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Professional Services Industry Fundamentals

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Teams can execute work on kanban boards or task lists, while clients can stay informed on progress with the calendar view. Common independent professional services include consulting, legal, accounting, engineering, marketing, training and development services. Get started with ProjectManager today for free.

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4 Free & Open-Source Microsoft Project Alternatives: Ranked

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No wonder project teams look for open-source Microsoft Project alternatives. Because Microsoft Project can be such a pain to use, project managers and their teams seek alternatives. The more technical teams, working in IT and other departments, are familiar with open source and the Linux operating system.

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Project Scope 101

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This way you begin to define the boundaries of your project and figure out what responsibilities you will task your team with, and the process by which that work will be verified and approved. You’ll be using this documentation throughout the project as a means to for you and your team to stay focused on task. Train your team.

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Emerging Trends & Challenges in Information Technology

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The typical IT department is primarily responsible for three areas: IT governance, IT operations and hardware and infrastructure. The best IT teams often operate efficiently in the background as they create and automate tasks for smooth business operations. Reduced visibility causes IT teams to struggle with how to prioritize projects.

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Balancing Operational Excellence with Innovation

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Some organisations just create a BAU team and toss the work over the fence once development ends, others allocate a percentage of time , whilst others continually deprioritise the work for a short term gain or deliverable. Some teams even use their BAU workload as a reason that they can’t go agile? The “Build” part was “Agile”.

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Using Operational Excellence to Be More Productive

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Without one or the other, a business will struggle with weak performance. While seemingly impossible, there are principles that guide operational discipline so that a team can achieve these objectives. The methodology moved to the private sector in 1998 and has roots in the agile manifesto created by software developers.

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What Is Organizational Strategy in Business? (Examples Included)

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It’s not only communicative but helps management develop strategic plans so the company can accomplish its goals. Differentiation: Here the company focuses on developing and marketing products that provide greater value rather than cheaper costs for the customer.