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The Ultimate Guide To Enterprise Project Management

Proofhub

In these turbulent times, there is hardly any industry that isn’t struggling while trying to adjust to the social distancing norms enforced to prevent the spread of COVID19. Enterprises around the globe are also facing a unique set of challenges. The biggest one amongst these challenges is to ensure that every employee has access to the right set of tools while working remotely so that the business operation remains unaffected.

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Project Management Career Tips

Rebel’s Guide to PM

I recently spoke with Anna of Women in PM Network on Clubhouse about project management career tips. These are the notes from that conversation. What do you think of the Google certification? Wendy @woshifodunrin asked about the Google certification. Anna recommends it. Lydiah @lkimberly1 also shared her experience of taking the course and was positive about it too.

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Benefits Management for Projects: How to Make a Benefits Management Plan

ProjectManager.com

A project is a vehicle to deliver benefits to their stakeholders. These benefits include improved quality, reduced cost of production, better customer service, increased customer retention and so on. Identifying, describing and measuring these benefits is called benefits management. Having a benefits management plan lets project managers maximize these outcomes for the organization and stakeholders, and it’s part of any successful project management plan.

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Four Scrum Master Success Principles

Scrum.org

Contrary to popular belief, the Scrum Master success principles are tangible, when we guide the analysis with an outside perspective. Read on and discover four Scrum Master success principles: From when not to use Scrum to product quality to supporting the Product Owner to putting self-management at the center. ?? Shall I notify you about articles like this one?

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State of AI in Sales & Marketing 2025

AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.

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Most Googled Methodologies: The Surge In Agile During COVID

The Digital Project Manager

The post Most Googled Methodologies: The Surge In Agile During COVID appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.

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Time and Materials Contract: When to Use One & Best Practices

ProjectManager.com

There are two ways owners can pay for work done on a project. One is by a fixed price, where a contract defines what will be done and sets a specific and final price for that work. If the team takes too long to complete their tasks or requires more materials than outlined in the contract, they eat those costs. The other is a time and materials contract.

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Gold-Plating Beyond Done — Making Your Scrum Work #7

Scrum.org

TL; DR: Gold-Plating Beyond Done. There are plenty of failure possibilities with Scrum. Given that Scrum is a framework with a reasonable yet short “manual,” this effect should not surprise anyone. However, creating Product Increments that “over-deliver” in scope or quality — also known as gold-plating — with regard to the previous refinement agreement demonstrates that the Developers need to acquire a more entrepreneurial mindset and embrace their responsibility.

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How To Adapt Agile And Kanban For Remote Teams

The Digital Project Manager

The post How To Adapt Agile And Kanban For Remote Teams appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.

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Top 6 Tools To Use For Internal Communication In 2021

nTask

Working at an office and remote employment, both require effective means of communication for efficient collaboration between teams and team members. Internal communication tools are a must to have unadulterated and smooth communication, without any hiccups. A company’s success is heavily dependent on its cooperation between its various units. The departments work like gears of a machine, any disruption in the working of these gears puts an organization into overdrive.

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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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Arrow Diagrams for Projects: Activity on Node & Activity on Arrow Examples

ProjectManager.com

This is the first step towards building a viable project schedule is organizing activities. One way to do it is by using a network diagram. This is a tool for visualizing activities over the course of the entire project. There are two main types of network diagrams: the arrow diagram and precedence diagramming. Let’s take a look at the former, also called activity on node or activity on arrow.

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YDS: When Does UAT Happen in Scrum?

Scrum.org

On today’s episode of YOUR DAILY SCRUM: When does UAT happen in Scrum? Today's question is all about User Acceptance Testing (UAT). UAT is an anti-pattern in Scrum. There.we said it. It's just a bad idea. You're creating a phase gate that makes your agile practices look a lot like a waterfall. All of this and more are discussed in today's episode of Your Daily Scrum with Todd Miller and Ryan Ripley.

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How to Become an Agile Project Manager?

Agilemania

The foremost objective of agile project management is the systematic and frequent execution of valuable steps. These were brought into existence through collaborative planning and adaptation of ideas collectively by the team. This process often results in the development of minor conflicts within the team. Such problems are capable of affecting the bigger picture of the project.

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How To Use The KonMari Method For Efficient Project Management?

nTask

Netflix’s 2019 series Tidying Up with Marie Kondo gave birth to our inner organizer, our very own Marie Kondo. The series was not only a commercial success but also gave rise to a whole movement of the systemic organization. The infamous KonMari method hooked us all and sucked us into this whirlpool of organization and micromanagement. People promptly started incorporating the method in their lives to create more space and get rid of the unwanted.

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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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Contract Management: Understanding the Contract Lifecycle

ProjectManager.com

Managing a project is complex. Project managers are trained to plan schedules and allocate resources to meet deadlines and stay within budgets. But once you’re contracting with people outside of your organization, the legal and logistic issues can be overwhelming. Companies employ contract managers to manage this often-complicated contract process. While not every organization has a contract manager, everyone who is leading a project that employees vendors and contractors needs to have an unders

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Winning Office Politics – 3 tips that Scrum Masters can use

Scrum.org

The term Office politics is taboo for many professionals, as it is pervasive at any workplace. To put it simply, workplace politics centres on differences within employees at the workplace, differences in views and opinions, conflicts on various interests and perspectives, etc. Everything boils down to communications and relations in-between humans. .

