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Winter Is Coming: Project Management Lessons from Game of Thrones

ProjectManager.com

Project managers can get pretty bruised by the lessons projects throw at us. But that’s good, because we can learn plenty of project management lessons from Game of Thrones and the world George RR Martin has created. And within this strife, lie numerous lessons that can be applied to project management.

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3 Easy Ways To Make a Gantt Chart (Giveaway + Free Excel Template)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

If you manage projects, you will have come across a Gantt chart. Even if you don’t manage projects but are involved in project teams, or you manage Agile projects – Gantt charts are everywhere. I have used Microsoft Project for many years and it creates great Gantt charts. Here’s an example.

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The Value of Project Management Skills… Transferability

Online PM Courses

Project Management is a valuable skill-set. Project Management skills enable you to deliver big, complex, important changes. This is what makes Project Management a career option. Project Management career. You may have got the skills of Project Management for a specific Project.

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15 Teamwork Software Alternatives for Project Management

Teamweek

Doing project management without using the proper software tools has become nearly impossible, especially over the last few years. Teamwork Project is a fairly common name among project management companies. Here are fifteen project management options to look at before committing to the Teamweek software.

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Software Review: Vizzlo [2018]

Rebel’s Guide to PM

It started the same with Vizzlo : “Dear Elizabeth, we love your blog, please review our software.”. As regular readers will know, I have two jobs: I’m a copywriter, speaker and author here at GirlsGuideToPM.com and I work as a salaried project manager as well. But then I looked at it. And bought it. In summary….

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What Does Y=f(x) Mean? How to Use This Powerful Six Sigma Formula

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Managers are not usually those people. But there are different types of managers, just as there are different types of people. Math is required, of course, but some managers still might be perplexed by certain equations, such as the commonly used Six Sigma formula Y=f(x). Some people look at math and shut down.

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How to Make Your First Day of Work Awesome

ProjectManager.com

What project management tools do they use to work together and communicate? Just like any other project, all it requires is a bit of planning and staying flexible to adjust to changes as they occur. Unfortunately, transitioning into a new work environment, with new people, new procedures and new office tools can be stressful.