In a sense, project management is a service industry, and the people that project managers serve are the clients. The client is the reason for a project, the spark that sets it off and then later glows with satisfaction when…
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As projects are all about the bottom line, you can imagine the importance of project profitability in project management. Being able to determine beforehand whether a project will turn a profit is how organizations can decide which projects to initiate…
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Flexibility in the workplace has become something of a rallying cry. Workers got a taste of workplace flexibility when the pandemic disrupted the normal business environment, and many found it to be immensely more preferable than the previous status quo….
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Total Quality Management (TQM) works to maintain success by doing what is necessary to improve customer satisfaction. Of course, that satisfaction is seeded in employees and business processes—long before any product or service reaches its customer. How does a business…
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No business process is perfect from the start. Reaching perfection in business process management requires honest analysis followed by tweaks and improvements. Process optimization methods can help guide those tweaks and improvements. With process optimization, the ultimate goal is to…
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What Is Task Automation? Task automation is when software completes a work activity. It is a process by which a task is moved throughout a process in order to streamline that process and reduce the amount of manual labor required…
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Collaboration is already hard enough. Now imagine collaborating with colleagues that aren’t in the same department as yours. Or maybe even a different location! Well, people do it every day and it’s called cross-team collaboration. As these hybrid teams become…
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Not everyone works the same way, which is why there are different work styles. There are those who prefer the morning for the heavy lifting, and others that can’t get started until the afternoon. Some work better in groups and…
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For many project managers, the only obstacle to embracing a virtual team is the perceived difficulty of managing one. You’re not in the same office as your team, and you’re worried everyone will feel disconnected. In such an environment, you…
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More organizations have taken to virtual teams. They have, obviously, skyrocketed in practice over the course of this year. It certainly seems like virtual teams are here to stay, but are they right for your company? Are virtual teams the…
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Keeping your employees engaged and on task is, well, no easy task. They say one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch—and it’s true. A bad hire can cost your business valuable workplace productivity, not to mention nearly 20 percent…
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There’s been a seismic shift in business over the past generation. The idea of working one’s way up the corporate ladder at one company, ending in the proverbial gold watch, has gone the way of the horse and buggy. Careerists…
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All project meetings should be important, but the project kickoff meeting is the most crucial because it sets the tone and vision of the entire project. You’ll want to get this meeting right so everyone starts out motivated, focused and…
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