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How to Kill Innovation Projects

Destination Innovation

Starting exploration projects. Killing the weaker projects. They are all important but I believe that the most vital is #8 – the ability to kill off the weaker projects. Starting evaluation projects is harder but you need to start many because no-one knows which will succeed. It does not meet a real customer need.

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3 Project Management Strategies for a Hybrid Workplace

Harvard Business Review

On a hybrid project, communication and coordination become both more critical and more challenging. Digital tools and meetings may be the only way some team members can keep in touch.

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Taking the Lead: A Comprehensive Approach to Virtual Team Project Management

Leapfrogging

Introduction to Virtual Team Project Management In today’s globalized business environment, virtual team project management has become an indispensable aspect of organizational success. Time zone discrepancies complicating synchronous work and meetings. email for updates, video calls for team meetings).

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Taking the Lead: A Comprehensive Approach to Virtual Team Project Management

Leapfrogging

Introduction to Virtual Team Project Management In today’s globalized business environment, virtual team project management has become an indispensable aspect of organizational success. Time zone discrepancies complicating synchronous work and meetings. email for updates, video calls for team meetings).

Project 100
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Living With Technical Debt: Balancing Quality and Perfection

Speaker: Cliff Gilley, The Clever PM

Unexpected details pop up, as small as UX that needs clean-up, and as big as a previously unforeseen flaw in the infrastructure of a project. Are we willing to live with some level of technical debt in order to ship product and meet deadlines? Whether you like it or not - because it can’t be avoided.

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How to Give Bad News

Destination Innovation

It could be the cancellation of a project, the closure of a plant or a round of redundancies. You will have carefully considered all options, discussed them with the executive team and arrived at a plan of action. Here is a plan for that meeting. Do not dash off after the meeting. Allocate time for one-on-one meetings.

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How to Run a Virtual Design Thinking Project with Remote Teams

InnovationTraining.org

In this guest post, learn how to effectively implement a virtually-led design thinking project. There’s no question that teams are capable of great things when working remotely, and there is no shortage of project management tools, virtual whiteboards and prototyping software out there to help. Speak and meet regularly.