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Smart Manufacturing: Examples & Benefits

ProjectManager.com

Is your smartphone really that intelligent or is it just an example of advanced technology? Not that there’s anything wrong with being technologically advanced. Smart manufacturing is the same thing; it’s a way to produce better with emerging technologies. The goal is to increase the efficiency of manufacturing processes.

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7 Hidden dangers of project management (Or why even well-planned projects sometimes fail)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Merging required some major organizational changes such as introducing new technology, creating a new management team and alternation in business processes and policies. They were unable to adapt to upgraded technology and modern methods which, eventually caused the company to throw in the towel.

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The 7 Habits of Successful Project Managers

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Following the Project Process. Let’s not get into which project process. Once you’ve done that, you’ll follow that process – adapting it, of course, as necessary. This is about technical competence, at the least, and technical excellence if you want to really succeed. They can suck you in and drain your energy.

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Contract Bidding: A Quick Guide

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These types of projects are often won through a bidding process that involves various entities vying for the work. Contract bidding can prove a lucrative track, but the bidding process can feel byzantine to those ignorant of its structure and process. Before you can bid, you must do the due diligence.

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5 Steps to Create Technical Documentation That’s (Actually) Helpful

Planio

For as long as we’ve had tools we need help using (and language to talk to each other), we’ve had technical documentation. The first example of technical writing in English dates back to the Middle Ages when Chaucer wrote a guide to the astrolabe—a device used for measuring the distance of stars). Get peer reviews and make revisions.

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Top 11 Cities for Project Management

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Construction of a Huawei research and development center Aircraft R&D facilities The continued development and expansion of Tesla’s Shanghai Gigafactory LEGOLAND® Park & Resort in Jinshan District at the cost of US$550m, due to open in 2024. This project will deliver 31 stations with a view to increasing capacity by almost 100%.

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The Agile Hangover

Scrum.org

Other parts of the organization looked from afar and were only involved when their department interfaced with the technology part of the organization. Many of the people in those departments looked bemused when they were told to start using terms like Sprint, Product Owner, Sprint Review, and Retrospective. That is a good thing, right?