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PMO Kick Off Meeting Template

Techno-PM

Project Kick Off You have defined the strategy and objectives of your Project Management Office (PMO). You have assembled a team to implement it. You even wrote a PMO Charter. You are ready to go and start changing the complex and dynamic universe of projects in your organization. You have plenty of work to do, would love start issuing nice monthly portfolio dashboards right away and seeing stuff happen in your PMO.

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13 Ways You Can Be More Productive As A DPM 

The Digital Project Manager

Productivity is contagious It’s the reason I joined a coworking space when I started working. The post 13 Ways You Can Be More Productive As A DPM appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.

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5 Notorious Failed Projects & What We Can Learn from Them

ProjectManager.com

Failure is an unavoidable part of any project process: it’s the degree of failure that makes the difference. If a task fails, there are ways to reallocate resources and get back on track. But a systemic collapse will derail the whole project. What good can come from failure? A lot, actually. Sometimes a project reaches too far beyond its means and fails, which is unfortunate, but can also serve as a teaching moment.

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Program success dashboard

Musings on Project Management

Looking for project dashboard that really provides insight at a glance? This one from John Higbee might be the answer If you've not a Higbee person, maybe you've not seen it. Take a look at John Higbee's presentation about "Program Success Probability". (*) Take notice of the neat arrangement of program success divided left and right by internal and external factors.

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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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Eat Your Lunch: Why It’s Important to Take a Break at Work

LiquidPlanner

I’m the first to admit that I work through lunch more often than I should. Usually so I can beat the traffic during my commute home. Working through lunch doesn’t mean I skip lunch, however. Too many studies stress the importance of not skipping meals, and I don’t have time for mood swings, poor concentration, and increased stress. For me, remembering to eat is not the problem.

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DPM Podcast: Doing The Project Dishes (With Patrice Embry)

The Digital Project Manager

The post DPM Podcast: Doing The Project Dishes (With Patrice Embry) appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.

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5 Myths About Business Writing You Probably Still Believe

Boost by Brightpod

All press releases, newsletters, and even emails that your company releases and sends out represent your company and brand. If this content isn’t polished, you risk confusing your customers and damaging the reputation of your company.

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Resource Utilization: 4 Things You Are Doing Wrong

Ganttic

Planning and management of human and non-human (equipment, machinery, etc) resources play an essential role in the success of a project. According to the findings of Huemann and colleagues , resource management has strategic importance. In traditional project management, each project is independent. However, in today’s project portfolio management setting, the majority of the projects compete for the same scarce resources.

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Quote of the Day

Herding Cats

If you don't know where to look, you have to look everywhere - Professor Keith Ulmer, in a Physics Saturday lecture about his work on CMS in search for the Higgs Boson.

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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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How to Successfully Implement Time Tracking at Your Company

TimeCamp

The Ultimate Reason Why Your Company Fails at Time Tracking These days many companies decide.

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