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Top 5 Annotation Tools to Use in 2021

nTask

Customer retention through a visual aspect is a critical marketing strategy that is being used by nearly all of the businesses in the world right now. Everyone wants to enjoy a perfectly created illustration or an appealing picture with additional information smeared all over by a well-crafted text. And this concept is not just for businesses either, you can create insightful content to educate people or even use some of these strategies in your daily professional life.

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The Biggest Challenge to Being a Great Scrum Master

Scrum.org

When I made the transition from traditional project management to agility and Scrum, I was excited to step out of the chaos and feel more purpose in my daily work. I knew that empowering and enabling others to navigate complexity and uncertainty, cultivate innovation and resilience, and deliver maximum value was my calling. Becoming a Scrum Master felt like the right path for me.

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Best Work Operating Systems of 2021

nTask

While you may have heard of computer operating systems, work operating systems (work OS) are becoming more and more popular for their ability to help teams focus on operating more efficiently and productively. As more and more organizations and teams adopt a work OS, they are becoming global with a range of such systems now available in the market to choose from.

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Measure business opportunities with Unrealized Value

Scrum.org

In the Evidence-Based Management framework , we measure opportunities in terms of a concept we call Unrealized Value , which can be thought of as the benefit that would be realized if we could satisfy all of the currently unsatisfied outcomes of our customers. Satisfaction Gaps create Unrealized Value. The key concept behind the idea of unrealized value is that there is some satisfaction gap between what customers (current or potential) experience today, and what they would like to experience.

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Understand Digital Debt, Form a Team, Set Goals, and Plan Roadmap for Transformation

Understanding digital debt is crucial before digital transformation. Assemble a team to assess internal operations, market pressures, and digital debt's impact. Define future digital vision with measurable goals. Refine hypotheses and conduct market analysis. Develop a roadmap for transformation with defined projects, cost estimates, and governance.

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Getting a Hang of IT Project Management Landscape In 2021

nTask

The software market is the biggest thing in the organizational paradigm for a while now. Why is that? Well, can you mention a single office where no software are being used? As the software market is in demand for such a long time, we think we ought to talk about the IT Project management process that is being used to develop the amazing software that we are using daily in 2021.

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Waterfall Should Have Never Existed: Part 2

MPUG

We left off in Part 1 of this article asking the question of HOW Agile and Critical Path could exist side-by-side in a single project schedule without affecting each other (much)? I laid out three dilemmas there are to resolve when you try to combine these two approaches that are different from each other but not each other’s opposites (as I argued in Part 1): The WBS of an Agile schedule is sprint-oriented (adaptive) with user stories within each sprint, whereas the WBS in a Critical Path sched

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The Diversity of Project Manager Position Types: How to Choose a Job Among Different Titles

Epicflow Blog

The need for specialists in the field of project management is growing annually because businesses are getting bigger and most companies are becoming project-based. According to the research by Project Management Institute , 87.7 million project management-oriented experts will be required by 2027 by different companies worldwide. Day by day, job search digests will suggest more and more vacancies for project manager positions.

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What To Consider Before You Start a Business During COVID-19

Ganttic

Starting a new business during COVID-19 isn’t easy, but it offers plenty of opportunities for savvy entrepreneurs. In this guest post by Jill Goodwin, we provide burgeoning business owners with some ideas to get started. And some advice to combat potential challenges. Find out how you can get going on achieving your business dreams. Starting a new business can be challenging, but when you throw in a global pandemic, it may feel almost impossible.

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The Ultimate Guide to LinkedIn Lead Generation for B2B companies

Proofhub

25 million LinkedIn profiles are viewed every day. LinkedIn guru Jeff Bullas has been quoted as stating that one in every three professionals on the planet is present on LinkedIn. These and many more comparable statistics make LinkedIn one of the best ways to generate leads. For the B2B market, it is particularly beneficial. 89% of B2B marketers view LinkedIn as the most sought after tool.

