Wed.Nov 21, 2018

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How to Write an Executive Summary: A Quick Guide

ProjectManager.com

Here’s the good news: an executive summary is short. It’s part of a larger document and, as the name implies, summarizes the longer report. Here’s the bad news: it’s a critical document that can be challenging to write. It’s more difficult to write than, say, a request for proposal (RFP), which is a straightforward description of your company’s history, product or service, schedule of implementation and support.

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How to Use the Risk Assessment Matrix in Project Management

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In today’s age of ever-fluctuating market trends, risks are inevitable. Whether you’re running a start-up or are a part of a giant corporate culture, eventually you’ll be faced with risks that need your utmost dedication for timely mitigation. Whenever you’re beginning any new task, one of the most important questions that are highly likely to cross your mind is, ‘what could possibly go wrong?’.

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What is Planning Poker? | Video

Online PM Courses

Estimating project work package times and the times it will take to build products or deliverables is one of the most difficult parts of Project Management. One great tool is Planning Poker. It comes from the world of Agile Project management, and Scrum, but is far more widely applicable. So, what is Planning Poker? Dr Mike Clayton is founder of Online PM Courses.com.

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Cost and Value Management for Software Development

Herding Cats

There's a popular notion going around the agile community that says. we focus on Value and don't need to worry about Cost. This, of course, is a violation of the principles of Managerial Finance and Microeconomics of software development in the presence of uncertainty and scarce resources. Here are the moving parts of any project that intends to make money from the cost invested to produce a product or service.

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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 Best Editable Calendar for Teams

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Calendars are the ultimate and most basic way of keeping track of time. As a project manager , it’s absolutely vital that you incorporate one into your toolkit. But, it’s not just any normal calendar you should be after. For the sake of simplicity and your sanity, you should definitely use an editable calendar. Why are editable calendars so great? Have you ever written with a permanent marker, smudged a letter or two, and wished you could change it?

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