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Exploring the differences: Projects vs operations examples

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Even if you aren’t using a formal lifecycle or specific methodology, you’ll still be planning, executing, controlling, and monitoring tasks in order to meet objectives – that’s project management. Let’s say you work for a clothing retailer. Operations management focuses on maximizing efficiency while minimizing costs.

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Kanban vs. Scrum: What’s the Difference?

ProjectManager.com

This can be through scrum meetings, which are held daily in scrum, but they act almost as a teacher throughout the project to support the team and give them direction. That hasn’t stopped practitioners from using scrum in varying industries, from retail logistics to event planning. If not, you’re going to risk scope creep.

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7 Key Behaviors for Facilitating Productive Project Meetings

International Institute for Learning

Meetings are a reality of every industry and certainly for every project. A successfully facilitated meeting can add significant value to your meeting participants, your projects, and your organization. Leading and facilitating projects meetings that are productive and high-functioning doesn’t need to be challenging.

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Top challenges for project sponsors

Rebel’s Guide to PM

This is where there no assigned sponsor or there is an assigned sponsor but you have never met them or been able to meet them or they frequently miss meetings. It got to the point where he was reviewing work products line by line and I was having hour-long meetings with him morning and afternoon to review project status.

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Business Project Management Basics

ProjectManager.com

Strategic Projects A strategic project is new and tends to be innovative, such as a new product or service, though it could also be the opening of a new retail location, factory or branch office for the business. We haven’t talked much about risk management. Let’s take a moment to review them.

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Understanding What is Quantitative Risk Analysis

Project Pulse Journal

Shick, MSPM, PMP, CSM In the dynamic world of projects, risks are omnipresent. Every decision brings along its own set of uncertainties and complicated risks. Enter the realm of quantitative risk analysis. Essential tools such as Decision Trees and Monte Carlo Simulation enable thorough risk evaluations.

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Asana vs. Microsoft Project: In-Depth Comparison

ProjectManager.com

It also reduces the time writing emails, meetings and facilitates collaborative work. Manage Project Resources and Risks If you’re looking for risk management features on Asana, good luck. Teams can exchange files, which is helpful especially when working with distributed teams. Who Uses Asana?