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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. Projects usually require project management practices to help them get delivered.

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Identifying Customer Desires: The Role of a Need Analysis

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Surveys, focus groups, and online research are common methods employed in need analysis. Surveys can be distributed, focus groups can be conducted, and online research can be carried out to collect a wide range of data. For example, a clothing retailer may conduct a need analysis to understand the preferences of their target market.

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Bridging the Divide: Understanding Gap Analysis and Its Importance

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Implementing and monitoring progress: Implement the action plan and regularly monitor its progress. Also carry out external assessments, such as market research, competitor analysis, and customer feedback surveys. A clothing retailer may analyze customer feedback and identify gaps in their product offerings.

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Setting boundaries: How Havas CX Canada encourages work-life balance for its employees

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Part of Havas’s senior leadership team, he builds, monitors, and improves processes to ensure the business runs smoothly. Listening to employee needs Every year, Havas runs a company-wide survey that includes both specific and open-ended questions. Amirreza Farhadi is the Associate VP of Operations at Havas CX Canada. Farhadi explains.

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Boosting Customer Insights through Empathy Maps

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Let’s say you’re a clothing retailer targeting both men and women. This can be achieved through various methods such as surveys, focus groups, interviews, and social media monitoring. Surveys: Collect quantitative data and gather insights into customers’ preferences, buying habits, and satisfaction levels.

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Empowering Business with Apps: A Definitive Guide

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According to a survey by Statista, the number of mobile app downloads worldwide reached over 258 billion in 2022, up by more than 80% from 141 billion in 2016. From retail giants to small startups, everyone is jumping on the app bandwagon. Why Businesses are Turning to Apps Businesses are turning to apps for a multitude of reasons.

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The Ultimate Guide to Conducting Comprehensive Effectiveness Assessments

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A retail organization may track metrics such as sales revenue, customer satisfaction, and inventory turnover, while a manufacturing company may focus on metrics like production efficiency, quality control, and supply chain performance. This involves gathering the necessary data through interviews, surveys, and other data collection methods.