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Why Infrastructure Projects Require High-Quality Management

Business and Tech

Rutledge, CAE, president and CEO of the Construction Management Association of America, about the value trained and educated program and construction managers bring to projects, and how hiring the right pros can help improve U.S. ” How does quality program and construction management help when it comes to building infrastructure?

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What is the purpose of a manager nowadays?

Idea to Value

How is it possible that managers have such a different belief about what their staff are doing, or how they should be doing it? How is it possible that managers have such a different belief about what their staff are doing, or how they should be doing it? You see, management theory is a relatively recent phenomenon.

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Solving project management challenges | Sopheon

Sopheon

In any project, the initiation phase is filled with optimistic budgets, benefits, and manageable risks. But the following statistics from the Project Management Institute might make project managers rethink that optimism:

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Time Management Tips to Maximize Innovation

IdeaScale

Knowing this, you and your team can experiment with different time management strategies to maximize your peak hours. Although the average American works 8.8 hours per day, most employees deliver peak productivity just 3 to 4 hours a day. This will elevate ideation and the quality of work completed on your latest projects. There is [.].

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Why the Product Message Should Come From Product Management

Speaker: Jordan Bergtraum, Head of Product at Equip ID & Consultant

Product Managers may feel the “message” should be developed by the Product Marketing function, but I disagree. In this webinar you will learn: Why Product Management should create the initial “Product Message". Use Product Management Today’s webinars to earn professional development hours! The benefits of a good product message.

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Smaller Companies Must Embrace Risk Management

Harvard Business Review

That’s why SMEs can benefit from taking three actions: designing controls proportionate to the risks at stake, analyzing the lessons from success (not only from failures), and using risk management to boost and protect business performance.

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The Role of Top-down Management in Enterprise Innovation

HYPE Innovation

Running a successful enterprise innovation management program can be a challenging mission. One key aspect is the level of support that an innovation program receives from an organization’s management. Multiple factors have to be considered, each of which affects potential outcomes.

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The 3 Principles that Lead to Better Collaboration Between Design and Product Management Teams

Speaker: Felix Watson Jr., Product Manager at Google, and Terrell Cobb, Designer at Microsoft

As more product teams adopt agile working styles, poor collaboration between Design and Product Management can harm a team’s ability to create consumer and business value. In this webinar they will teach you: 3 principles that allow Design and Product Management to work together more effectively.

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Why B2B Contact and Account Data Management Is Critical to Your ROI

Download this eBook and gain an understanding of the impact of data management on your company’s ROI. Given data’s direct impact on marketing campaigns, reporting, and sales follow-up, maintaining an accurate and consistent database is a top priority for B2B organizations. You'll learn about: The true cost of bad (and good) data.

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The Product Symphony: Orchestrating Success with Storymapping

Speaker: Jamie Bernard - Senior Product Director at Launch by NTT Data

In today’s dynamic business landscape, successful product management hinges on a keen understanding of customer needs and market dynamics. It serves as a catalyst to better align your entire organization, setting the stage for impactful, customer-centric product management.

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Never Miss an Opportunity: How ISO 56000 Enables an Innovative Organization

Speaker: Peter Merrill, President, Quest Management Inc.

In addition, companies who are serial innovators are using a system approach and manage innovation to continuously generate new ideas. A system approach to innovation is without doubt the best approach and innovation management is becoming the price of entry to the business world. A Project Plan for IMS initiation.

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Navigating the Product Tightrope: Balancing Innovation and Current User Demands

Speaker: Jason Brett - Founder & Chief Product Officer, Product Coffee

In today's rapidly evolving market, product managers face the challenge of driving innovation while also meeting the needs and expectations of their existing user base. This webinar aims to equip you with strategies and insights to successfully navigate this delicate balancing act.

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The Science of High-Impact Experimentation

Speaker: Holly Hester-Reilly, Founder and Product Management Coach, H2R Product Science

Experimentation allows product managers to make decisions based on data rather than mere intuition. How can a product manager be certain they’re making effective decisions when it comes to experimentation? But too many teams don't know what to test, which leads to poorly designed experiments and unclear results.

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User-Centered Development: The Importance of User Empathy to Build the Right Thing

Speaker: Jesse Walker, Product Manager at Canva

As product managers, our primary focus should always be on creating value for our users. While this may seem obvious, it can be easy to forget amidst the daily distractions of juggling everything from delivery management, team management, backlog grooming, and sprint planning.

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Selling Data and Decisions to your Team

Speaker: Cait Porte, SVP Product and Customer Experience, Zmags

Gathering support for a product feature or enhancement is a critical skill for Product Managers. Join Product Management expert Cait Porte as she covers how to sell your ideas internally by leveraging data to drive decision making.