Tue.Apr 11, 2017

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Is Your Team Wasting Everyone’s Time?

LiquidPlanner

What happens when uncertainty and risk are poorly handled during a project? Almost always, it results in missed deadlines, wasted time, and unhappy stakeholders. I once took over a project that did not have requirements documents. The developers were writing code without a solid vision of what it should do. When they shared their results, the stakeholders would complain and send them back to rework the code, which wasted everyone’s time.

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Project Management Life Cycle

ActiveCollab

No matter what methodology you use, it should include all the stages of an average project life cycle. The project life cycle defines the beginning and the end of a project, including the work that should be done in each phase and the people who should be involved in it. While many project life cycles have similar phases, only a few have the same number of them.

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5 Simple Steps For Handling Difficult Conversations Better

The Digital Project Manager

As digital project managers, much of our work is about successful communication. Handling difficult conversations well can put a stop to poor team performance, financial. The post 5 Simple Steps For Handling Difficult Conversations Better appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.

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3 key lessons on stakeholder engagement

Fix my Project Chaos

As part of the Stakeholder Engagement Series to celebrate the launch of our new eCourse which is now available on our website, I recently interviewed Naomi Caietti about the important topic of stakeholder engagement. Naomi Caietti, PMP has recently launched her own consulting company to provide virtual services for clients that need a speaker, author, […].

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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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Great Software That Deals With Billable & Non-Billable Hours

TimeCamp

Whether you work on a project alone or with a whole team, there is one key issue you ought to keep in mind − the project consists not only of the ideas and tasks to deal with but also expenses, revenue, and expenditure, which have to be monitored. The hired bookkeeper may do so, however, […].

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5 Quotes to Improve Data-Driven Decision Making

Brightwork

Most of our decisions are made on gut instinct in a matter of seconds and usually less than a minute. This is the most common way to make a decision. It’s often said the best ideas are the ones that come from your gut, but when you start making more tactical decisions within your business, then data always helps. Data is more than just facts and figures.

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