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27 Best Basecamp Alternatives for Project Management for 2019 (Free and Paid)

Workzone

The truth is, a lot of people try Basecamp, but then have to come back just a little time later and find a real solution that works for their needs. They didn’t do their due diligence, they just picked the one everyone else was using. That has serious business implications. Once you realize the limitations of Basecamp, you see how it can affect other parts of your business.

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9 Leadership Mistakes You Can Make as A New Manager (Don’t Do This!)

Proofhub

Are you the new project manager? Is it your first day at job? Congratulations, you made it! No doubt, you are excited about the new journey. You can’t wait to take on your responsibilities as a new leader and impress everyone by doing things right from the first day. But is it going to be that easy? Of course not. No matter how many years you may have spent working in the industry, being a first-time manager isn’t easy.

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How to Budget with a Variable Income When You’re Self Employed

ProjectManager.com

As a business owner or someone who considers themselves a freelancer or contract worker, it can be difficult to properly budget and pay your bills when your income varies every month. However, the longer you work with variable income, the better you are at estimating when you’ll be busy throughout the year, especially if you have long-term, recurring clients that give you the same amount of money per month.

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The PMI-SP Certification & uCertify Training Course Review

Rebel’s Guide to PM

What is the PMI-SP Scheduling Certification? PMI-SP® is the PMI Scheduling Professional credential. It is aimed at people with an advanced knowledge of project scheduling i.e. developing, managing, updating and maintaining schedules. If you want people to know that you are good at that kind of thing, then the certification is a good one to showcase your skills.

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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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Remote Work and the Art of Managing a Virtual Team

Teamweek

“Remote work” has become a buzzword. It’s a mythical beast – there’s a lot of talk about it, yet very few people are actually working remotely and even fewer companies are remote-first, or “fully remote.” With so much talk, but little expertise, confusion is bound to arise. In this guide I’ll be sharing a practical, experience-first approach to running a fully remote company.

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How Marketing Agencies Stay Productive: Jodie Cook of JC Social Media

Boost by Brightpod

This week we feature Jodie Cook, Founder of JC Social Media. JC Social Media is a specialist social media agency providing management and training services. Their team becomes your online brand and communicates with thousands of members of your target audience every day.

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10 Signs You're a Project Controls Engineer

Herding Cats

These 10 signs came from a colleague at an NNSA site . Becoming tired of having a social life beyond work. Spending hours planning and re-planning Friday night out. Thinking Rommel would have been more effective if he'd used a Gantt chart to plan his battles. Using so much jargon, customers think you're speaking a foreign language. Organizing your life into milestones.

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22 Best Wrike Alternatives For Project Management in 2019 (Free & Paid)

Workzone

Think about your clothes for a second. What do you you find most useful and comfortable and the best fit? What’s perfect for you is not always the flashiest or most expensive or the latest and greatest. This same principle applies to technology. Some think of Wrike as the best project management solution. And it does have a lot of helpful features.

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Webinar: 5 Common Mistakes New PMs Make (And How To Fix Them)

The Digital Project Manager

Mistakes. They’re not something we often want to talk about. Even in a world that. The post Webinar: 5 Common Mistakes New PMs Make (And How To Fix Them) appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.

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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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What Glass Ceiling? Here's How These Four Boss Women Defined Their Success

Trello

It’s not a straight and easy path. The figurative “glass ceiling”, or that unseen and unbreachable barrier that keeps women and minorities from rising the ranks throughout their lifetime, seems to get thicker and larger with every roadblock.