productivity & Get Rid of Your Project Demons

LiquidPlanner

You don’t need me to tell you this is a bad habit to get into. Breaking tough work down this way and distributing across the team will enable you to do what you do best, oversee the project while encouraging and celebrating success. This is where choosing and deploying project and resource management software may be wise.

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How To Create A Marketing Project Plan: A Step-by-Step Guide

Teamweek

And yes, giving away too much of your value for free is bad. Assemble your team. It’s the document your superiors will use to understand the project, that the marketing team will work from throughout, and that you’ll use to keep the whole thing on track. Here’s an example of a product marketing budget in Google Sheets: 6.

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43 Learning Resources for New and Experienced Project Managers

LiquidPlanner

Results Without Authority: Controlling a Project When the Team Doesn’t Report to You by Tom Kendrick. Leading a project team that doesn’t report to you is a whole new challenge in itself. Kendrick walks through how to motivate a team to contribute to a project’s success. Cost: Coursera: Agile Development Specialization.