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7 Reasons Why Multitasking Is Not the Answer

Rebel’s Guide to PM

This is a guest article by Kristy Dickerson from STARTplanner. Multitasking has been praised by many as the secret sauce to reaching success at record speeds. But over the years, that’s been dispelled. Studies aimed at disproving the claimed advantages of multitasking have popped up, urging the public to actually turn the process of multitasking inside out to see if it’s an ally or an enemy.

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Tips for taking over an active project

Kiron Bondale

I’ve written previously about the need for a project manager to proactively plan for a smooth transition if someone else will be assuming the role on one of their projects. Should you be fortunate enough to find yourself taking over from a project manager who has followed some of those suggestions, it will make your life easier. But often we don’t have that luxury.

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11 ways company politics can thwart your projects

Moira Alexander

Workplace politics are ultimately types of behaviors or actions injected into business situations that can complicate, impede, or derail progress altogether. Politics and its impact are often underestimated until it's too late. However you can mitigate the risk and the first step is to identify the type and level of political behaviors that might curtail the efforts of a project, program, portfolio, or even an entire organization.

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Perceptions on risk -- a perfect storm of problems.

Musings on Project Management

The messenger: “Unfortunately, my King … here I am, unwilling and unwanted … because I know that no one ever welcomes a bearer of bad news.” —Antigone by Sophocles, circa 442 BC The surprise: “It is pardonable to be defeated, but never to be surprised.” —Frederick, the Great Pedro C. Ribeiro, writing in ASK magazine for NASA, has a nice posting on risk perception.

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5 Ways You Can Win Faster with Gen AI in Sales

Incorporating generative AI (gen AI) into your sales process can speed up your wins through improved efficiency, personalized customer interactions, and better informed decision- making. Gen AI is a game changer for busy salespeople and can reduce time-consuming tasks, such as customer research, note-taking, and writing emails, and provide insightful data analysis and recommendations.

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Overcoming Noisy Communication

Rebel’s Guide to PM

This is a guest contribution from John Edmonds from pearcemayfield. Noise hinders communication. It’s so obvious that I hesitate to say it. But it is often something that is overlooked when we are planning communication activities with stakeholders. Noise, in communication terms, means any interference that makes it harder for the stakeholder to firstly receive, then interpret the message and its meaning.

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Definitive Guide to Collaborative Project Management

Binfire

Collaborative Project Management or CPM is the application of tools and processes to help employees working on projects to collaborate more effectively. It is not a separate or standalone Project Management methodology. It applies equally well to all project management methodologies like Agile, Lean, Waterfall and Hybrid. Collaborative project management is based on best practices for using tools and processes to tap into the collective knowledge of all employees.

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Advice for Project Managers: The Productivity Roller Coaster and Starting Projects too Soon

LiquidPlanner

Are you grappling with a stubborn project management work issue? Ask Elizabeth! Email your question to: marketingteam@liquidplanner.com. Anonymity included. Dear Elizabeth: I run a product team that responds to seasonal demands, and our output fluctuates. We have times when we’re very busy and then a couple of weeks where it’s slow. There’s always work to be done, but when demand ebbs, people’s productivity and engagement does as well.

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Getting It Together for Team Collaboration

Redbooth

You’d think with all of the technology we have at our fingertips, teams and projects would run as efficiently as the trains in Switzerland. Meetings would deliver fast, synchronized results. And we’d have time to just think. After all, we’re knowledge workers, right? Too many productivity tools can leave you feeling overwhelmed. That’s why we made Amium.

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SwiftKanban Feature Update – Jan 2017

Digite

Usually, the New Year comes with lots of new wishes and resolutions! The January edition of SwiftKanban brings joy and happiness by fulfilling some of your long pending wishes. Read on! To-Do Board. When you work on a bigger task, you can break it down by using child cards or to-do items (tasks within a card) in SwiftKanban. These help to break large work-items into smaller, manageable chunks of work, and then prioritize and deliver them on a regular basis.

