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Productivity
3 Tips to Increase Productivity in Your Business
Contrary to what many people think, productivity is not only related to producing larger quantities of products or serving more customers. Productivity today involves efficiency...
Principles of change management in organizations
Companies usually underestimate the scale of change that is necessary when implementing a new corporate technology or when changing the type of customer or type of product or service.
On Gamified Project Management
Project management has followed the same trend. There are a lot of formal requirements, particularly towards certifications, that can be met with dull courses. But everybody knows that learning the PMBOK by heart won’t turn you magically into a certified project manager. Read more here...
Kanban: why it's agile and in what sense it overtakes SCRUM
Even though we all have seen Kanban boards, many of the principles that stand out this methodology are often overlooked when in practice. Read more here.
How subject matter experts can help and hinder projects
Subject matter experts are highly sought after by project managers and project teams to provide unique expertise for solving a problem or meeting a technology challenge
Portfolio prioritization of innovation projects
Managing the portfolio of innovative projects incurs many challenges, heading the innovation strategy and the greatest challenge is to have a tool that makes it easy to determine the importance of each project in order to give priority to its development
The power of words: communicating change
Effectiveness of internal change projects requires effective leadership that is able to be influential without coercion, to persuade through seduction, and to recognize the complexity of influence in corporate settings. Read more here...
Everything you should include in a project status report
Every project needs a status report , also known as progress report, in which the status of the project is clearly, accurately and objectively reported.
Project indicators: the difference between estimated and actual percentages
There are many more metrics to consider when measuring management effectiveness, project profitability, and even the contribution to the long-term objectives of the organization. Cost and time measures are a start, but it is important to complement them. There are now multiple measures that monitor the project during its development and allow for a more accurate analysis. Read more here.
Change Management Concepts and Definitions
ike all sciences and disciplines, project management and change management have a particular language. In this way, a better understanding of professionals in this field is achieved, which can be communicated without creating ambiguities. However, for newcomers in these areas, terminology can be complex and confusing. Read more here...
7 essential project indicators when managing your portfolio
Portfolio indicators are paramount to have a global view of the organization and its performance. In this article, we review the list of the most important.
Change systems are the new norm
These change systems could be seen as a journey, in which one begins at the origin and directs the steps towards a destination, considering that success has been achieved when the objectives established in a given time have been achieved. Read more here...