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How to write an executive summary stakeholders will love

Planio

According to some estimates , PMs spend 90% of their time communicating with team members, sponsors, and stakeholders. Re-review and pull out the key elements 4. Easier to share information with teams and stakeholders. Project managers are born communicators. Define the objective of your executive summary 2.

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Creating the Conditions for High-Performance Development Teams

Leading Agile

Solid technical practices and your full-stack developer’s software craftsmanship are also limited by the conditions inside your organization. A couple weeks ago we did a recording session with Chris Beale, who is one of our most senior executive consultants, runs a lot of our large enterprise class engagements.

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How to hire remote developers (with free remote job description template)

Planio

Every great company–from the billion-dollar tech behemoths to innovative and scrappy startups–has one thing in common: talented people motivated by a shared vision. As Steve Jobs famously put it, a small team of A+ players can run circles around a giant team of B and C players. Looking to hire remote developers today?

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Skills Of A CEO – Within Reach Of A Strategic PM?

The Strategic Project Manager

While CEO’s can sometimes have a bad reputation in terms of politics and ethics, most – and the best – really do not. They need to inspire, motivate, and guide their teams toward a shared vision while fostering a positive and productive work culture. A career in strategy can certainly be a good one.

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The Best Decision-Making Frameworks for Project Managers: RACI Charts, S.P.A.D.E, BCM, and More!

Planio

Every decision changes not only the way your product looks but also how your team looks at you. Good decisions foster growth, push products further, and show your team (and stakeholders ) you’re in control. While bad decisions cause setbacks, carve up your carefully crafted product plan, and can even demolish morale beyond repair.

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8 Steps to Build and Manage a Remote Engineering Team

Planio

As Phil Freo , head of product and engineering at the fully remote startup, Close.io, told us: “When recruiting, it was hard to stand out in Silicon Valley among all the other tech startups hiring. But like anything that seems too good to be true, hiring a remote engineering team is filled with potential issues and downsides.

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Is JIRA a Counterproductive Project Management Software In Today’s Market?

nTask

Team managers are able to create a schedule of tasks for others to follow. A certain extent of these users doesn’t hesitate from bad mouthing the project management tool’s reputation in the online world. Many team leaders were of the view that JIRA has the tenacity to slow progress, instead of the other way around.