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The 2nd Generation of Innovation Management: A Survival Guide

Speaker: Chris Townsend, VP of Product Marketing, Wellspring

Over the past decade, companies have embraced innovation with enthusiasm—Chief Innovation Officers have been hired, and in-house incubators, accelerators, and co-creation labs have been launched. CEOs have spoken with passion about “making everyone an innovator” and the need “to disrupt our own business.” But after years of experimentation, senior leaders are asking: Is this still just an experiment, or are we in it for the long haul?

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Free Twitter Followers to Upgrade Your Account! New tool

TimeCamp

Friday is time for partying! And nowadays so many people party with a drink in one hand, and smartphone in the other. Perhaps these days having fun is not as important, as showing to everyone that we are having fun… Instagram, Facebook, Twitter – all these social media websites are literally bursting with photos from all […].

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What Does the Fourth Industrial Revolution Look Like?

LiquidPlanner

The future is no longer on its way. It’s here. Take these recent news items, for example: Las Vegas just launched the first electric autonomous shuttle on American roads. Airbus announced that they’ll test the first autonomous flying taxi by the end of 2017. These are some of the cooler signs of the Fourth Industrial Revolution—powered by the radical technological advancements of AI, IoT, robotics, automation, quantum computing, biotechnology and more.

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Navigating a Sales and Marketing Pivot

Redbooth

Sales & Marketing Management, a leading media source for reaching sales and marketing decision-makers, recently published an article written by our own Jeff Harrell, vice president of marketing. The article, Deconstructing Sales for Go-to-Market Success , tells the inside story of how AeroFS pivoted its sales strategy when Amium was introduced. The article describes our process of navigating a significant change in product direction and how it affected sales—as well as other groups within th

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PMP Exam Strategies: How to Guess

Velociteach

So you’ve finished Velociteach’s Project Management Professional (PMP) ® mobile prep course on InSite, completed dozens of practice tests, and worked through materials like Andy Crowe’s The PMP Exam: How to Pass on Your First Try. After all your efforts, you’re confident that you can answer every question the PMP exam will throw at you… […] The post PMP Exam Strategies: How to Guess appeared first on PMP Certification Exam Prep & Training - Velociteach.

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Unlock The Blueprint: How To Construct A Better Payment Workflow

Speaker: Timothy Allsopp

Payment challenges often lead to delayed projects, financial bottlenecks, and strained relationships. With construction projects becoming more complex, outdated processes are no longer sustainable. By refining financial workflow, companies can improve cash flow, reduce error, and foster trust between stakeholders. Discover practical strategies for redesigning payment systems to overcome workflow challenges while creating a smoother, more reliable process for contractors and subcontractors alike.

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Cone of Uncertainty - Part Cinq

Herding Cats

The notion of the Cone of Uncertainty has been around for awhile. Barry Boehm's work in “Software Engineering Economics”. Prentice-Hall, 1981. The poster below is from Steve McConnell's site and makes several things clear. The Cone is a project management framework describing the uncertainty aspects of estimates (cost and schedule) and other project attributes (cost, schedule, and technical performance parameters).

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Announcing the launch of the Resource Guru – Zapier integration

Resource Guru

We’re excited to announce the launch of our official integration with Zapier! It’s now possible to connect Resource Guru to hundreds of your favourite apps, including Gmail, Slack, Office 365, Basecamp, Asana, and Salesforce, giving you the chance to automate some of your most repetitive and time-consuming tasks. About Zapier / How it works. Zapier is a tool that connects web apps through “Zaps” – automated workflows that are simple to create and allow you to pass data from one application

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Managing millennials: A project manager’s guide

The Digital Project Manager

What you’ve been told about managing millennials is wrong. Unless you’ve had your head stuck in the sand, you’re probably seen ‘that’ video from Simon. The post Managing millennials: A project manager’s guide appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.

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4 Science-Backed Reasons Your Team Is Dysfunctional | TeamGantt Blog

TeamGantt

Is your team dysfunctional? We cover four common causes of team dysfunction and how to overcome them.

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15 Modern Use Cases for Enterprise Business Intelligence

Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?

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5 Amazing Tive Travel Movies

TimeCamp

The weekend is closing in and while some of you will probably hit the city, go to a pub or club, meet with friends. However, many of you will decide to stay at home, relax, spend time with your family, perhaps watch a movie? As promised, we are dedicating one entry per week to entertainment. […].

