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How To Present To Project Executives

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Today, I’m handing the blog over to Leigh Espy. In this piece, Leigh talks about how to tailor your presentations for C-suite level executives. As you grow in your project management career, you’ll be called upon to make various presentations. However not all presentations are the same. Presentations to executives can be very different than presenting project information to peers.

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What Is the Eisenhower Matrix? How to Use It to Be More Productive?

nTask

Stephanie is a hard worker when it comes to her professional responsibilities. Pushing through the day, she makes sure she gets done what she’s expected to, often more. Sitting late at work, pulling an all-nighter, missing personal obligations for professional commitments is all too common an experience for her. And all the important family commitments that she has missed is an entirely different story on its own.

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How the Best Project Managers Keep Projects Profitable

Function Point

When monitoring the health of your agency, are seeing the full picture? Are you keeping track of the cost of doing business to ensure you’re not over-servicing your clients? No matter the size of your agency, it should never just be about billing. It’s important to include margins and profit alongside revenue when looking at those KPIs. Knowing your numbers will help with difficult decisions when it’s time to discuss the next job or to review your retainer agreements.

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Resist Business B.S.—How Can We Rebel (and Get Credit for Being Brilliant)?

LiquidPlanner

In my previous article , we discussed how strategic intent answers Why? , how strategic objectives answer What? , and how tactics answer How? The trouble comes when strategic objectives and executional tactics are developed without answering the Why question first. This is a classic mistake, but one that can be avoided. How to Answer Why? Create a set of decision criteria by defining the core elements that naturally drive your company forward.

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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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System of Delivery vs. System of Transformation

Leading Agile

When people talk about Agile, they often talk about the approach they are taking: Scrum, Kanban, Extreme Programming, SAFe, LeSS, DAD, Nexus, etc. These and the other frameworks and methodologies that could be considered to fall under the Agile umbrella are Systems of Delivery because they are techniques for delivering. There’s often an assumption that if we adopt the System of Delivery, our organization will Transform to Agile.

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7 Employee Engagement Ideas to Improve Office Culture

ProjectManager.com

The race to acquire top talent across industries further intensifies as the business world becomes more complex and intricate, and unique companies continue to create innovative and ground-breaking products. Acquiring top talent is just half the battle, however. Keeping employees engaged once they’re a part of your organization is arguably the tougher hill to climb, especially given that some studies suggest that up to 53% of employees are actively disengaged in their daily work.

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How To Create A Project Scope Statement With MindGenius Online

MindGenius

How To Create A Project Scope Statement With MindGenius Online. MindGenius Online has thousands of possible uses within an organization to help individuals and teams to plan more thoroughly, stay on track and get the right things done on time. MindGenius Online does this in 3 simple but highly productive and engaging interfaces (which can be used independently or in sync): A brainstorming, idea-capturing, mapping interface to allow the quick capture and visualisation of ideas – ideal for scopi

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Quick Tips For Managing Client Relationships

The Digital Project Manager

The post Quick Tips For Managing Client Relationships appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.

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How To Manage The Product Roadmap With MindGenius Online

MindGenius

How To Manage The Product Roadmap With MindGenius Online. MindGenius Online has thousands of possible uses within an organization to help individuals and teams to plan more thoroughly, stay on track and get the right things done on time. MindGenius Online does this in 3 simple but highly productive and engaging interfaces (which can be used independently or in sync): A brainstorming, idea-capturing, mapping interface to allow the quick capture and visualisation of ideas – ideal for scoping and

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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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2019 is telecom’s tipping point. Here’s why.

Sitetracker

The telecommunications industry has reached a tipping point. Network densification is a requirement for increased and more ubiquitous connectivity. Up to this point, the telecommunications industry has been able to utilize existing fiber and build new fiber in an ad hoc, as needed, manner. This is no longer enough as the demand for small cells and DAS is increasing exponentially in the race to 5G.