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Strategic Project Finance Essentials: A Project Manager’s Guide to Financial Metrics

Speaker: Ketan Jahagirdar - Sopheon’s Director of Product Management

Empower yourself as a project manager with insights that directly influence the financial landscape and strategic direction of your organization! Join us for a deep dive into the world of financial strategy, as we dissect key metrics that drive CFOs and business leaders’ investment decisions. This session will equip you with the necessary tools to craft compelling business cases as well as a comprehensive understanding of the crucial distinction between capital expenditure and operational expend

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32 Time Management Tips To Work Less and Play More

Teamweek

Get more done in less time with these time management tips and strategies. What Is Time Management? Some people seem to breeze through their to-do lists, with time to spare. They make time management look easy. How do they accomplish so much in such a short span of time? These people are time management superstars. Time management is the way we organize and distribute our time between activities, with the result of maximizing productivity and achieving our goals.

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Checklist Template for Your Change Management Process

Techno-PM

Change Management Process Let us not trick ourselves: change management can be complex. There are many stakeholders to manage, many tools to use, many users who could be impacted, many processes who might need updating, many communications to plan and many plans to communicate, many interactions and interfaces, and many people to deal with, so many of them!

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How to use a Gantt Chart Effectively

Workzone

Gantt Charts are a great way to show project timelines, but using them effectively for different audiences can be a difficult task for project managers. What the executive team needs to see from a Gantt chart is drastically different from what your project team needs. In this article, we’ll show you when and how to use a Gantt Chart effectively. Plus, we’ll provide valuable tips on how to create a Gantt Chart that everyone loves, so you don’t have to worry about updating separate charts for each

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Cyber security. a resource list

Musings on Project Management

If you are looking for reference material in the domain of cyber security, you may not find a better list of sources to begin work than that compiled by Glen B. Alleman and found here. Buy them at any online book retailer!

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Acclaim Projects Helps Deliver Innovation Projects on Time and on Budget

This large intercity transportation company for people and freight employs 100+ IT employees and contractors across North America and Europe and spends $10MM annually for approximately 50 inflight projects. The company needed the right financial tools to budget for innovation initiatives and real-time information on spending and forecasting. This transportation company turned to Acclaim Projects by Sopheon to help deliver projects on time and within budget.

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[VLOG/podcast] Scrum 2020 with Kanban - What has changed?

Scrum.org

There is a new a new Scrum Guide out - version 2020. What has changed for Scrum teams practicing Kanban? Why is it a good idea to combine Scrum with Kanban? In this video, Kanban (and Scrum) experts Daniel Vacanti and Andy Hiles talk about Scrum and Kanban and the changes regarding the Scrum Guide 2020 update with Jasper Alblas from Scrum Facilitators.

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Conflict in Project Management: It’s Your Fault | Video

Online PM Courses

Conflict in projects is a big part of a Project Manager's life. You'd better learn to suck it up and handle it effectively and with respect. The post Conflict in Project Management: It’s Your Fault | Video appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.

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Gantt Chart Examples in Project Management

GanttPRO Project Management

It is not a surprise that project management has become an irreplaceable part of the work of companies, organizations, and businesses in various professional spheres. The main idea of project […]. The post Gantt Chart Examples in Project Management first appeared on GanttPRO.

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New year, new release

Sitetracker

It may be a new year, but our goal remains steadfastly the same: to provide critical infrastructure companies with the best end-to-end solution for managing their high volume, distributed projects. Our first release of 2021 has remarkable enhancements that will help your project teams do just that. A few highlights are below: Forms Forms – if you are sick of carrying around a clipboard and doing double-entry data in the field, Forms are for you.

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20 Common Mistakes Made by Inexperienced Project Managers

You’ve read the PMBOK® Guide several times, taken the certification exam for project managers, passed, and you are now a PMP®. So why do you keep making rookie mistakes? This whitepaper shows 20 of the most common mistakes that young or inexperienced project managers make, issues that can cost significant time and money. It's a good starting point for understanding how and why many PMs get themsleves into trouble, and provides guidance on the types of issues that PMs need to understand.

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Gantt Chart Examples in Project Management

GanttPRO Project Management

It is not a surprise that project management has become an irreplaceable part of the work of companies, organizations, and businesses in various professional spheres. The main idea of project […]. The post Gantt Chart Examples in Project Management first appeared on GanttPRO.

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Gantt Chart Examples in Project Management

GanttPRO Project Management

It is not a surprise that project management has become an irreplaceable part of the work of companies, organizations, and businesses in various professional spheres. The main idea of project […]. The post Gantt Chart Examples in Project Management first appeared on GanttPRO.

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