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Product Planning Fundamentals: Develop a Product Plan in 6 Steps

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Product planning utilizes many of the same processes, documents and tools that are used in project management. Most good product ideas are born when a consumer notices a need for a specific tool that will solve their problems. You share this spreadsheet with your co-workers; they also find your new tool to be extremely helpful.

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How To Motivate Your Project Team

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Ruth Pearce knows everything there is to know about motivating your project team. I caught up with Ruth to find out more about how to motivate teams and why it’s something you should be actively doing. Why do you think motivation on project teams is so important? Engagement is closely related to motivation. Gertman et.

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Jira Kanban Board: Pros, Cons & Alternatives

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Jira is project management software designed for agile software development teams. It has tools that allow you to plan sprints, track the completion of tasks, balance your team member’s workload and create product roadmaps. Does Jira Have a Kanban Board? Get started with ProjectManager today for free.

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How to manage team conflict (& 5 strategies for conflict resolution)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

We challenge leaders, we talk about risk and what might go wrong and we call people out on poor performance through project monitoring and control. Conflict should be a healthy part of any team’s development, and it’ a good way to challenge requirements and ensure that your business case and plans stand up to scrutiny.

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How to Develop a Project Summary

Project Risk Coach

Let's look at how to develop a project summary. It provides the core components for developing your project charter. When you create your project charter , you can start with the content of your project summary and add elements such as deliverables, assumptions, constraints, high-level risks, stakeholders, and team members.

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SWOT analysis in project management: definition, instruction & example

Inloox

How to perform a SWOT analysis Once the SWOT analysis is completed: 5 key approaches for strategy development Concrete example: SWOT analysis in a software development project Conclusion 1. Understanding these strengths allows the project team to target them in order to maximize the project's chances of success.

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5 Leadership Assessment Tools You Need to Try

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As to the latter, there are many ways for a person to asses their leadership qualities and, by so doing, strengthen their weaknesses and buttress their strengths. Leadership is multifaceted, and so are the tools to assess and work on improving those skills. Related: How Team Leaders Use ProjectManager.com. Meyers-Briggs.