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Learn From 5 Common Project Red Flags How To Build Trust In Your Client Relationship

The Digital Project Manager

I’ll never forget the time I unknowingly delayed a project by months, caused my client unneeded stress, and threw a wrench in our launch plan. The post Learn From 5 Common Project Red Flags How To Build Trust In Your Client Relationship appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.

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The Case for Multiple Project Management Methodologies

LiquidPlanner

A multiple-methodology approach to project management may lead to happier project teams, according to a new report by LiquidPlanner. The 2017 State of Project Management in Manufacturing report found that 74 percent of the respondents who said they were highly satisfied with their existing project management methodology actually used a combination of methodologies.

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4 Effective Ways to Optimize Workload among Project Teams

Celoxis

A good project manager understands this well. Assigning too many tasks would overwhelm and overwork team members while assigning too little is a waste of time and resources. Ensuring a good balance is key to good team member morale and project succes.

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Agile Project Management Methods

Herding Cats

There is a lot of unsubstantiated claims going around about how agile should or should not be applied. How estimates are or are not needed. How the team should or should not be managed. From the point of view of Software Intensive System of Systems, here's how we've learned to manage development using Agile. These projects are NOT de-minimus, they are mission critical.

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Toward a Unified Project Management Understanding

The objective of this research is to dispel misunderstandings about crucial project management terms and their definitions. It aims to accurately place these terms and facilitate a comprehensive global understanding of their meanings.

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How 6 Real Managers Get A Work/Life Balance

Rebel’s Guide to PM

6 real project managers share their tips for getting a work/life balance. Read on to find out how you can use their tips to get more time, delegate more effectively and reframe your priorities to do more of what matters. No related posts.

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22 Free and Open Source Data Visualization Tools to Grow Your Business

GanttPRO Project Management

What’s the power of data visualizations? Well, I could tell you that professional football players suffer a lot of injuries, and that those injuries, of course, occur in different percentages […].

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Critical Path Method (CPM)

ActiveCollab

CPM (Critical Path Method) is a mathematical algorithm that helps you analyze, plan, and schedule complex projects. Each project consists of a number of tasks and activities that are interconnected and essential for project’s success. The more complex the project gets, the more demanding the project management is. That’s where CPM comes in hand. At its core, CPM is a powerful tool that allows you to identify the longest path of planned tasks necessary to meet the deadlines and identify the early

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13 Tips to Deliver Exceptional Presentations

Brightwork

As a teenager, I was completely petrified of public speaking, particularly in class. If a teacher asked me a question or picked me to read aloud from a textbook, I would just freeze and claim a sore throat! At one point, I asked teachers to skip me; it was always a relief when they remembered. Somewhere along the way, I conquered this fear. I have delivered academic conference papers, tutored in universities, held workshops with senior management, participated in several proposal pitches, and te

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Critical Path Method (CPM)

ActiveCollab

CPM (Critical Path Method) is a mathematical algorithm that helps you analyze, plan, and schedule complex projects. Each project consists of a number of tasks and activities that are interconnected and essential for project’s success. The more complex the project gets, the more demanding the project management is. That’s where CPM comes in hand. At its core, CPM is a powerful tool that allows you to identify the longest path of planned tasks necessary to meet the deadlines and identify the early

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Navigating the Future: Generative AI, Application Analytics, and Data

Generative AI is upending the way product developers & end-users alike are interacting with data. Despite the potential of AI, many are left with questions about the future of product development: How will AI impact my business and contribute to its success? What can product managers and developers expect in the future with the widespread adoption of AI?

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22 Free and Open Source Data Visualization Tools to Grow Your Business

GanttPRO Project Management

What’s the power of data visualizations?

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Types of Teams

ActiveCollab

Teams can be divided in four main groups: project teams, self-managed teams, virtual teams, and operational teams. What type of team you have depends its purpose, location, and organizational structure. Each type of team comes with its unique set of strengths and weaknesses. In order to fully utilize your team, you first need to understand where each type of teams works the best.

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Myths Busted: The 6 Biggest Productivity Lies We Tell Ourselves

Inloox

1. Sleep is for the weak and only the early bird catches the worm We often read about how successful CEOs wake up very early and are extremely productive even though they only get 4 hours of sleep – or it’s even suggested they are productive because they only sleep four hours a day. But this is the exception, not the norm. Every person is different and just because a few can function with very little sleep, for a lot of people getting at least 6-8 hours of sleep is essential.

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What Type of Collaborator are You?

Redbooth

A big part of effective collaboration is not only knowing how you like to communicate and work but also knowing the styles of the people you are working along side. Here at Amium we live and breath collaboration as it’s the pillar of our product. So we set out to determine if there’s a common theme to collaboration styles and whether or not certain collaboration types work better together than others.

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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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6 Creative Agency Podcasts You Should Be Listening To

Function Point

If popular storytelling podcasts are like a modern cross between campfire stories and ye olde radio shows, marketing, business and agency focused podcasts are the fireside chat of the digital era. Staying competitive in creative industries means always learning and looking for new ways to approach your work. Podcasts are the perfect way to dim the open-office hum and absorb an extra dose of information and creativity from the brightest minds in the industry.

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How To Start Your Own Business?

TimeCamp

If sometimes you are feeling like your work is not for you. Like you can do something more with the experience and the ideas you have. Maybe become your own boss? Organize the daily schedule by yourself and be the one who negotiates with the clients, so you always know exactly what they want, not what your manager want you to do. Well, perhaps it’s the right time to start your own business?

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6 Creative Agency Podcasts You Should Be Listening To

Function Point

If popular storytelling podcasts are like a modern cross between campfire stories and ye olde radio shows, marketing, business and agency focused podcasts are the fireside chat of the digital era. Staying competitive in creative industries means always learning and looking for new ways to approach your work. Podcasts are the perfect way to dim the open-office hum and absorb an extra dose of information and creativity from the brightest minds in the industry.

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How Embedded Analytics Gets You to Market Faster with a SAAS Offering

Start-ups & SMBs launching products quickly must bundle dashboards, reports, & self-service analytics into apps. Customers expect rapid value from your product (time-to-value), data security, and access to advanced capabilities. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) tools can provide valuable data analysis capabilities, but they have a barrier to entry that can stop small and midsize businesses from capitalizing on them.