Sun.Oct 01, 2017

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Horseshoes and hand grenades? Don’t forget about projects!

Kiron Bondale

It is a common practice in many organizations to do a thorough post-mortem once a major project issue has occurred to understand why it happened, how effectively the team responded to it, and what might be learned from it to avoid or reduce impacts from similar causes in the future. But what about near misses? Addressing those would require us to shift our thinking from a simplistic binary view of “no problem” and “issue” to the continuum where near misses might justify s

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Google calendar

Binfire

Using a calendar to view tasks and their due dates in your projects is a great way to see which tasks need your attention on any given day. It is a great get way to get organized and prioritize your work. Google Calendar is one of the most popular and versatile calendars in the market today. That is why we have integrated our project management application with Google Calendar.

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Interrogating or discussing?

Musings on Project Management

". interrogations, like battles, are never won but only lost" John LeCarre And so, you might ask, the lesson for project managers is what exactly? My definition first: Interrogations, in the PM space, are just an adversarial or autocratic way to have a discussion. Someone in authority uses that authority to dominate, intending, of course, to "win" And so, the lesson is: domineers.

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How to give constructive, specific and well-meaning feedback

Susanne Madsen

Giving accurate, constructive and regular feedback is essential if you want to build a well-functioning team. We all need to know what we’re doing well and what we could improve on in order to progress. But it’s not always easy to get it right. If you’re too blunt you discourage and demotivate the receiver. If, on the other hand, you’re too forgiving, nothing will change and the team member won’t get the opportunity to improve.

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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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4 things that increased the number of users who registered on our website from 50 to 200

TimeCamp

It is now time to present our summary ─ we have expanded into global markets in the last two years and acquired customers from more than 70 countries. How did we achieve this? Of course, thanks to an excellent product which we continuously work on as well as developing and analyzing feedback from the market. Today, however, we would like to share a few methods which helped to raise our marketing to a higher level.

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How to Manage Time Smarter? Read Best Productivity Articles This Week! 1/10/17

TimeCamp

Another week comes with the most popular from our roundups. Make yourself comfortable and read these 10 Most Inspiring Productivity Articles from past seven days, chosen by our team! Our blog is a place where we provide all the productivity and time management knowledge. We try to do that by writing and posting worth reading articles full of useful tips and life hacks.

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Employee Monitoring Software with Screenshots for the Demanding

TimeCamp

Nobody said that launching one’s own enterprise would be easy. The same concerns the running a business. Numerous issues need to be taken care of, from revenue and expenditure to employees. Especially the latter may give one sleepless nights. Tardiness, shirking etc. are most common ”labor afflictions” If one does not control their subordinates, many of them will probably avoid working.