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Win at Digital Transformation By Connecting Portfolio Management and Value Stream Management 

Planview

However, many digital transformation initiatives struggle to deliver the expected financial value, with more than half lagging behind original estimates, according to a Gartner survey of CIOs. Portfolio Management: Turning Strategy into Plans A big part of portfolio management focuses on planning.

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Luck has Little to Do With Achieving Positive Project Outcomes

LiquidPlanner

Project management is a lot more complicated than relying on the luck of the Irish to ensure people are working on the right priorities at the right time. Luck comes along suddenly and unexpectedly in managing priorities without a project management tool. Project management software is a great way to work smarter, not harder.

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Calming Project Management Anxiety

LiquidPlanner

These feelings are sometimes our reality in the project management world. We dread that next call from our customer, the project management office leader, or a company executive looking for answers or updates on our latest project. We can dread the inevitable fire drills that come with being a project manager.

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Falling in Love with Your Project Plans

LiquidPlanner

When I asked my wife about the theme for this article, she rolled her eyes with wonder on how I could geek out so much on project management. In my experience, project leaders do not accurately estimate tasks, they fail to set clear priorities, and do not realistically plan for unexpected but likely changes that always seem to emerge.

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Flat Rate vs. Hourly: A Guide For Agencies

Teamweek

Here’s a quick scenario: A client needs one 10,000-word eBook for a flat rate of $1,000 Another client needs two 10,000 eBooks for $1,000 each So these two jobs will be worth $3,000. You take on most of the risk. Fixed-rate projects are OK if you can manage the risk. The client takes on most of the risk.

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PO Interview Questions — The Product Backlog and Refinement

Scrum.org

Lastly, there is an overlap with the product manager role. The following interview questions are neither suited nor intended to turn an inexperienced interviewer into an agile software development expert. The ebook provides both questions as well as guidance on the range of suitable answers. What items need to be split?

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How to manage projects from kickoff to launch

Planio

And whether you’re a designer, developer, team lead, or administrator, your job requires many of the same skills that separate the best project managers: organization, effective collaboration, and being goal-oriented. Unfortunately, project management has become unnecessarily complicated over the years. Agile project management.