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Professional Services Industry Fundamentals

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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. Teams can execute work on kanban boards or task lists, while clients can stay informed on progress with the calendar view.

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How to Make a Change Management Communication Plan

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Once awareness and support have been established, then the change management communication plan has to be developed. Internal stakeholders can include members of the project team, project managers, members of other departments and senior leaders in the organization. Of course, that’s only the beginning.

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7 Ways Project Manager Roles Are Changing

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These new skills are reflected in the new Project Management Institute (PMI) guidelines for certification and professional development units (PDUs) needed to maintain certification, a new triad of skills they’re calling the “Talent Triangle.” So, you’re asked to wear more hats, but you’ve only one head. What do you do?

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10 Free Goal-Setting and Tracking Templates for Excel and Word

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They cover every phase of managing a project and can be used across industries. Now, those goals must be communicated to the team responsible for executing the individual tasks that will lead to achieving those goals. Knowing the competitive landscape and how the company fits into it is essential to developing a strategic plan.

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What Is a Stakeholder Register? (Example & Template Included)

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This then acts as a central repository for stakeholder information, which the project manager and project team use to understand the project stakeholders and their needs, expectations and any risks or opportunities associated with their involvement in the project. Then, they can share the plan with the project team and stakeholders.

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What Is a Post-Implementation Review in Project Management?

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How do you lead a post-mortem on your project to learn how to repeat the good stuff and lose the bad stuff? Each project team can develop its post-implementation review process to make it as detailed as needed, but here are some general post-implementation review steps that can be applied to any project.

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What Is a Transition Plan? Example & Template Included

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A transition plan is used in many industries. In project management, a transition plan can help a project move successfully from one phase to the next, onboarding a new team member or transferring one team member to a new position and/or department. This is where a transition plan can help provide structure to the chaos.

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