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Henry Gantt’s Biography & Role in Gantt Chart History

ProjectManager.com

He’s best remembered for the tool that bears his name and his works in the development of what’s called scientific management. While Gantt charts are named after Henry Gantt, the first Gantt chart was developed by Karol Adamiecki, a Polish engineer, in the mid-1890s.

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30 Team Building Activities

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Teams don’t just come together and click into well-oiled productivity machines, at least not always. There’s often a period of time when the team members have to get to know one another and develop a rapport. In other words, every team can find value in team-building exercise. Objective: Develop listening skills.

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How To Base Your Beliefs About Agile On Evidence

Scrum.org

This post is for anyone who wants to inspire, change or influence others through their efforts as professionals, with emphasis on the latter. What is the optimal size of a team? Should teams be stable over at least several years, or is it a good idea they change at will? How should leadership interact with autonomous teams?

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Topic Ideas and How to Succeed with Your Creative Agency Blog

Function Point

Now that you are hopefully convinced that it is worthwhile to start producing content online to highlight your expertise, we will present some key success factors that will help you develop a successful blogging strategy. Develop a content strategy: Make sure your content strategy aligns with your agency’s goals and values.

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6 Keys to Strategically Positioning your Creative Agency for Success

Function Point

Most creative agencies are very poor at bringing in new business for themselves. It is kind of ironic that agencies aren’t great at this, especially when you take into consideration that analyzing and developing client strategic plans is often on the list of what creative agencies offer and do well for their clients.

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3 Biggest Causes Of Project Failure

Ganttic

Regardless, what happened wasn’t solely the case of poor risk management. It was also the case of poor communication. 30% of projects fail because of inadequate or poor communication. That’s why every project team member has to follow the rules set by project communications plans. Every time. Make collaboration a norm.

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Some Seasonal Readings from Lynne Cazaly

Lynne Cazaly

Read more in this Work Design Magazine article by Cynthia Milota and Jinger Tapia Move think rest New ways of working don’t just change businesses. Look deeper and you can begin to redesign the way you think, the way you interact or collaborate and work with others and the way you lead a team. So it's possible.

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