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Lessons Learned in Project Management: A Quick Guide

ProjectManager.com

No project is wholly successful or a failure. Some aspects go well while others don’t. To ensure that the next project has fewer faults and more benefits, theres something in project management called lessons learned. Lets first define what lessons learned in project management means, then explain why they should be documented and how valuable information can be collected.

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Task Planning Made Easy: How AI Helps to Overcome FOTEK

Inloox

We have all been there: It is the beginning of a new project, and the the scope is not yet completely clear. Yet, you are supposed to present a rough plan with tasks, estimated effort und approximate deadlines the kick-off meeting. Then it suddenly hits you, the Fear Of The Empty Kanban , or FOTEK for short. Paralyzed, you stare at the empty Kanban board and dont really know where to start.

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How To Build A Project Scorecard

Rebel’s Guide to PM

A balanced scorecard is a way to monitor progress against a set of key, agreed measures. Companies typically have goals to focus on each year, such as revenue growth or health and safety targets. Its called a balanced scorecard because there are different measures on it and the company has to balance performance across the whole piece its no good having amazing customer satisfaction scores if your staff costs are spiralling out of control, for example.

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The Alignment-to-Value Pipeline: Building Products That Matter

Scrum.org

TL;DR: The Alignment-to-Value Pipeline Effective product development requires both strategic alignment and healthy Product Backlog management. Misalignment leads to backlog bloat, trust erosion, and building the wrong products. By implementing proper alignment tools, separating discovery from delivery, and maintaining appropriate backlog size (3-6 sprints), teams can build products that truly matter.

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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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Managing Equipment & Workforce Allocation in Environmental Projects

Ganttic

Environmental projects, whether focused on conservation, renewable energy, or pollution control, demand precise coordination of both workforce and equipment. Inefficient resource allocation can lead to delays, cost overruns, and environmental setbacks. That’s why organizations need an intelligent approach to resource management. What is Environmental Project Management?

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The Hardest Project of My Career (and What It Taught Me)

Brett Harned

Some of the most challenging projects, jobs, and relationships shape the way we move through life. They force us to grow, toughen up, and—if we’re lucky—walk away with some hard-earned wisdom. I’ve had plenty of these moments, both in and out of work. The kind that makes you question everything, push you to the edge, and somehow leave you standing stronger on the other side.

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Can AI Generate High-Quality Code?

Scrum.org

TL;DR: Key Takeaways from the Experiment AI-generated code functions but often lacks structure and clarity. Implementing Test-Driven Development (TDD) enhances readability, maintainability, and modularity. Even AI exhibits caution in refactoring without tests, mirroring human developer behaviour. This experiment indicates that while AI can produce functional code, applying TDD significantly improves its quality.

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Winning Before You Build: How Thoughtful Planning and Clear Communication Drive Profitable Projects

Clint Padgett – Project Success

Episode Information: During todays conversation, Clint discusses the challenges of communication in construction projects, emphasizing that software is a tool, not a solution. He highlights the pitfalls of one-way communication and the importance of conversations in solving problems. Clint also explores the impact of silos, avoidance of confrontation, and strategies for preparing for difficult discussions.

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Unlocking Your PMO Potential: The New and Improved PMO Competency Framework Assessment

House of PMO

Why the PMO Competency Assessment is More Than Just a Score Working in PMO todayrequires a broad range of knowledge, skills, and behaviours. To be successful, PMO professionals must demonstrate competence across multiple disciplines, from governance and stakeholder management to strategic alignment and delivery oversight. Ensuring that these competences are continuously developed is essential for both individual career progression and PMO improvements.

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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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How to Use an S-Curve in Project Management

ProjectManager.com

Projects reach a successful completion by planning, but a plan alone isnt enough to deliver on time and within budget. Costs, resources and performance must be tracked to ensure the actual effort aligns with the project plan. An S-curve is one tool that can help do that. To understand why, let’s first define an S-curve graph in project management.

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How the Roles of the Project Manager Drive Business Efficiency

Beyond the Chaos

A project can start with a solid plan, a skilled team, and clear goals. But without someone keeping things on track, even the best plans can fall apart. Tasks get delayed. Communication breaks down. Small problems turn into big setbacks. Thats where a project manager comes in. They do more than track deadlinesthey make sure work flows smoothly, teams stay aligned, and processes improve over time.

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Why ‘Repeat’ is the most powerful word in Scrum

Scrum.org

From the #Scrum Guide: "4. Repeat" (in the section Scrum Definition; in a nutshell: 1. 2. 3. ) From Cambridge Dictionary: "Repeat: to happen, or to do something more than once." The definition tells us to do something more than oncebut it does not say to do it the same way every time. A Scrum Team keeps repeating the same steps: Sprint Planning the necessary work and the Daily Scrum Sprint Review Sprint Retrospective.

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The Use of AI in Education and Corporate TrainingBy Dr. Andre Barcaui, Ph.D. and Dr. Leon Herszon, Ph.D.

International Institute for Learning

The Use of AI in Education and Corporate Training By Dr. Andre Barcaui, Ph.D. and Dr. Leon Herszon, Ph.D. Abstract This white paper is originally published in PM World Journal (ISSN: 2330-4480), Vol. XIV, Issue III March 2025. Artificial intelligence (AI) is fundamentally transforming the landscape of education and corporate training, by offering innovative methodologies, advanced tools, and opportunities for personalized and scalable learning.

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The Constructor's Digital Transformation Playbook: Reducing Risk With Technology

Speaker: Dylan Secrest

Construction projects are high-stakes operations where even minor inefficiencies can lead to costly delays, safety concerns, and budget overruns. Managing risk in construction has always been a challenge, but as projects grow in complexity, traditional methods no longer cut it. Enter Digital Transformation - a game changer approach that replaces inefficiency with AI-powered analytics, real-time monitoring, and automated workflows to proactively manage risk.

