The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 30, 2024

By The PMO Squad October 30, 2024 Strategic planning is a pivotal moment for organizations, providing an opportunity to review, assess market conditions, and set a course for the coming year. It’s a time when leadership aligns on vision, goals, and key priorities. As strategic planning kicks off, it’s crucial for project delivery teams to come prepared with insights that will help shape the organization’s project delivery roadmap.

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ProductSide

OCTOBER 30, 2024

The Out-of-Control Episode Good evening, my dear product managers… Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the backlog… (sinister chuckle) they’ve returned. Yes, our product management nightmares are back, and this time, they’ve spiraled deliciously out of control. Welcome, brave souls, to another collection of tales that haunt our noble profession.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Professional services apply to a wide range of industries. The professional services industry is large and to better understand it, we define the term and provide examples of professional services firms. Along the way, we explore the key challenges to the professional services industry and even link to a few free templates for professional services firms to help those in those industries.

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Online PM Courses

OCTOBER 30, 2024

What are Business Transformation & Transformation Leadership? Tony Lockwood, author of The Transformation Leaders Body of Knowledge tells us. The post The Transformation Leaders Body of Knowledge Interview with Tony Lockwood appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.

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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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PM That Works

OCTOBER 30, 2024

In today’s competitive landscape, prioritizing the right projects is critical to success. With so many factors to consider—ROI, strategic alignment, risk, and resource availability—keeping a balanced and optimized portfolio can seem daunting. Enter AI, a powerful tool that can support project managers in making data-driven decisions, ranking projects based on potential impact, and continuously adapting as conditions change.

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Lodgify

OCTOBER 30, 2024

We love spooky season here at Lodgify, but when it comes to your vacation rental software, there’s no room for anything remotely scary or worry-inducing. So, as always, we’ve been hard at work this October conjuring up new features and updates that will bring you nothing but peace of mind. Grab your pumpkin spice lattes and let’s dive into the latest spells updates that will elevate your rental game this Halloween and beyond!

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Celoxis

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Discover how Celoxis’ project management software optimizes portfolio planning, prioritization & risk management, fostering strategic alignment and efficiency.

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Lodgify

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Summary: Recent data reveals that U.S. bookings for winter holidays made 0-7 days before arrival tend to have lower prices, challenging the traditional notion that early bookings are always better. The holiday season is upon us, and you know what that means: Time to start making your plans for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Eve. If any of these plans involve a trip or even a vacation rental for a staycation, you may be under the impression that booking earlier will save you money.

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Celoxis

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Maximize ROI with resource planning software. Streamline resource management, enhance efficiency & drive business success through strategic allocation.

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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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Management Yogi

OCTOBER 30, 2024

The Certified In Practical Scaled Agile (CIPSA) is a very simple framework with hands-on applicability and full demonstrative usage of scaling using either Scrum or Kanban at the team level. In this post, I’ll outline the CIPSA Framework in a clock view.The CIPSA Framework ClockThe below figure informs the CIPSA Framework Clock, or simply, the CIPSA Clock.

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Celoxis

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Maximize ROI with resource planning software. Streamline resource management, enhance efficiency & drive business success through strategic allocation.

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ProductSide

OCTOBER 30, 2024

The Out-of-Control Episode Good evening, my dear product managers… Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the backlog… (sinister chuckle) they’ve returned. Yes, our product management nightmares are back, and this time, they’ve spiraled deliciously out of control. Welcome, brave souls, to another collection of tales that haunt our noble profession.

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Wrike

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Project delivery isn’t just the handover at the end of a successful project; it’s all the steps that lead up to it. Guides to project delivery often include long lists of job roles, task checklists, and corporate jargon about the best way to approach the steps. Here, we’re giving you the information you really need to get started — whatever type of project you have lined up.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 30, 2024

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The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 30, 2024

With Guest Mathieu Maggi hosted by Dr. Leon Herszon: October 30, 2024 Join the “Inside Stories” podcast with Dr. Leon Herszon as he interviews Mathieu Maggi, a strategic program manager at a leading global automotive company. Mathieu shares his journey in managing complex projects and the company’s recent agile transformation. Discover how they overcame challenges, achieved faster time-to-market, and the critical role of mindset and stakeholder engagement in driving success.

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Binfire

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Businesses are under immense pressure to quickly deliver high-quality software. This urgency has fundamentally transformed quality assurance and testing approaches , driving a significant shift toward automation. As companies strive to meet tight deadlines without compromising on software quality, the reliance on test automation tools is becoming more critical than ever, reshaping industry standards and expectations.

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The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 30, 2024

By Rick Lemieux October 30, 2024 Integrating pre- and post-assessment within cybersecurity awareness training is a strategic imperative that significantly enhances its effectiveness. By gauging employees’ baseline knowledge and behavioral tendencies before training, organizations can tailor their programs to address specific gaps and prioritize areas requiring focused attention.

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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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Resource Guru

OCTOBER 30, 2024

I spent a large part of my third week at Resource Guru sharing my take on the company strategy with its co-founders. And I’m just a content writer. How? With the help of our annual employee retreat—the Guru Gathering. What’s a Guru Gathering? The Resource Guru team is distributed far and wide. If you take the two teammates furthest from each other and calculate the distance between their desks, it’s roughly 1,900 miles.

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NimbleWork

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Out-of-Office (OOO) messages are more than just status updates—they are a courtesy that helps manage expectations and smooths out communication gaps. With the rise of flexible work schedules, remote work, and diverse leave policies, having a comprehensive collection of Out-of-Office (OOO) message templates for different scenarios can save time and ensure consistency.

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