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Why I Quit Coffee and What It Did for Productivity

Teamweek

Nothing has ever awakened my senses more than the sweet aroma of coffee. Who can resist the cocoa flavor, nutty texture, and overall “happy feeling” you get when you take your first sip? . Not many. For hundreds of years, coffee has spread its rich flavor around the globe—so much that many of us can’t live without it. In a survey of 2,199 Americans, 62% of them agreed that they “cannot function” without a cup of joe.

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How to Maintain Document Version Control on Your Project | Video

Online PM Courses

On a project, we can end up in all sorts of trouble, if we have multiple versions of the same document. So, we need document version control. The post How to Maintain Document Version Control on Your Project | Video appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.

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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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The Best 6 Tools For The Maintenance Of A Positive Remote Work Culture

nTask

Shifting to remote work requires some changes in the working environment. Remote work culture demands constant monitoring and real-time communication for efficient working. Making sure that all the team members are working efficiently and there is no lag in the work progress are some of the things a manager has to take care of. Remote work , although relatively new, has become the new norm.

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Returning organization back to the present

Scrum.org

We’ll go walking out. While others shout. Of war disaster. Oh, we won’t give in. Let’s go living in the past. Jethro Tull – Living in the Past. Does an organization live in the present or in the past? This question was prompted by Samo Burja’s tweet. The answer seems obvious: of course in the present! Right now we are in the office, developers are developing, managers are managing, directors are directing.

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How To Create A Website Project Plan: A Step-by-Step Guide

Teamweek

Planning is critical to most work, including web design. Without a website project plan, you’ll have a website that yields poor results, disappoints clients, and frustrates the development team. This article will help you plan web design projects so you can deliver them successfully. Here’s what you’ll learn: Why do you need a website project plan? How to plan a website project?

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Interviewed by Yu Yanjuan for PMR (China)

Henny Portman

Honored to be interview by Yu Yanjuan, Journalist of Project Management Review (PMR, China). The interview is republished with the permission of PMR in the PM World Journal (PMWJ). To see the original interview with Chinese introduction, visit PMR at [link]. PMR (2021). Agile is a Mindset: Interview with Henny Portman; Project Management Review ; republished in the PM World Journal , Vol.

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The GTM Intelligence Era: ZoomInfo 2025 Customer Impact Report

ZoomInfo customers aren’t just selling — they’re winning. Revenue teams using our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform grew pipeline by 32%, increased deal sizes by 40%, and booked 55% more meetings. Download this report to see what 11,000+ customers say about our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform and how it impacts their bottom line. The data speaks for itself!

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Why Agile Transformation Fails | TriAgile 2021

Leading Agile

[link]. This is Mike Cottmeyer's talk from TriAgile 2021 on Why Agile Transformation Fails.

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Dangerous Assumptions About Your Customers ??

Scrum.org

Your team most likely is making a lot of assumptions. In a complex world, they have to. Whatever we do, we first have to make some assumptions. But there are two key things to take into account: Are you gathering the information from your actual (or future) customers to help you make assumptions? Do you validate your assumptions before proceeding? As a Scrum Master your role is to help your team navigate complexity by following Agile values and principles.

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Improving Project Performance through Capacity Planning

PM Times

What defines a project’s success? An ideal scenario would be when the project deliverables meet the client’s expectations and are completed within time and budget. However, it is not as easy as it sounds. Project managers need to meticulously plan every nitty-gritty and track the performance at every level to come out successful. As Thomas […].

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Course Comparison: RMP 30 Contact Hours Vs. RMP Live Lessons

Management Yogi

After availability of two new courses on Risk Management Professional (RMP) exam - RMP 30 Contact Hours Online and RMP Live Lessons, I’ve been getting these two questions from aspiring PMI-RMPs. These are important and pertinent questions.Which course to go for RMP - RMP 30 Contact Hours or RMP Live Lessons? What are the differences?Do note that both these courses are unique and are ONLY such.

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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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The Virtuous Cycle of Trust and Influence

Leading Agile

In today’s environment, organizations are striving for business Agility, or else they risk being put out of business. This makes it imperative that Business and IT work together in a solid partnership based on trust. It is not a tenable position to say ‘just trust us’ when the conditions necessary to build trustworthy systems and teams are non-existent. .

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Cómo obtener tu primer trabajo de Scrum Master o Agile Coach

Scrum.org

Últimamente, el alcance del líder del cambio, ya te consideres Scrum Master o Agile Coach ha tocado las alturas, y todas las demás personas quieren poner sus manos en esto. Este artículo te va a ayudar a obtener tu primer trabajo de Scrum Master. Tu primer trabajo de Scrum Master. Sin duda, el rol de Scrum Master o Agile Coach está en el centro de atención de todo el mundo y también ha sido nombrada una de las 10 carreras laborales más prometedoras.

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Webinar Recap: Project Performance Measurement – Part 2: What to Measure and How to Report

MPUG

Please find below a transcription of the audio portion of Fletcher Hearn’s session, Project Performance Measurement – Part 2: What to Measure and How to Report, being provided by MPUG for the convenience of our members. You may wish to use this transcript for the purposes of self-paced learning, searching for specific information, and/or performing a quick review of webinar content.