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Are You Speaking The Right Language for Team Recognition?

Proofhub

How to Say “Team Recognition” in 5 Different Languages. Try These Out at Your Workplace In 1995 Dr. Gary Chapman published a book called The Five Love Languages. It describes five ways to show and experience love mainly in the relationship with your mate. In his follow up book, The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace , Dr. Chapman and Paul White use the same concepts in the workplace.

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What Are Story Points and How They Be Used on Agile Projects?

Herding Cats

The development of software, using other peoples money (OPM) means - or should mean - that those providing the money have an expectation to know How Much Money , along with When well you be done spending that money and provide me the Value I bought with that money ? This paradigm is at the core of any business process of developing software. Story points were invented to bridge the need to answer these questions between the business and development team using a method for writing software that

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Search Engine Marketing Defined & Where SEO Fits In

ProjectManager.com

Over the past few years, there has been some confusion on what exactly is included under the search engine marketing (SEM) umbrella in terms of marketing tactics. One marketer may say that SEM covers the act of marketing a website via any search marketing activities, while another may say it only refers to paid search marketing activities. This is obviously a huge contradiction and is not only confusing for green marketers, but for seasoned clients seeking to profit from marketing projects.

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To simplify. or not?

Musings on Project Management

Shim Marom has interesting post on complexity wherein he says this: "A lack of an intellectual capacity to grasp a complex system is not a sufficient argument or drive for simplification. If you artificially simplify a complex system you end up with a different system that, while simpler, is fundamentally and conceptually different from the one you started with and thus, simplification.

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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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The Scrum Glossary and the Scrum Values are now also available in Belarusian and Vietnamese

Gunther Verheyen

Thanks to the hard work of Vasili Shymanski and Khoa Doan, the international versions of the Scrum Glossary and the Scrum Values have been expanded with Belarusian and Vietnamese. Download your PDF of the Scrum Glossary , your PDF of the Scrum Values and your poster of the international Scrum Values. Share and use them as you see fit. The descriptions are now available in more than 20 different languages.

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Skyrocket Your Design Team’s Productivity With These 12 Tips

Teamweek

Will Ferrell once shared a comment on Twitter that gave everyone a new and comical excuse to use for procrastinating their work. His witty post said, “Procrastination? No, I just wait until the last minute to do my work because I will be older, therefore wiser.”. While it would be nice if this were true, delaying the inevitable workload for a few days usually isn’t enough to have a significant impact on your ability to complete the job.

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Project Innovation – a Value Chain Approach

Tony Adams

We talk a lot about using innovation to create exciting and funky products, and to deliver a competitive advantage. But what happens when we extend our thinking and look at the way we deliver change outcomes? Value chain thinking gives us a powerful toolkit to help pinpoint innovation opportunities within our project delivery practice. Exploiting these opportunities gives us a leg-up to deliver innovative business outcomes to the market, faster and cheaper than our competitors.

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GamePlan Project Management Software Review [2019]

Rebel’s Guide to PM

This is a review of GamePlan software using Firefox browser and Safari on my iPad, in April 2019. General Information. Name: GamePlan. Vendor: GamePlan Global Solutions Inc. Hosting options: Cloud only. Languages: I didn’t see any options to change the software language. GamePlan Pricing: Free 7-day trial. The paid option is $19 per user per month (cheaper if you buy it annually).

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What is Voice of the Customer (VOC)? | Video

Online PM Courses

How do you know what your users, customers, and stakeholders want? You need to listen to their voices. So, what is the Voice of the Customer? The post What is Voice of the Customer (VOC)? | Video appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.

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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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Do These 4 Things Before Leaving for Vacation | TeamGantt

TeamGantt

Every project manager needs time off to recharge. Here’s how to take a vacation without worrying about your projects or lugging your laptop to the beach.

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Case Study: How InfoWorks Benefits from Using TimeCamp – An Interview with Becky Vaught

TimeCamp

TimeCamp is used by customers from all over the world. Small, large businesses, and.

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Why Your Project Timeline Is Inaccurate (and How to Fix It)

Wrike

You’ve heard everybody talk about how crucial a project timeline is, but if you’re being brutally honest, that’s hardly ever been your personal experience. Sure, you start each project by sketching out a rough schedule — mostly because you feel like you have to. But so far that step has felt like an unnecessary formality and even a colossal waste of time.

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4 Tips on How to Create Company Wellness Programs that Work

Runrun.it

When was the last time you took a nap during office hours? Chances are that you did it not so long ago, as 51.8 percent of Americans admit to napping at work, according to a recent survey. Okay, let me ask you this: when was the last time you took a nap during office hours with a […]. The post 4 Tips on How to Create Company Wellness Programs that Work appeared first on For Managers | Personal Development Hacks.

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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.