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Organizational Competencies: What They Are and How to Develop Them

Rebel’s Guide to PM

I worked in the IT team at my old job. We did a fair amount of off-the-shelf software deployments, and we frequently made the point that we were a healthcare company, not a software development firm. I would not have said we had software development as one of our core organizational competencies. We didn’t need it. Leadership.

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Change Management 101 for Beginner-Level Project Managers

nTask

This is where the change management process comes into play. As a project manager, you have to be vigilant about the impact a project will have on the organization and how your resources will react to it. Therefore, as a project manager, you may also have to be a change manager. What is Change Management?

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How to Actually Develop a Project Management Plan

Project Risk Coach

Proper Planning Prevents Poor Performance. If this is true, why is it that some project managers put so little time in developing a project management plan? One of the reasons is that project managers may not know what to include. Engage your team members in developing the plans.

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Unlocking the Power and Mastery of Development Approach and Life Cycle

Project Pulse Journal

Malinawan, PMP Navigating the complexities of modern project management demands a sophisticated comprehension of the Development Approach and Life Cycle Performance Domain. Delve deep into this insightful guide crafted to unravel the intricacies of Development Approaches. By: Meredith G.

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Assessing Change Management Effectiveness: Essential Metrics

Epicflow Blog

No matter what change initiatives are, they must bring tangible results. It may seem the outcomes of effective change management are obvious – if positive transformations have happened, the process was effective. . Defining Change Management Effectiveness: Different Dimensions. Change management performance .

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Nudge Theory and Cognitive Bias for Change Management

The Strategic Project Manager

And the Automatic System tends to support habitual behavior, which by nature is resistant to change. Nudging can be very effective when it plays on our typical cognitive weaknesses – or cognitive biases. Availability Heuristic – We tend to rely too much on immediately available information.

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What Is Change Control in Project Management?

ProjectManager.com

It’s a cliché to say that nothing is constant except for change, but the adage certainly applies to anyone who has ever managed a project. Teams get sick. But not all change is equal in a project. Some changes happen to you, yet others are requested. Any changed that is approved is then documented.