Thu.Aug 20, 2020

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The Skills You Need to Succeed in Operations Management

Binfire

If you are interested in becoming an operations manager, your primary duty will be to manage a team of people and implement the correct practices and processes across the organization. Operations managers must also improve performance, formulate strategies, and focus on delivering quality products and services. There are numerous tasks that you will be expected to carry out, so it’s vital that you have the right skillset and knowledge to help the business grow.

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Assessing risk

Musings on Project Management

Most of us -- that is, all but the few formally trained in risk assessment -- really suck at risk assessment, a necessary first step toward managing risk. Why so? Bias, for one thing. Confirmation bias being a biggie: we all want confirmation that our thinking, experiences, and instincts are right for the situation we find ourselves in. But, of course, we know objectively, even if not.

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Vodafone New Zealand's Agile Transformation Case Study

Scrum.org

Creating a Customer-First organisation. In late 2018, Vodafone New Zealand set out to improve its customer experience by adopting a ‘digital first’ mindset. Investing in agile would underpin this approach by introducing ways of working that reduce complexity, improve collaboration and bring the customer to the forefront of each decision. With an ambitious 18 month timeframe, Radically’s team was deeply integrated into Vodafone to provide confidence and experience, initially acting as the ‘scaffo

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The 6 Key Elements of Effective Business Projects

LiquidPlanner

In the early stages of a project, there is often a certain task, assignment, or end goal the company, team, or business is looking to achieve. Whether it’s to increase the sales of a certain product or service, enhance the efficiency within the company’s operations, or analyze a company’s corporate finances , there are lots of tasks and projects that a company looks to complete.

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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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A Guide to Project Portfolio Management

Wrike

Project portfolio management (PPM) is a fast-growing industry with a value of more than $2.9 billion in 2019. Over the next seven years, this market and the tools that power it are expected to grow at a compound annual rate of 13.4%. Which means now is a great time to learn about it and get ahead of the curve. In this complete project portfolio management guide, we’ll go over the basics then dive deeper into actionable tips.

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Salesforce and Leankor Ensure Business Continuity

Leankor

How Salesforce and the Right Work and Project Management Solution Can Ensure Business Continuity and Accelerate Delivery Success in a Remote World. Business ideologies develop, progress, change and sometimes fail over time. Even some of what were the best ways of working can become obsolete as technologies evolve and cultures shift. Managing projects has been around long before it had a name.

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3 Key Tips for Scrum Masters to Act with More Resilience

Scrum.org

How many of us believe that we are not operating to our fullest potential and there is always something we could do better, faster, and effective? This blog is inspired by two books I read recently "The Power of Full Engagement" & "A-Team of Leaders". In this blog, you'd be exploring 3 key tips to sharpen your focus and become more resilient. Myth 1: Time management will help us achieve our goals.

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