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10 Marketing Tips for Small Businesses That Cost $0

ProjectManager.com

Marketing your small business doesn’t have to take a huge budget with thousands (or millions!) of dollars. As a small business owner, you likely don’t have the budget anyway. Before spending money on marketing projects that could be spent on something else, consider trying these ten marketing tips for a small business that cost nothing but the time it takes to learn and maintain them. 1.

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How to Improve Problem Solving with Lessons Learned

Project Bliss

This is a guest article by Elizabeth Harrin from GirlsGuideToPM.com. So you’ve got a problem. It’s on the issue log. You’ve pulled together the key subject matter experts who can help get the project over this hurdle. But how do you come up with the answer? Sometimes, the answer to a problem is staring you in the face. There is only one sensible solution to fixing an issue.

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Why are Soft Skills so Hard to Develop?

Scrum.org

In today’s complex ever-changing work, we need to make full use of the collective intelligence of the whole team, even if the whole organization to be able to solve and deliver on these needs. Collective intelligence is more than the sum of the individuals. Everyone having a voice is important, but not sufficient in itself. We need a culture of safety, learning, and collaboration.

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Services all around the Implementation of Project Management Software

Inloox

Current study results Based on a study by PWC, project management software demonstrably increases project performance: 77 percent of all above-average successful projects are handled with software support. Furthermore, in a survey conducted by the Access Group, 66 percent of project managers surveyed stated that a very important factor for investing in new software was the level of support provided by the company. ( Hive ) Services supporting the successful implementation of PM software Numerous

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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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GitScrum Review: Better Than Free Project Management Software

The Digital Project Manager

The post GitScrum Review: Better Than Free Project Management Software appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.

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Getting to 85 - Agile Metrics with ActionableAgile (p. 2)

Scrum.org

In the first part of Getting to 85 – Agile Metrics with ActionableAgile we looked at the Cycle Time Scatterplot as generated by ActionableAgile software. That piece also discussed some ideas the scatter plot could bring about and conversations that potentially might occur. Let’s take a look at another important chart and set of metrics the ActionableAgile can produce based on sample or custom loaded data – Cumulative Flow Diagram (CFD). .

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5 Ways to Create Effective Project Plans

Proggio

Creating realistic, effective project plans is the foundation for reaching successful delivery. If your plan isn’t attainable, the project will fail. If the plan has too many holes, the risk involved will sink the project before delivery. A building is only as strong as its foundation, and a project is only as strong as its plan. So how do you create project plans that will succeed?

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The Ultimate Guide to Writing a Design Brief

Teamweek

If you’d asked me two years ago to show you how to write a design brief, I’d have said no. I know that sounds melodramatic, but it’s my way of saying that I didn’t like design briefs. I’d seen too many of them that were as original, meaningful, and appealing as another Kardashian. I also didn’t see anything they offered that couldn’t be addressed in a good brand manual.

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The Integrated Master Plan Defines what Done Looks Like

Herding Cats

My colleague, Pat Barker, is an instructor at the Defense Acquisition University. Pat has produced Parctical Advice for Integrated Master Plans. Click on the image below to get started. The resources there will guide you through the development and use of the Integrated Master Plan. Here's a dialogue that speaks to IMPs in DOD acquisition. and. In the Integrated Master Plan / Integrated Master Schedule in the Compendium of Works post are more resources for developing and applying IMPs.

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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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Getting to 85 - Agile Metrics with ActionableAgile Part 2

Scrum.org

In the first part of Getting to 85 – Agile Metrics with ActionableAgile we looked at the Cycle Time Scatterplot as generated by ActionableAgile software. That piece also discussed some ideas the scatter plot could bring about and conversations that potentially might occur. Let’s take a look at another important chart and set of metrics the ActionableAgile can produce based on sample or custom loaded data – Cumulative Flow Diagram (CFD). .

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Fast Track to Edit: the Right Click Menu

Teamweek

To make editing tasks easier, Teamweek now has a right-click menu to take you straight to editing shortcuts. Right click on any task to quickly mark it as done – or undone – as well as delete and duplicate the task. Here’s another quick way to duplicate the task: hold down the cmd key and drag the copied task to a new section of your timeline.

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WIP - Work in.What?

Scrum.org

Scrum and Kanban are a great combination. With this insight more and more Scrum Teams become aware of terms and phrases used in Kanban. Like 'WIP'. When I have used this acronym in the past I have read it as 'work in progress'. In his book 'The Goal' Eliyahu M. Goldratt consequently uses 'work in process'. I realized this but didn't give it much thought.

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8 Emerging Trends in Project Management for 2019

Scoro

Scoro works with many marketing agencies from all over the world and Marketing Week Live in London was a great chance to get insight into the newest marketing trends and obstacles that specialists are facing. More importantly, it was an excellent opportunity to share our knowledge of the most interesting trends in project management. In case you missed it, this 10-minute read will get you right up to speed with the latest trends.

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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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WIP - Work in. what?

Scrum.org

Scrum and Kanban are a great combination. With this insight more and more Scrum Teams become aware of terms and phrases used in Kanban. Like 'WIP'. When I have used this acronym in the past I have read it as 'work in progress'. In his book 'The Goal' Eliyahu M. Goldratt consequently uses 'work in process'. I realized this but didn't give it much thought.

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Did You Just Say That? Understanding Gender-Specific Communication Styles

LiquidPlanner

Not sure why members of your multigender team appear to misunderstand each other despite speaking the same language? Here is the single most important point to remember about genderlect. It’s real. The era of gender equality has long since dawned, and while everyone should be working towards a happier, more inclusive society, a quick Google search shows that American women are still very poorly represented in top leadership positions.