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Ultimate Guide to Digital Marketing Project Management: Best Practices, Benefits, and Helpful Templates

GanttPRO Project Management

Digital marketing projects play a significant role in the strategies of many businesses since they help tell product stories and attract new clients. Effective digital marketing project management ensures alignment […] The post Ultimate Guide to Digital Marketing Project Management: Best Practices, Benefits, and Helpful Templates first appeared on GanttPRO Project Management Blog.

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Breaking down the P5 Standard for Sustainability in Project Management: Training and Qualification

Green Project Management

Training and qualification are crucial for ongoing development and project success. At GPM, Training and Qualification is an element under the “Labor Practices and Decent Work” category in the P5 Standard, and it is an important one. According to the P5 Standard, practices for Training and qualification that project team members have the necessary skills […] The post Breaking down the P5 Standard for Sustainability in Project Management: Training and Qualification appeared fir

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The Power of Adaptability: Why Defining Requirements Up Front Doesn't Align with Scrum

Scrum.org

In the realm of agile methodologies, Scrum stands as a guiding beacon, promoting flexibility, collaboration, and incremental progress. Central to Scrum is the delivery of value in small, usable increments. The purpose of every Sprint is to deliver a done increment that meets the Sprint goal. For this reason, defining requirements up front is not compatible with Scrum, because Scrum teams don’t deliver value in one “big bang”.

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Where There’s a Widget, There’s a Way: Overcoming Real Life Project Management Challenges

MPUG

Microsoft Project is an effective tool for supporting project management activities in most organizations. However, many project managers will come up against limitations with Project in its basic form at some point in their career, and perhaps more often than not. Project Widgets has built our business by developing and widely implementing several solutions that significantly extend Microsoft Project’s capabilities by addressing real life project management challenges.

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Toward a Unified Project Management Understanding

The objective of this research is to dispel misunderstandings about crucial project management terms and their definitions. It aims to accurately place these terms and facilitate a comprehensive global understanding of their meanings.

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Why Agile Engineering Practices in Software Development Are Essential to Achieve Agility

Scrum.org

In the Oxford Diary, the word agility is defined as the ability to move quickly and easily. It is therefore understandable that many people relate agility to speed. Which I think is unfortunate. I much prefer the description from Sheppard and Young, two academics in the field of sports science, who proposed a new definition of agility within the sports science community as, A rapid whole body movement with change of velocity or direction in response to a stimulus[1].

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How Scrum Masters can guide the transition from a traditional approach to Scrum

Scrum.org

Join the Mastering Agility Discord community! Organizations don't change overnight. Going from for instance waterfall to Scrum is a complicated process, with lots of people involved. Scrum Masters can be the right people to support this transition. Understanding the 8 choices of a Scrum Master, or the 6 Six Stances, helps Scrum Masters in their approach to facilitate this challenging process.

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New Book for PfMP Exam Prep: I Want To Be A PfMP, The Plain and Simple Way to be a PfMP

Management Yogi

It gives me a lot of pleasure in announcing the public availability of the book for Portfolio Management Professional (PfMP®) examination preparation:'I WANT TO BE A PfMP - The Plain and Simple Way to be A PfMP'.The PfMP certification is the highest-level certification offered by Project Management Institute (PMI®).

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Should management be excluded from the Sprint Retrospective?

Scrum.org

Join the Mastering Agility Discord community! What if management has something important to share with the Scrum Team that they should improve? Or what if the Scrum Team wants to discuss something with management during the Sprint Retrospective? The Scrum Guide doesn't say anything about it. So what are your options? Find out in this video discussion.

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Marketing project management: Everything you need to know

Planio

As much as product and marketing teams don’t always see eye-to-eye, the two departments ultimately have a symbiotic relationship. Without a good product, even the best marketing campaigns will fall flat. And without good marketing, even great products will eventually disappear into obscurity. But there’s a problem. According to a 2022 study , 40–60% of marketing budgets were wasted due to inefficiency, poor communication, and misaligned productivity tools.

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Navigating the Future: Generative AI, Application Analytics, and Data

Generative AI is upending the way product developers & end-users alike are interacting with data. Despite the potential of AI, many are left with questions about the future of product development: How will AI impact my business and contribute to its success? What can product managers and developers expect in the future with the widespread adoption of AI?

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Discover a Rising Star: Simple Asset Manager Shines Bright at Finances Online Awards

Admation

In a world driven by digitalization, the management of assets has become a pivotal task for businesses of all sizes. With the surge in digital content, challenges in overseeing valuable digital assets have grown more intricate, demanding innovative solutions. Among these solutions, one outstanding performer has taken center stage - Simple Asset Manager.

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Episode 183 –  My Team is Self-Organizing, What am I Supposed to Do? Agile Teams and the PM’s Role

Velociteach

The podcast by project managers for project managers. How can agile project managers create conditions for self-organizing teams to thrive? In the agile world of a self-organizing team, the trend is to empower the team so the individuals doing the work can make decisions. So, what role do project managers play? Hear about the three responsibilities of the new agile leader and some important skills to level up in order to lead an agile project.

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From Opportunity to Project Scope: Bridging the Gap for Successful Project Delivery

MPUG

Introduction Organizations often strive for agility and quick decision-making in the fast-paced business world. In pursuit of these objectives, a common challenge arises – sales personnel taking on some project manager responsibilities at the start of a project. While the intent may be to expedite project initiation and meet customer demands, this practice can lead to significant pitfalls that hinder project success.

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Marketing vs Advertising: The Differences Explained

UPQODE

In today’s fast-paced business landscape, effective communication and promotion are essential for any company’s success. Two key components of this promotional effort are marketing and advertising. While these terms are often used interchangeably, they represent distinct strategies and tactics within the broader realm of promoting products and services.

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Understand Digital Debt, Form a Team, Set Goals, and Plan Roadmap for Transformation

Understanding digital debt is crucial before digital transformation. Assemble a team to assess internal operations, market pressures, and digital debt's impact. Define future digital vision with measurable goals. Refine hypotheses and conduct market analysis. Develop a roadmap for transformation with defined projects, cost estimates, and governance.