Wed.Oct 04, 2017

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How To Do Document Version Control

Rebel’s Guide to PM

This article, How To Do Document Version Control , first appeared on Girl's Guide to PM. A reader got in touch recently and asked for more info on document version control. Version control is used for lots of different project management assets. You’ll come it across it in particular in coding, where developers need to keep meticulous logs of what’s been changed and what version is the current version of the code.

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Information quality; information integrity

Musings on Project Management

In the early 21st century when the 4th edition to the PMBOK was being designed for publication in the first decade, there was debate about adding "data quality" to Chapter 11, Risk Management. The idea behind data quality being to evaluate risk in the presence of not only uncertainty, but also to look at the impact of making risk-informed decisions in the presence of lousy data.

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How To Do An Effective Project Selection Process?

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A stable and sturdy project management is one of the crucial factors to make a project process work. In the corporate world, an organization needs more than just top-notch tools and up to date process to bring the project to its full potential—it also needs a strong manpower, a human resource that has a particular set of skills and capabilities that will greatly contribute the entire organization.

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6 Tips to avoid Brain Freeze in Brain Storming

Celoxis

In 1941 Alex Osborn, an advertising executive, found that conventional business meetings were inhibiting the creation of new ideas and proposed some rules designed to help stimulate them.

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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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Case Study: A way in which TimeCamp has turned out to be better than Toggl!

TimeCamp

Entrepreneurs looking for programs to monitor working time find many solutions in the market and it often takes time to pick one which would meet all one’s requirements. Today, we are talking to Lukasz Pach about the application of working time monitoring in one’s company. Paweł Kijko: Thank you for agreeing to this interview. Let us start from the beginning.

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Project sponsors; it’s time to give up your day job!

Ron Rosenhead

Yes, you read correctly. Stop doing your day job and focus on your project sponsorship role. Let me explain why with a recent teleconference with a group of very senior executives. We were discussing a workshop for project sponsors- what goes wrong and the needs of this group. The Senior Vice President for Human Resources said that senior managers and project sponsors in particular are working at the wrong level.

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Why Finding Your Shadow Resources is Key

Hydra

Why finding your shadow resources is key to a successful project. Following on from our blog on how to manage remote project teams effectively another challenge that becomes even more important with dispersed project teams is resourcing and why finding and utilising your shadow resources is key to a successful project.

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How Marketing Agencies Stay Productive: Michael Gaizutis of RNO1

Boost by Brightpod

This week we feature Michael Gaizutis, Founder of RNO1. RNO1 is a brand strategy & digital design agency deep-rooted on t.

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Quote of the Day

Herding Cats

Spend each day trying to be a little wiser than you were when you woke up. Discharge your duties faithfully and well. Systematically you get ahead, but not necessarily in fast spurts. Nevertheless, you build discipline by preparing for fast spurts. Slug it out one inch at a time, day by day. At the end of the day – if you live long enough – most people get what they deserve. – Charlie Munger (Warren Buffet's irreverent business partner).

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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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Why Successful Companies Track Their Time?

TimeCamp

The world we live in is more fast-passed than ever before and proper utilization of every single minute is essential for both individuals as well as companies, especially those who adopt a task-based approach. It is a fact that every single successful company has an effective and often complex time tracking system incorporated. Time is one of the most valuable resources out there and the ability to track it can make the difference between success and failure.

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