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What makes a good manager? 9 essential qualities and skills

Planio

Despite a busy workload and multiple responsibilities, the best managers find a way to blend their hard and soft skills to deliver on their goals while providing support, direction, and guidance to their team. Get to know your team's strengths and weaknesses 2. Make time to support team members and give feedback 5.

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To Document or Not to Document: That is the Question.

MPUG

Introduction I saw some things posted on LinkedIn regarding documentation, and it got me thinking. The adoption of Agile approaches has encouraged the elimination of documentation. To be sure, there are times when documentation is perhaps heavy-handed. What are the benefits of documentation? Less expensive.

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100+ Project Management Terms: PM Terminology Explained

ProjectManager.com

B – Project Management Terms Backlog Backlog is a term from the Agile methodology Scrum, but is also used across industries to track every single thing that is needed to complete a product in development. Business Plan A formal document that clearly defines the business goals of a project and how to attain them.

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Episode 180 –  Fuel Your Project with the Power of Dynamic Documentation

Velociteach

Will your project’s documentation pass the test of time once the project is done and the people are gone? Documentation is at the intersection of information management, organizational design, and personal productivity. Accurate documentation makes teams more efficient and effective. She’s based in Calgary, Alberta.

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How to write a lean PRD (product requirements document) for your next project in 5 steps (with free template)

Planio

A product requirements document (PRD) is one of the most important documents for teams using traditional project management. However, an increasing number of Agile teams are starting to see the value of adding more planning to their process. Agile is all about staying lean and adapting to user feedback, right?

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Building Agile Partnerships - Lean Agile Procurement

Scrum.org

Lean Agile Procurement is designed to reduce delay in establishing the partnerships, and providing clear constraints on the business relationship. The traditional approach of RFI – RFP – Review – LOI is neither lean or agile. The Lean Agile Procurement model is designed by people who live the Agile Manifesto, and is aligned to it.

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Ultimate Guide to Business Process Management (BPM)

ProjectManager.com

To optimize the effort, different methodologies have been used to be more effective, from Six Sigma to lean management and agile project management. Don’t worry about poor quality as our task approval settings allow only authorized personnel to change the work status of an activity. Document-Centric.

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