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How To Manage Project Risk With MindGenius Online

MindGenius

How To Manage Project Risk With MindGenius Online. MindGenius Online has thousands of possible uses within an organization to help individuals and teams to plan more thoroughly, stay on track and get the right things done on time. MindGenius Online does this in 3 simple but highly productive and engaging interfaces (which can be used independently or in sync): A brainstorming, idea-capturing, mapping interface to allow the quick capture and visualisation of ideas – ideal for scoping and planni

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Top Tips for Realistic Project Estimations

Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

Poor estimation is a major cause of project failure. According to the PMI, inaccurate cost estimates is a contributing factor in 28% of projects that fail. Many project professionals have first-hand experience in how devastating it can be to underestimate a project. Perhaps you have too. When an estimate has been delivered, clients and executives will often see it as binding and will expect the project to track to it.

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How To Plan Your Social Media Strategy With MindGenius Online

MindGenius

How To Plan Your Social Media Strategy. With MindGenius Online. MindGenius Online has thousands of possible uses within an organization to help individuals and teams to plan more thoroughly, stay on track and get the right things done on time. MindGenius Online does this in 3 simple but highly productive and engaging interfaces (which can be used independently or in sync): A brainstorming, idea-capturing, mapping interface to allow the quick capture and visualisation of ideas – ideal for scopi

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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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When to Hold Virtual Meeting?

Runrun.it

Virtual meeting is a kind of meeting that is held virtually among the people around the world without the restriction of location, they can easily communicate through different media channels like video, audio, and text. People can easily communicate, share information and data virtually with each other without existing in the physical location. They can […].

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How To Track Teams Tasks With MindGenius Online

MindGenius

How To Track Teams Tasks With MindGenius Online. MindGenius Online has thousands of possible uses within an organization to help individuals and teams to plan more thoroughly, stay on track and get the right things done on time. MindGenius Online does this in 3 simple but highly productive and engaging interfaces (which can be used independently or in sync): A brainstorming, idea-capturing, mapping interface to allow the quick capture and visualisation of ideas – ideal for scoping and planning

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How To Prepare Your Marketing Content Plan With MindGenius Online

MindGenius

How To Prepare Your Marketing Content Plan With MindGenius Online. MindGenius Online has thousands of possible uses within an organization to help individuals and teams to plan more thoroughly, stay on track and get the right things done on time. MindGenius Online does this in 3 simple but highly productive and engaging interfaces (which can be used independently or in sync): A brainstorming, idea-capturing, mapping interface to allow the quick capture and visualisation of ideas – ideal for sc

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How To Plan A Major Even With MindGenius Online

MindGenius

How To Plan A Major Event With MindGenius Online. MindGenius Online has thousands of possible uses within an organization to help individuals and teams to plan more thoroughly, stay on track and get the right things done on time. MindGenius Online does this in 3 simple but highly productive and engaging interfaces (which can be used independently or in sync): A brainstorming, idea-capturing, mapping interface to allow the quick capture and visualisation of ideas – ideal for scoping and plannin

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20 Common Mistakes Made by Inexperienced Project Managers

You’ve read the PMBOK® Guide several times, taken the certification exam for project managers, passed, and you are now a PMP®. So why do you keep making rookie mistakes? This whitepaper shows 20 of the most common mistakes that young or inexperienced project managers make, issues that can cost significant time and money. It's a good starting point for understanding how and why many PMs get themsleves into trouble, and provides guidance on the types of issues that PMs need to understand.

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How To Establish Your Project Charter With MindGenius Online

MindGenius

How To Establish Your Project Charter With MindGenius Online. MindGenius Online has thousands of possible uses within an organization to help individuals and teams to plan more thoroughly, stay on track and get the right things done on time. MindGenius Online does this in 3 simple but highly productive and engaging interfaces (which can be used independently or in sync): A brainstorming, idea-capturing, mapping interface to allow the quick capture and visualisation of ideas – ideal for scoping

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How To Track a Teams Tasks With MindGenius Online

MindGenius

How To Track a Teams Tasks With MindGenius Online. MindGenius Online has thousands of possible uses within an organization to help individuals and teams to plan more thoroughly, stay on track and get the right things done on time. MindGenius Online does this in 3 simple but highly productive and engaging interfaces (which can be used independently or in sync): A brainstorming, idea-capturing, mapping interface to allow the quick capture and visualisation of ideas – ideal for scoping and planni