Sun.Sep 11, 2016

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Tips for Project Success in the Automotive Industry

The Lazy Project Manager

A guest post by my friends at Genius Project. Automotive projects present challenges to companies with regards to time management, capacity and budgets. Here are a few ways to help put the right tools in place. Automotive projects are often very complex. Project management software can help manage this complexity. For example: In Germany, 80 % of the project in the automotive are delivered but only 30 % of these projects are delivered without delays and meeting budget. (2014, GPM Deutsche Gesell

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Don’t forget n*(n-1)/2 when scaling agile!

Kiron Bondale

Studying for the PMP exam forces a candidate to relearn project management using a standardized nomenclature, to view the world of project management in black and white rather than the many shades of grey it is, and to memorize and to be able to apply a number of mathematical formulas. One of the simple formulas we learn during our PMP study is n*(n-1)/2 which represents the total number of communication channels which can exist between a fixed number (n) of people who are working together towar

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4 Tips For Developing A Tailored Approach To Employee Onboarding

Ganttic

Employee onboarding processes are more important now than ever before because people are changing jobs more often today than they were just a couple of decades ago. Employees want to feel valued by their new employer and understand exactly what the expectations will be. Planning ahead for proper onboarding is key to ensuring a smooth transition for new hires and starting them on the right path toward productivity , job satisfaction, and overall success with a new company.

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How to Turn Boring Meetings into Productive Discussions

TeamGantt

Want to run productive meetings? These 10 steps can help you plan ahead and turn loathsome meetings fruitful discussions that everyone looks forward to.

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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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Single Factor Analysis and Reduction Reasoning

Herding Cats

Much of the discussion around project management processes, especially around agile, and most especially around the misconceptions of Estimating as espoused by the #NoEstimates advocates, starts with the misuse of reductive reasons based on single factor analysis. Here's how it goes. Single Factor Analysis - is a statistical method used to describe variability among observed, correlated variables in terms of a potentially lower number of unobserved variables called factors. .