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7 Tips for a Smooth Virtual Meeting

ProjectManager.com

Virtual meetings are commonplace in our digitally connected world. Whether they are used to connect teams from different countries, or to bring employees who work from home together for a conference call, virtual meetings can be crucial to a company’s success. Like clockwork though, almost every virtual meeting seems to run into some sort of problem.

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How the Efficiency Mindset Leads to Zombie Scrum

Scrum.org

This post is an excerpt from the book that we’re writing, the ‘ Zombie Scrum Survival Guide ’. It’s our way of delivering small increments and involving our stakeholders: you, the reader. So we’d love to hear your feedback, encouragements, and wild ideas. The Scrum Framework was developed by Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland in the 1990s and first formalized in 1995 to address the inherent complexity of product and software development.

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Tips for Project Managers: How to Lead Your Project Team Through a Crisis

Inloox

In many cases project managers find themselves in critical or uncertain situations, as every project has some unknown factors that have to be taken into account. Nevertheless, the current Corona pandemic creates an even bigger insecurity than anything project management has experienced in the last decades. Project managers have to make decisions without knowing whether they will still be sustainable tomorrow, employees show new strengths and weaknesses dealing with the crisis, and in addition, t

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Scrum.org

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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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Best Microsoft Project Alternatives of 2020 (Free & Paid)

GanttPRO Project Management

Looking for the best & free MS Project alternatives? Here is the list of more than 35 tools divided into a few categories: best, free, online, Microsoft Project alternatives for […].

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How to Stay Focused When You Work From Home

Teamweek

Have you heard about the studies that state working from home offers a major productivity boost , equivalent to one whole extra workday each week? You get it—working remotely means you aren’t subjected to the typical in-office distractions. You don’t have to overhear your deskmate’s phone conversations, and you aren’t dealing with people randomly popping by your workspace when you’re zoned in on a project.

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Using Page Layout Features with Efficiency

International Institute for Learning

By Bob Umlas, Excel MVP. Page Layout. This is a long article, because there’s so much to it. It seems not much has been written about this tab. In this blog, I’ll cover the items shown here (which do not include all the commands in the Page Layout tab). (continued): If you click the dropdown arrow below Margins (in the Page Setup group), you see this: You can select any of the built-in margins if it fits your needs, or you can modify them using the bottom item, “Custom Margins…” It looks like th

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Best Podio Extensions!

TimeCamp

Podio is a project management tool that is perfect when it comes to communication with.

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How to Manage Project KPIs Using Advanced Analytics

Wrike

Project KPIs are an important way of analyzing and assessing progress and success. But, as many project managers know, they’re not always effective. The main reasons your project KPIs may be failing right now can include a lack of recent data, a misunderstanding of how to use them effectively, and a lack of clarity around why they’re so valuable. . Along with the answers to all of these important advanced analytics questions, we’ll also take a closer look at some common yet challenging project d

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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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Best Microsoft Project Alternatives of 2020 (Free & Paid)

GanttPRO Project Management

Looking for the best & free MS Project alternatives?

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How to Keep Cool in a Crisis: Stay calm when your project goes wrong!! | Video

Online PM Courses

Project Managers face it from time to time: a crisis. How can you keep cool and stay calm ?That's what I will tell you in this video. The post How to Keep Cool in a Crisis: Stay calm when your project goes wrong!! | Video appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.

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The Future of Remote Work

ActiveCollab

In the past, working from home was marred by a bad reputation. Many employers believed their workforce would be too distracted at home, where managers couldn't keep an eye on their direct reports. However, recent events have spurred thousands of companies to rethink their stance completely. Remote work was pretty uncommon a decade ago. Working from home was usually only available as a special arrangement, and it was practiced mostly by teams that didn't require a physical office space.

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How to Hire Web Developers – the Ultimate Guide for 2020 and Beyond

Teamweek

Although it’s seemingly similar to finding a software developer , there are some distinct differences to consider when thinking about how to hire web developers. Let’s find out what makes for a great web developer, what tech skills they should have, where to find them, and how to hire them. What is a web developer? A web developer is someone who gets a finished website design from a designer or a client and turns the design into a functional website.

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Acclaim Projects Helps Deliver Innovation Projects on Time and on Budget

This large intercity transportation company for people and freight employs 100+ IT employees and contractors across North America and Europe and spends $10MM annually for approximately 50 inflight projects. The company needed the right financial tools to budget for innovation initiatives and real-time information on spending and forecasting. This transportation company turned to Acclaim Projects by Sopheon to help deliver projects on time and within budget.