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How to Set Department Goals: 5 Useful Tips

CMOE

Some examples of goals that align with the vision and mission of the organization include: Improving project completion by X% by the end of October. This PM goal could focus on better streamlining projects and boosting efficiency by X%. For example, “improving project management” is a rather broad goal.

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Visibility Planning & Project Prioritization

Moves the Needle

Unlike Horizon Planning where projects are prioritized based on “level of innovation” and “time to ROI”, Visibility Planning is based on evidence. Moves The Needle’s Project Prioritization board is a 2×2 poster that helps you visualize where to invest resources based on impact and evidence.

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Becoming More Resilient: Three Excellent Tips

Michael Roberto

I came across a few excellent tips from Lauren Eskreis-Winkler , an assistant professor of management and organizations at the Kellogg School of Management (Northwestern University). She argues for more transparency when it comes to projects that do not achieve desired goals. Use attribution bias to your advantage!

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Boost Your Career with These Top Tips

The Human Factor

Here are some tips and practices that can set you on your way to advancing in your career. If not, make a critical analysis of your career journey so far and re-strategize. In your project, be sure to include the tools and skills you will need to reach those milestones. Determine your personal success. Draw up a plan.

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9 Ways to Get Ideas Brewing with Instant Coffee

Planview

Here are some of the many ways you can use Instant Coffee: Brainstorming Incremental Planning Story Mapping Lean Coffee Impromptu Meetings PI Planning Retrospectives SWOT Analysis Standup Meetings. Incremental planning is a process many organizations use to break longer-term initiatives into smaller, more actionable projects.

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Elevate Your Team: Keynote Speaker Secrets for Effective Team-Building

Leapfrogging

Practical Tips and Tools for Team Building While inspiration is critical, it must be paired with practicality. Keynote speakers should provide actionable tips and tools that teams can implement in their daily interactions. Team disagreements, project challenges. Daily meetings, interdepartmental collaboration.

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Design Thinking Tools: how to use them to solve complex problems

mjvinnovation

Analysis and Synthesis: grouping collected data and reframing the initial situation based on transforming data into insights. Desk Search: search for information on the project’s theme from different sources: websites, books, magazines, blogs, articles, etc. Analysis and Synthesis Tools.