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Product-Market Fit: What Is It & Why Is It Important?

ProjectManager.com

That’s the first step of smart product development. Related: The Importance of Customer Development for Startups. Dan Olsen, an expert in product management and author of The Lean Product Playbook , has emphasized product-market fit as critical to the success of a start-up. This is especially relevant for the startup world.

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Project Success: Implementation AND Adoption

Velociteach

The development team was devastated. In my consulting practice, I see development teams struggle with their users. A primary reason is poor stakeholder engagement. Common risks include: Lack of stakeholder and executive engagement. Poor alignment on project objectives and expectations.

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Project Success: Implementation AND Adoption

The IIL Blog

The development team was devastated. In my consulting practice, I see development teams struggling with their users. A primary reason is poor stakeholder engagement. Common risks include: Lack of stakeholders and executive engagement. Poor alignment with project objectives and expectations.

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Shift-Left, Shift-Right, Keep Middle

Velociteach

For large and complex projects, engage them during the pre-initiation stage when the business case is being developed. The project team knows the expectations rather than having to make assumptions or guess. The definition of done establishes overall quality standards for each step in the development process.

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Operations vs. Strategy: Balancing Execution and Planning in Business

Wrike

It includes analyzing the competitive landscape, identifying opportunities, setting goals and objectives, and developing a plan of action. Analyzing the competitive landscape involves understanding the strengths and weaknesses of competitors, as well as identifying emerging trends and opportunities.

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How to Develop the Essential Skills to Be a Project Manager

Wrike

One important note: In addition to the technical competencies we’re dishing out, project managers will also need to develop at least some basic subject matter expertise in whatever industry they’re managing projects. Develop this skill. Develop this skill. Develop this skill. Develop this skill.

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Top Solutions to Project Failure – Epicflow Research Part 2

Epicflow Blog

We all dream of reaching maximum success with our teams and projects, even though project failure is common. We’ve surveyed members of LinkedIn PM communities to find out what leads to project failure. Our survey participants suggested various effective ways to mitigate the causes of project failure. Perform Risk Management.