Wed.Nov 28, 2018

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How safe was that meeting or workshop you were just in?

Lynne Cazaly

Every time we're invited to a meeting or to participate in a workshop or conversation we're either a participant or the convener/leader/facilitator of the session. Levels of engagement continue to drop across workplaces, yet we're increasingly needing to get people 'on board', 'aligned' or 'buying-in' to strategies, plans, directions and programs of work.

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How to Make a Contingency Plan

ProjectManager.com

You’ve heard the phrase, “Always have a Plan B.” Well, “Plan B” is just common vernacular for what’s known as a contingency plan. In other words, a contingency plan is put in place in case the primary plan that you’re executing doesn’t unfold as expected. Contingency plans are used by smart managers who are aware that there are always risks that can sideline any project or business.

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Managing Tight Deadlines with the Priority Matrix Gantt Chart

Appfluence

Intro. Managing tight deadlines can be nerve wracking. However, Priority Matrix can help you own your timeline and make sure that that you are able to meet the deadline that you’ve been given. Beating Deadline Anxiety. When faced with a deadline, the nerve wracking part is that we often have many different things to do before one single date. This creates a lot of uncertainty in our minds.

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DPM Podcast: Happy Holidays For Everyone (With Mackenzie Dysart)

The Digital Project Manager

How do you take time away from your projects as a PM? The secret is a well-planned project handoff. PM expert Mackenzie Dysart talks about the ins and outs of successful project transitions in this DPM Podcast episode. The post DPM Podcast: Happy Holidays For Everyone (With Mackenzie Dysart) appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.

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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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3 Steps to Dominate Digital Disruption

Planview

Digital disruption is everywhere. It has infiltrated not only the ways in which people work, how organizations deliver products, and what is required to remain competitive in today’s market, but it has also vastly altered customer expectations and demands. Gone are the days in which customers merely anticipated the next product release—those days have been replaced with customer demands for connected, digital experiences.

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Why You’re Failing at Delegation (And How to Fix It)

Teamweek

One of the most vital skills every manager should develop is proper delegation. But the ability to trust others enough to take responsibility and authority for assignments, isn’t always an easy one. At the same time, whether they believe it or not, managers aren’t able to do everything on their own. This means the workload must be shared, making it a crucial attribute for an effective leader to develop.

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8 Metrics to Watch to Ensure on Time Project Delivery

GanttPRO Project Management

A project manager’s role revolves around the planning and management of a project to ensure that a stated goal is accomplished in a professional and timely manner. Project managers are […].

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Vendor Management with Priority Matrix

Appfluence

What is Vendor Management? According to Gartner, vendor management is “ a discipline that enables organizations to control costs, drive service excellence and mitigate risks to gain increased value from their vendors throughout the deal life cycle.”. In the past, the outcome of an effective vendor management process was, first and foremost, was locating the lowest cost for each service.

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8 Metrics to Watch to Ensure on Time Project Delivery

GanttPRO Project Management

A project manager’s role revolves around the planning and management of a project to ensure that a stated goal is accomplished in a professional and timely manner.

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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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10 Powerful Tips For Project Management Success

Proofhub

Project managers are often posed with some serious challenges that can derail the success of a project. The common challenges that keep them on their toes includes keeping up with the pace of the project, managing resources and making sure it is on track and within the desired budget. Ensuring success of a project involves knowing the nitty-gritties of a project, effective planning , proper work management system and evaluating the project.

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This is the era of ease

Lynne Cazaly

This is the era of ease. The world of work has changed. If you're a leader, you need to be more collaborative, able to help a group of individuals play to their strengths and get great work done. You need to be able to make the workplace safe for them to be themselves. And to be able to bring them together, to remove barriers, roadblocks and obstacles to their progress - not create them.

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What Is Average Salary for Marketing Agencies?

TimeCamp

How Much Marketing Agencies Make? Defining rates for services may not always be an easy.

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The Value of Your Work has Echoes

Leading Agile

I work with some really smart people. On a regular basis, they create and do things that challenge and inspire me. This morning I got up and read this post by Dave Nicolette. In it, Dave shares his thoughts on the relationship between Quality, Craft, and Value. He uses the metaphor of the impact a jazz solo has to explain the relationship between these things. .

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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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How to Have More Productive Conversations about Billboards

Workzone

If you live in a billboard-friendly state such as Pennsylvania, it won’t take long before you see a college advertising an open house or a new academic program. Billboard salespeople must love higher education because we will just open up our wallets and say “Take all my money!”. Any savvy higher ed marketer knows that billboards have only a small chance of converting someone into a potential applicant, let alone a deposit.

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