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10 Conflict Resolution Strategies that Actually Work

ProjectManager.com

Conflict is a part of any work environment. It can’t be helped. When you have a group of people working under stress with different personalities, there’s bound to be a few problems. That conflict exists is not the issue, but having an effective conflict resolution strategy to resolve that conflict if it begins to impact the business is crucial for any manager.

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A PM Is Not An Admin (Why You Shouldn’t Always Be The One Taking Notes)

The Digital Project Manager

Project Managers: Take a look at your job description. Does it say “make reservations, clean. The post A PM Is Not An Admin (Why You Shouldn’t Always Be The One Taking Notes) appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.

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Joint Idea Development and Brainstorming Meetings with the Catchball Method

Inloox

Brainstorming sessions aren’t only about developing completely new ideas. Often, you already have some existing ideas or at least approaches that you want to develop further. For situations like these, there is a special creativity technique that focuses on the joint development of ideas: The so-called catchball method. Here’s how the catchball method works and how you can use it for brainstorming meetings: Idea Development with the Catchball Method The catchball method works as follows: One par

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10 Online Collaboration Tools To Boost Your Project’s Efficiency

The Digital Project Manager

Working with a remote team? Collaboration tools are vital in today’s world of online work. This expert review compares 10 of the best collaboration tools, explaining their pros & cons, pricing, features, integrations, and more. The post 10 Online Collaboration Tools To Boost Your Project’s Efficiency appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.

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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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CEO’s Insight: 5 Myths About Project Management [Video]

Scoro

Fred Krieger is the Founder & CEO of Scoro, the all-in-one business management software that helps creative companies to work smarter, not harder. Scoro has a team of over 60 people in offices across Europe and the US, and customers in more than 50 countries worldwide. Recently, Deloitte named Scoro as one of the fastest growing tech companies in Europe – a result of a truly innovative product, and forward-thinking leadership supported by strong teamwork.

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How to Improve Your Workforce Management

Teamweek

Workforce management is a vital aspect of a healthy business. If you’re a business owner or manager of any kind, there are quite a few things that you should know about workforce management, and maybe even a few points you can improve on. Let’s start from the beginning: What is workforce management? Workforce management is a blanket term used to describe all the tasks and activities needed to maintain a productive workforce.

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Take the Leap: Become a Project Management Consultant in 7 Steps

Wrike

To a project manager entrenched in corporate politics and organizational red tape, the idea of striking out on your own as an independent project management consultant might sound like a dream. You choose your own clients, you set your own pay, and you can stop jumping through so many hoops. But how do you know if you’re ready , or if you have what it takes to be successful?

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Modeling the Future is the Basis of Project Success

Herding Cats

There's a notion going around that. “I don’t believe you can make a model of a possible future.”. This ignores the principles of predictive analytics, and the direct management actions taken to produce outcomes from those analytical models found everywhere from project management to grocery store management and the model-based systems engineering. Those holding this view really say, we don't understand what models are for, how they're built, and how to apply them the model possible futures , wit

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PMP Success Stories 2018 – Meet Simone

ExamsPM

PMP Success Stories 2018 – Meet Simone Perch. She took and passed her PMP certification after completing ExamsPM’s training program. We caught up with her and asked for her lessons learned. Here’s her advice for test takers: 1. Why did you want to get PMP certified? I chose to become PMP certified as the fulfillment of a personal goal on a course that I set upon years ago and to fulfill a company objective to get as many managers/project/program managers PMP certified as possib

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Strategic Finance Essentials: A Project Manager’s Guide to Financial Impact

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 expendi

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How To Pass PMP In 30 Days – Mandisa’s PMP story

ExamsPM

Mandisa is a project manager who was looking for a way to advance her career in project management. She decided to get PMP certified, and she passed her PMP in 30 days after registering for ExamsPM’s training. We asked for her lessons learned and this is what she had to say in her own words: 1. Why did you want to get PMP certified? The PMP certification is a crucial asset for career growth and recognition of a professional skill.

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Ask a PM: How to Manage Dependencies and Assess Risks

LiquidPlanner

Dear Elizabeth: The project I am working on is quite complex. Our work overlaps with that of other teams, plus there are a few things in the business that might have an impact on what we are doing. Some of these dependencies might have significant impacts on the project. How do you recommend managing dependencies that put the project at risk? First, have a virtual high five for identifying that you’ve got dependencies on your project that could cause a problem.

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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.

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From Class Assignment to One of the Fastest Growing Companies in Central Europe – TimeCamp’s Story

TimeCamp

The 19th edition of Deloitte ranking of the fastest growing technological companies in Central Europe.

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