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Portfolio Management: The Career Move You’ve Been Looking For?

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Are you looking for the next step in your career? Project managers who want to move more into a strategic delivery role dont always have that many choices. Career paths tend to lean towards larger, more complex and more strategically important projects, or program management. Have you thought about moving into portfolio management? What does a portfolio manager do?

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How to use the “Stage Gate” process on complex projects

Planio

Lack of consistency, frequent scope changes, and poor governance are three of the most common reasons that projects fail. If you recognize these challenges, a structured project methodology, such as the Stage Gate process, can help you overcome them, by bringing control and consistency to your deliveries. The Stage Gate process breaks projects down into distinct stages and gates.

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Scrum by any other name

Scrum.org

In some of my classes , people tell me they are using Scrumbut they can't call it Scrum. Why? Because someone in their organization had a bad experience with it. Whats causing this? Too many rules. Too many extra layers. Too much stuff added in the name of Scrum. One student told me her company started using Scrum when they hired a vendor who claimed to be an expert.

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Top Lean/ Agile Conferences And Events Of 2025

NimbleWork

In the project management domain, staying abreast of the latest methodologies and practices is essential for professionals aiming to enhance their skills and drive organizational success. Lean and Agile frameworks have gained significant traction, offering innovative approaches to streamline processes, improve efficiency, and foster collaboration. As we enter 2025, a variety of top-tier conferences dedicated to Lean and Agile practices are on the horizon.

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5 Ways You Can Win Faster with Gen AI in Sales

Incorporating generative AI (gen AI) into your sales process can speed up your wins through improved efficiency, personalized customer interactions, and better informed decision- making. Gen AI is a game changer for busy salespeople and can reduce time-consuming tasks, such as customer research, note-taking, and writing emails, and provide insightful data analysis and recommendations.

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AI Driven PM: Transforming How We Lead Change

PM That Works

Change is hardtheres no way around it. Whether its implementing new processes, adopting new technology, or reshaping entire business models, change management can feel like navigating a minefield. Resistance from stakeholders, communication breakdowns, and uncertainty often stand in the way of success. But what if AI could help? Not just by automating processes, but by actively supporting change management strategies offering data-driven insights, improving communication planning, and even predi

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Project Scheduling Software: Tips, Techniques, and Choosing the Right Tool

Celoxis

Learn how to use project scheduling software effectively. This guide provides tips, techniques, and a practical approach to choosing the right tool.

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Primavera P6 – Fundamentals of Calendars

Management Yogi

Calendars in Primavera P6 is a very important concept, yet highly misunderstood and widely misused. When applied correctly, it brings immense value to your schedule and resource management as well as visualization. In this post, content of which is taken from Primavera P6 Pro Live Lessons course, we will learn the fundamentals of Primavera P6 Calendars.

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Accountability vs. Responsibility: Are You Owning It or Just Doing It?

Scrum.org

Image Source:[link] I often pose this simple question in my workshops: "Whats the difference between accountability and responsibility?" The responses never fail to surprise me. People interpret these terms in so many ways that instead of gaining clarity, the discussion often deepens the confusion. A Simple Example: Taxes and Accountability To illustrate the difference, consider this scenario: I am accountable for filing my income tax returns every year.

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Project Sponsor Priorities: What are the 2 Things they Most Want from You?

Online PM Courses

A Project Manager's job is to do what your Project Sponsor wants. So, what are the Project Sponsor priorities to address? The post Project Sponsor Priorities: What are the 2 Things they Most Want from You? appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.

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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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OKRs & Project Management: Best Practices for Strategic Execution

Celoxis

Learn how to integrate OKRs with project management for strategic alignment & impactful results. Discover best practices for maximizing ROI and achieving business outcomes.

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Make capacity crystal clear with heatmap views

Resource Guru

Great project managers all share a superpower: they can bring order to chaos. But, there are a few crucial things they need to pull it off. They need to be able to visualize and manage workloadsfast. And, they need to be able to address capacity issues that threaten the projects progresseven faster. Looking for a secret weapon that can help on both fronts?

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7 Tipps, wie du die Sprint-Retrospektiven moderierst – ohne Zeit deines Teams zu verschwenden und das Vertrauen des Managements zu verlieren

Scrum.org

Warum funktionieren viele Retrospektiven nicht? Es mag daran liegen, dass im Unternehmen keine Fehlerkultur herrscht. Das Unternehmen steht mglicherweise noch am Anfang seiner Agilitt. Vielleicht verstehen die Manager einfach den Wert von Retrospektiven nicht. Aber in Wahrheit liegt der Vertrauensverlust in die Retrospektive einfach daran, dass sie unproduktiv moderiert wird.

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6 Security Tips to Protect Your Business-Sensitive Data

Productivity Land

Cyber threats in business are changing daily, and it has reached a point where securing sensitive business data is crucial. From financial records down to customer information, your data is critical in your operation and the cyber criminal’s number one target. The aftermath could be costly in terms of great loss and damage to reputation, let alone possible legal consequences.

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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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5 Free Excel Dashboard Templates

ProjectManager.com

A project management dashboard is one of the essential tools for delivering projects as planned. Thats because a project dashboard is a visual representation of key performance indicators (KPIs) that provide a high-level overview of key project metrics. For those not ready to upgrade to project management software, theres an alternative: Excel dashboard templates.

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Our First Product Built for Stronger Teams: Teamangle Conversation Cards

Brett Harned

I couldn’t be more excited to finally share this: Teamangle Conversation Cards are here! Greg and I built this product because we’ve seen firsthand how misalignment can quietly derail even the best teams. You know the feeling—decisions keep getting revisited, no one’s quite on the same page, and somehow, despite everyone’s best efforts, things just feel… off.

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Lodgify Welcomes Shaun Shirazian as CEO to Lead the Next Phase of Growth and Innovation

Lodgify

BARCELONA, Spain, Feb. 18, 2025 Lodgify , the leading vacation rental management platform for independent hosts and property managers, today announced it has named Shaun Shirazian as its new Chief Executive Officer to accelerate its next phase of growth and innovation. He succeeds co-founder and former CEO, Dennis Klett, who will transition to a non-executive board member role and continue supporting Lodgifys long-term strategy.