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How to write an executive summary stakeholders will love

Planio

According to some estimates , PMs spend 90% of their time communicating with team members, sponsors, and stakeholders. Easier to share information with teams and stakeholders. The recommendation For a problem-based executive summary, provide a recommendation from the project team on how to solve it and why you recommend this option.

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Creating the Conditions for High-Performance Development Teams

Leading Agile

Solid technical practices and your full-stack developer’s software craftsmanship are also limited by the conditions inside your organization. A couple weeks ago we did a recording session with Chris Beale, who is one of our most senior executive consultants, runs a lot of our large enterprise class engagements. Thank you very much.

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Skills Of A CEO – Within Reach Of A Strategic PM?

The Strategic Project Manager

While CEO’s can sometimes have a bad reputation in terms of politics and ethics, most – and the best – really do not. They need to inspire, motivate, and guide their teams toward a shared vision while fostering a positive and productive work culture. A career in strategy can certainly be a good one.

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How to hire remote developers (with free remote job description template)

Planio

As Steve Jobs famously put it, a small team of A+ players can run circles around a giant team of B and C players. Jump to a section: How to hire remote developers (and other teammates) in 10 steps. Step 1: Decide if it’s the right time to hire remote developers. But getting them to join your team is a skill on its own.

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Is JIRA a Counterproductive Project Management Software In Today’s Market?

nTask

Team managers are able to create a schedule of tasks for others to follow. A certain extent of these users doesn’t hesitate from bad mouthing the project management tool’s reputation in the online world. Many team leaders were of the view that JIRA has the tenacity to slow progress, instead of the other way around.

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Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

Risk Management is essential for development and production programs. Risk issues that can be identified early in the program, which will potentially impact the program later, termed Known Unknowns and can be alleviated with good risk management. Effective Risk Management 2 nd Edition , Edmund Conrow, AIAA, 2003.

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8 Steps to Build and Manage a Remote Engineering Team

Planio

But like anything that seems too good to be true, hiring a remote engineering team is filled with potential issues and downsides. And despite technology making us feel closer than ever, there’s still a disconnect and a level of risk when you’re talking to someone thousands of miles away from you.