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3 Must-Have Project Management Tools for Startups

ProjectManager.com

Starting a new company, or working for a startup, is equal parts exciting and nerve-wracking. In a startup environment, budgets are often tight and the typical processes that keep companies running are often missing. Such a dynamic work environment can be punishing for even the most experienced employees because there will always be new problems to tackle and limited resources to tackle them.

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Why Don’t 50% of People Do Stakeholder Engagement?

Rebel’s Guide to PM

I ran a survey about stakeholder management (thanks, by the way, if you were one of the people who filled it out) and the results surprised me. I have done a bit of analysis on the results and I wanted to share what I know so far with you. The biggest reason we do stakeholder engagement activities on projects is because they help us get the resources we need for the project.

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What Is & How To Create A Risk Management Plan

The Digital Project Manager

The post What Is & How To Create A Risk Management Plan appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.

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Experiment: Make the Cost of Low Autonomy Transparent with Permission Tokens

Scrum.org

In our book?—? the Zombie Scrum Survival Guide ?—?we dive deep into what causes Zombie Scrum; something that looks like Scrum from a distance, but lacks a beating heart. We also offer 40+ experiments to recover from Zombie Scrum. In this series, we share some of the experiments from the book and many that didn’t make the final cut (but are still very useful).

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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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How to Stay Productive While Working from Home

Proofhub

The idea of working at home isn’t new. According to GetVoIP , the remote workforce has increased by 140% over the last 15 years, 43% of US employees work remotely from time to time, and 79% of employees claim they would be more loyal to a business if it offers more flexibility. With the spread of COVID-19, many businesses have switched to working remotely, so the number of newly remote workers has increased.

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How to Estimate Project Duration

Wrike

Project managers often underestimate the amount of time needed to implement projects, which results in missed deadlines or teams rushing and overworking themselves to get the job done. Knowing how to estimate project duration can help teams become more efficient and improve on-time and on-budget delivery. . When it comes to project management time estimation, there are a couple of likely scenarios.

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GanttPRO Named a Leader in Project Management Category by Gartner Digital Markets

GanttPRO Project Management

GanttPRO online Gantt chart software qualified for placement in the Gartner Digital Markets research reports. Our tool has been recognized as a highly rated product based on user reviews collected […]. The post GanttPRO Named a Leader in Project Management Category by Gartner Digital Markets first appeared on GanttPRO.

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To Infinity, Beyond Pandemics

ActiveCollab

Unprecedented times. We've heard this phrase so many times this year we're sick of it. The curious part is, they're not so unprecedented, at least not in human history. Quarantine, masks, and halt of economic activity have all been seen before. One can't help but look for similarities and predictions for possible outcomes, now that the future seems more uncertain than ever.

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GanttPRO Named a Leader in Project Management Category by Gartner Digital Markets

GanttPRO Project Management

GanttPRO online Gantt chart software qualified for placement in the Gartner Digital Markets research reports. Our tool has been recognized as a highly rated product based on user reviews collected […].

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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 Wistia Promotes Episodic Shows Like Brandwagon | TeamGantt

TeamGantt

How do you turn a video series into binge-worthy content? See how to create and promote episodic content that keeps your audience coming back for more.

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GanttPRO Named a Leader in Project Management Category by Gartner Digital Markets

GanttPRO Project Management

GanttPRO online Gantt chart software qualified for placement in the Gartner Digital Markets research reports.

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Control Stress – or it will control you | Video

Online PM Courses

If you don't control stress, it will control you. Stress is a key topic for Project Managers. My biggest Project Management failure revolved around stress. The post Control Stress – or it will control you | Video appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.

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PMI Online Proctored Exams in 11 Steps - Three Important Videos

Management Yogi

This article is in continuation of the previous one: PMI Online Proctored Exams - How to Take it Step by Step? You need to go through the set of steps, notes and tips mentioned in the above linked article, before going through the videos. These videos are primarily taken from PMP Live Lessons – Guaranteed Pass. Exhaustive set of videos on how to take the online procotored exam, how to use the.

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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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ActiveCollab Budget Alerts

ActiveCollab

One of our teams has been intensely focused on budgets and all their aspects, for months now. In April, we released NEW BUDGETING TYPES [[link] If you can't be bothered to read the full post, here's a quick recap: you can now choose between three budgeting types when creating a project. * FIXED PRICE - set up a budget when negotiating a project, and invoice it when concluded.

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Innovation in the Age of Pandemics

PM Times

Written by: Elizabeth Larson Pandemics are devastating. There are losses of loved ones. There are economic and societal losses.

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50 Handpicked Time Quotes from Notable Thinkers Throughout History

Teamweek

Time–it’s something that we create, spend and waste without even thinking about it. Often we think of it as an endless commodity, but in the words of Buddha, at least according to Jack Kornfield in Buddha’s Little Instruction Book , “The trouble is, you think you have time.”. Though you can’t stop the ticking of the clock, you can decide how to get the most from the hours you do have.

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The 12 Agile Principles. Part Four.

Growing Agile

This is the fourth and final part of the blog series were we discuss the 12 Agile Principles. In this post we will focus on principles 10-12. 10. “Simplicity–the art of maximizing the amount of work not done–is essential. “ When I was an Analyst back in the day before I discovered Scrum, or even knew what agile was, I would write down the findings of my analysis in a document called a Business Requirements Specification.

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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.