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Project Statement of Work| Download Statement of Work Sample

Techno-PM

What is a Statement of Work? The project Statement of Work (SOW) is one of the most important documents in a project, especially when vendors are involved in delivery. In fact, one can even say that if the Project Management Plan is the bible of the project for the project team, then the SOW is the bible of the project for suppliers! Download This Template Statement of Work Sample The SOW is a formal document which is issued by the project manager as part of the planning phase of the project and

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Stressed Out? 7 Ways to Boost Work Productivity By Saying “No”

ProjectManager.com

If you feel overworked and under-productive, you’re not alone. The modern workplace moves at lightning speed in a million different directions. It’s well-documented in the ongoing discussion of work productivity that we are working more hours than ever, and at the same time, our workplace productivity per hour is slipping. I blame it on the word “Yes.

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How to Set Start and Finish Dates in LiquidPlanner

LiquidPlanner

When you’re first starting out with LiquidPlanner, it can feel a bit like you’re taking your hands off the wheel. Typically, project schedules are built out by charting planned start and finish dates and working backwards to adhere to that plan as much as possible. LiquidPlanner turns this around by factoring in the realities that projects face and calculating these dates for you.

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How to Make a Checklist to Improve Your Productivity

Teamweek

Remember that time when you completely winged a project and everything worked out just fine? If you’re struggling to remember, it’s most likely because that never happened. You have to be prepared before facing any project. And the best way to be prepared is to make a checklist. In this article, we’ll discuss a little about why checklists are so important, and some ideas you can use when you create your own.

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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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Alliance networks?

Musings on Project Management

On the HBR Blog Network, Andrew Shipilov has a eye-catching post on "hub and spoke" project networks, or alliances between project partners, as he describes them. (Say "network" to me, and I always jump first to a mind's-eye image of a "mesh", but actually that's one of several general ways to think of networks, and in most situations not a good general model for governance.

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10 Best Task Management Software With Chat

TimeCamp

Task management software with chat is a tool every team should use. Why? Because it.

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Push Off Flaws, Be Less Productive: How To Stop Making Excuses

Trello

You made a New Year’s resolution to go for a run at least three times per week, but have only managed to put on your running shoes a handful of times. It’s easy to muster up excuses as to why you haven’t stuck to your goal—you’ve been working late nights, it’s been too cold (or too hot) out to run—or you simply just can’t “find” the time to exercise consistently.

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Quote of the Day

Herding Cats

For every complex problem, there is a solution that is simple, neat, and wrong. — H. L. Mencken.

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How to Build a Powerful Deliverables Strategy from Scratch

Workzone

What is a deliverable? What do the construction of a new skyscraper and the implementation of a new software system have in common? Both are complex projects, likely broken down into smaller phases with specific deadlines, that measure project completeness with deliverables. In the project management world, a deliverable is defined as a “measurable, tangible, verifiable outcome, result, or item that must be produced to complete a project milestone.”.

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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