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How to Manage Project Environment from Initiation to Close

ProjectManager.com

You need to be aware of the project environment and prepare for its influence on your project throughout the project management life cycle. The project manager must understand the project environment and proactively plan to manage the factors that might influence the project. All of these things make up the project environment.

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8 Factors That Greatly Influence Employee Retention

Proofhub

For several reasons, higher base pay significantly influences employee retention. Many people form close bonds with their coworkers. Overall, this suggests that employee retention is influenced not just by where individuals work but also by who they work with.

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How to Close a Surprise TKO Project

Project Risk Coach

Your project sponsor called you to her office and told you that the party is over — close the project. How to Close the Project. ” Here’s your opportunity to lead and influence. Second, be clear about the steps you will take to close the project. As you left her office, you wanted to crawl in a hole.

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Stakeholder Mapping 101: A Quick Guide to Stakeholder Maps

ProjectManager.com

A stakeholder map is a visual, four-quadrant influence-interest matrix used to identify stakeholders and categorize them in terms of their influence and interest in the project. There are four ways to manage your communication with stakeholders: Manage them closely, keep them satisfied, keep them informed or simply monitor them.

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What Is a Stakeholder? Definitions, Types & Examples

ProjectManager.com

Stakeholders are very important because they can have a positive or negative influence on the project with their decisions. While every project has stakeholders and those stakeholders can be anyone with influence or that can be influenced by the project. Types of Stakeholders. External Stakeholders. Stakeholder Prioritization.

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Unlocking the power of paraverbal communication at work

Rebel’s Guide to PM

And you can control and influence how you say something by understanding paraverbal communication. Paraverbal communication involves the use of nonverbal cues such as tone and volume to influence how your message is received. You probably already know that how you say something is just as important as what you say.

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Agile Leadership: Guiding Teams with Vision and Versatility (From PM to PSM 08)

Scrum.org

The project management principle "Demonstrating Leadership Behaviors" aligns closely with the Scrum ethos, emphasizing the importance of effective leadership in fostering team success and positive outcomes. In Scrum, however, leadership is about influence and facilitation, goal setting and decentralized decision making, not authority.