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New PMP Exam & PMBOK Guide 6th Edition – Get PMP Certified in 2017

PM by PM

3 Reasons To Do PMP Before New PMP Exam & PMBOK Guide 6th Edition Did you take a New Year resolution to become PMP certified in 2017? If your answer is ‘No’ then you should add PMP certification to your list of priorities before the new PMP exam comes into effect. If your answer is […]. The post New PMP Exam & PMBOK Guide 6th Edition – Get PMP Certified in 2017 appeared first on PM-by-PM.

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When you have to take on someone else’s project half way through

The Digital Project Manager

Taking over someone else’s project half way through – is it ever not like a big, fat punch in the noggin? The post When you have to take on someone else’s project half way through appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.

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Trust

The Tao of Project Management

One thing I have observed over the years is that a wise project manager does not spend all his time talking about problems and issues. He gets on and does something about them and only speaks when it is necessary. He demonstrates what needs to be done by his behaviour rather than by what he does. The poor project manager tries to impress his team and project stakeholders by talking about what he is doing, but it carries little weight.

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10 Ways to Leverage Buyer Signals and Drive Revenue

In today’s ultra-competitive markets, it’s no longer enough to wait for buyers to show obvious signs of interest. Instead, sales teams must be proactive, identifying and acting on nuanced buyer behaviors — often before prospects are fully ready to make a purchase. In this eBook from ZoomInfo & Sell Better, learn 10 actionable ways to use these buyer signals to transform your sales strategy and close deals faster.

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5 Top Productivity Podcasts for a Better 2017!

TimeCamp

We keep hearing from all sides the promises to make us more successful. Within the last decade, lots of the people who define themselves as “coaches” have appeared, many websites providing life management tips were launched too. Unfortunately, some of them are not backed by the expertise and their productivity lessons are just made of […].

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Quote of the Day

Herding Cats

It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority. ― Benjamin Franklin. Think of this when you hear someone say protesting is a waste of time, just be quite and aspect the situation you are in.

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Using SharePoint for Project Management – An Overview

Brightwork

Microsoft SharePoint is an amazing collaborative platform that can be easily configured to provide a more coordinated environment to track and manage a project with your team. One of the biggest benefits of using SharePoint for project management is that each project site can be set up to match and expose your project management processes. We’ll see what this looks like and how you might get started in this blog.

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Use Your Real Time Business Chat Program to Buckle Down AND Crack Up

Redbooth

A Comprehensive Chat Program Should Let You Be You. Luckily, real time chat programs are now part of our daily work lives. With chat, if something urgent comes up we can grab someone’s attention without disrupting a meeting. Business chat programs give remote teams the ability to huddle and make a game plan with real-time conversations. But teams are made up of people and people are not “all work, all the time” Sharing a laugh, giving praise, and hanging out in the break room m

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Prepare Now: 2025s Must-Know Trends For Product And Data Leaders

Speaker: Jay Allardyce, Deepak Vittal, Terrence Sheflin, and Mahyar Ghasemali

As we look ahead to 2025, business intelligence and data analytics are set to play pivotal roles in shaping success. Organizations are already starting to face a host of transformative trends as the year comes to a close, including the integration of AI in data analytics, an increased emphasis on real-time data insights, and the growing importance of user experience in BI solutions.

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How To Make First Steps Towards Remote Work?

TimeCamp

The world is constantly changing. We used to wake up in the morning and after a quick breakfast with coffee get into the car or catch a bus and go to work. Of course, we could also take a walk there or ride a bike, which we really recommend – green Earth is better Earth […].

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Why is creativity good for you?

Stepping Into Project Management

Experts argue that getting into a state of flow can produce substantial happiness, the kind that lasts longer than the pleasure we get from eating a good cookie. According to Matthew Swan, MA, Registered Art Therapist, “Through creativity, we often find answers to our problems.” He says when we’re stuck, it helps if we can step outside the box and find another way of doing something.

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How to Travel Around the World While Working?

TimeCamp

As promised, we bring to you a continuation of the previous post about the remote work. If you comply with the rules we proposed in that article, you should in about a week or two (maximum a month) be able to work remotely without getting distracted. This is very important because if you have trouble focusing […].