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The Leadership Crisis—And the Leaders Who Are Fixing It

Green Project Management

The world feels like its on a knifes edge. Wars rage. Global markets swing unpredictably. Political leaders stoke division instead of solving problems. Democracies, once seen as stable, now teeter as strongmen and populists rewrite the rules to serve themselves. Trust in institutionsgovernments, corporations, even the mediahas plummeted, and for good reason.

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How to Write a Problem Statement: Example & Template Included

ProjectManager.com

Getting from ones current state to the desired future requires understanding what needs to be done to get there. That is the basis of a problem statement, which is used in everything from project management to research projects. What is a problem statement and when should it be used? Well answer those questions and add what must be included. To help illustrate that, well offer problem statement examples and even a problem statement template that you can for yourself.

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Taking stock! How to identify and fill IT project talent skills gaps

Project Accelerator News

If I were to ask you what skills, presently, your IT project team has, could you open a skills matrix and show me? Could you articulate which skills your IT projects will need in 6 or 12 months? Could you align these with your current in-house talent? Do you know how frequently your organisation will need specific skill sets? STOCK TAKE A couple of years ago, in January, there was a story about London Zoo carrying out a stock take of all its animals.

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The Scrum Master Role is Misunderstood

Scrum.org

The role of the Scrum Master is often misunderstood. Its helpful to consider WHO were the early adopters? What was their interest in Scrum? What did they bring to the role of Scrum Master? Try to imagine 1995 through ~2005. It was common they had a well-established career. They had been a manager of teams for many years. They were likely to have founded a company of their own.

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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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Summary and review Dancing with change & fluidity

Henny Portman

In Dancing with Change & Fluidity From Organization to Organizing , author Hans (J.J.) Schnfeld immerses us in the world of fluidity. After reading this book, youll start seeing fluidity everywhere. Through five chapters, the book paints a comprehensive picture of fluidity. It begins by exploring how 23 philosophers, scientists, and artists have engaged with the concept.

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Reducing Customer Dissatisfaction with Workflow Efficiency

Beyond the Chaos

A frustrated customer rarely stays a customer for long. Delayed responses, missed details, or inefficient service can quickly turn trust into frustration. When workflows are disorganized, these issues add upleading to lost business and damaged relationships. And customers dont have much patiencestudies show that more than half will switch to a competitor after just one bad experience.

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The Economics of Project Management Certification

Velociteach

The project management training and certification market is multi-layered, complex, and dynamic. Project management training is not a standardized product. This article aims to provide data-supported context and analysis. The post The Economics of Project Management Certification appeared first on PMP Certification Exam Prep & Training - Velociteach.

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Milk Kanban

Pawel Brodzinski

When people say Kanban, they tend to think of a specific set of practices. Whiteboards & sticky notes (both almost universally virtual). Tasks moving through columns that represent workflow. Every now and then, WIP limits even. As often as we do it with other things, it reduces a broader principle to a set of oversimplified techniques, which, in turn, tend to underdeliver in many contexts.

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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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AQAL - A framework for Agile Leaders

Scrum.org

If you have come across the book Reinventing Organizations by F r ederic Laloux you would know that there are many different ways an organization can be structured. Similarly, there are many different ways how leaders act in these differently structured organizations. When there is an Agile Transformation happening in an organization, the status quo in the organization is challenged.

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New Toggl Track Reporting Experience: Simpler, More Powerful and Flexible (Coming Soon In Beta)

Teamweek

We are unifying the reporting experience within Toggl Track! Our goal is to provide deeper profitability and productivity analysis, greater flexibility in how you analyze data, and easy ways to customize reports you and your stakeholders need. Key Changes to Explore Reports are now organized into dedicated tabs: Summary, Detailed, Workload, Profitability , and My Reports.

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10 Common Budgeting Mistakes That Could Derail Your Project

Accidental PM

Budgeting is a critical component of successful projects. Whether you’re working on a small business initiative or a large-scale enterprise project, financial planning determines the viability and execution of your goals. However, many projects run into trouble due to budgeting mistakes, which can lead to delays, quality compromises, or even complete failure.

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Contingency plan: Definition, examples, and how to create one

Wrike

No matter how well you prepare, not all of the plans you make in your business will work out as you intended. Sometimes, youll be able to see an incident coming, such as a client quitting after theyve complained on multiple occasions. Other times, your plans might be derailed by something completely unexpected as we all found out during the pandemic.

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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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Why Project Management for Financial Services Teams Requires More Than Just Task Tracking

Workzone

Is Task Tracking Enough for Financial Services Teams? The financial services industry operates in a high-stakes, highly regulated environment where precision, compliance, and risk management are paramount. From banks and credit unions to insurance firms and investment companies, teams are juggling regulatory projects, multi-location marketing initiatives, IT system upgrades, and operational improvementsall with tight deadlines and strict compliance requirements.

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What Exactly do Iterative, Incremental, and Adaptive Mean?

Online PM Courses

Agile methods focus on small increments, iterative refinement, & adapting to circumstances. What do iterative, incremental, & adaptive mean? The post What Exactly do Iterative, Incremental, and Adaptive Mean? appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.

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The Empathetic Leadership - Part 3

Scrum.org

Let's continue from where we left in Part 2 of this blog Empathy is a powerful leadership trait, but being an empathetic leader isn't always easy or appreciated. Here are some soft truths and hard facts that empathetic leaders often face. #1 Soft Truth: Being empathetic makes you a better leader. Hard Fact: Being empathetic can make you unfavorable with top management.

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