Leapfrogging

APRIL 19, 2024

When communication is effective, it fosters a sense of community, reduces feelings of isolation, and empowers your team members to collaborate more openly and effectively, leading to enhanced project outcomes. Strategies for Seamless Communication In the digital age, virtual teams need to master the art of seamless communication to thrive.

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Strategy Strategy Collaboration Technical Review 100

Digital Tonto

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

One of the most frustrating statements I come across is that “we had a good strategy, but just couldn’t execute it.” So how was that a good strategy? This raises an important question: What makes a strategy good? The concept of strategy gets thrown around so much and so incompetently, few stop to define the term.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 15, 2024

Here are some of the key benefits: Increased Efficiency : Collaboration allows for workload sharing and helps streamline processes, leading to quicker and more efficient project completion. Greater Flexibility and Adaptability : Collaborative teams are better equipped to respond to changes and pivot strategies when necessary.

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Collaboration Strategy Strategy Software Review 100

Leapfrogging

APRIL 15, 2024

To delve deeper into how to effectively promote team collaboration, explore the array of team collaboration strategies and team collaboration practices that can transform a group of individuals into a cohesive, high-functioning team. Adopting these strategies can significantly improve the way teams interact and work together.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 13, 2023

There’s a popular fallacy that encourages big-project managers to forge ahead as quickly as they can, on the basis that the payoffs will likely be bigger than they imagine.

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Project Management Analysis Strategy 141

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2023

A key part of your job as project leader is to keep your team motivated and on track when things start to go sideways. In this article, the author outlines practical strategies to try if you need to boost your team’s morale: 1) Re-establish or re-define the project purpose, goals, and vision. 3) Help remove obstacles.

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Project Strategy Strategy Collaboration 132

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Managing the expectations of a wide range of stakeholders is one of the most challenging jobs of a project manager. In this article, the author suggests five strategies for managing expectations effectively. PMs need to use a combination of intuition, listening, iterating, and learning on the fly to address them successfully.

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Project Management Training Strategy 129

Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

In today’s fast-paced business environment, crafting and leading an effective executive team offsite has emerged as a pivotal strategy for fostering alignment, stimulating innovation, and bolstering organizational resilience. Selecting the Right Venue The venue for your offsite plays a significant role in contributing to its success.

Strategy 130

Strategy Strategy Technical Review Groups 130

Cascade Strategy

JUNE 20, 2022

What is Strategic Project Management? Strategic Project Management (SPM) defines how a project may benefit a company's efficiency and strategic plan as a whole. It is the process of thinking about your Projects in light of their connection to your strategic plan.

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Project Management Strategy Strategy 98

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2024

Project-based work and freelancing are increasingly common, and many roles are now defined by outcomes rather than hours spent at a desk. Most workers used to have fixed roles within a hierarchical organization, but today the nature of work today is becoming fluid and dynamic.

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Strategy Strategy Project Artificial Inteligence 138

Business Innovation Brief Submitted Articles

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

This article received the 2020 Business Innovation Brief Most Valuable Post Award in the Innovation Strategies category. When it comes to the trifecta of innovative Project Portfolio Management (PPM), PPM, Continuous Innovation and Agile come together to create a complete framework for innovation success. This is where Agile comes in.

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Project Management Agile Innovation 229

IdeaScale

JULY 24, 2023

While the Agile methodology is really helpful for structuring teams and creating an efficient workspace, there are many different branches that each take their own approach to project management. All of these strategies fall under the Agile umbrella, and in this article, we will compare four of the most popular project management strategies.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Handling scope creep is one of the most challenging – and important — aspects of a project manager’s role. In this article, the author outlines practical strategies for how to push back on more work in a way that maintains your relationship with the requester, whether that’s the project sponsor, a customer, or another stakeholder.

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Project Management Strategy Strategy 121

Sopheon

APRIL 4, 2023

Product managers and project managers are two distinct roles. Product managers set the vision for the product, gather requirements and prioritize them, but it’s the project manager’s job to act upon this vision and make sure that it gets executed on time and within budget.

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Project Management Product Strategy Product Development 98

Leapfrogging

APRIL 15, 2024

Decline in Work Quality and Productivity : When motivation dips, the quality of work often suffers, and the rate of project completion may slow. Strategies for Improving Morale Improving workplace morale is crucial in transforming toxic workplace cultures into high-performing teams and organizations.

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Underperforming Technical Team Strategy Strategy Collaboration 100

Innov8rs

APRIL 17, 2024

As Tobias and Oliver say, R&D budgeting is not merely about allocating funds to different projects. Furthermore, the allocation of R&D funds involves navigating the intricate interplay between different types of innovation, each requiring different investment strategies.

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Strategy Strategy Innovation Resources 72

CMOE

MAY 4, 2023

Statistics show that 70% of projects fail to deliver desired results and 42% of organizations don’t even understand the importance of project management—but they also show that 73% of organizations that use a formal project-management approach always or often have met their goal. Here, we focus on five core skills.

Project 52

Project Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Strategy 52

Strategyzer Innovation

MAY 13, 2020

Unfortunately, we only rarely see a clear alignment between strategy and innovation. This results in innovation projects that inevitably fail to gain traction and support from leaders within the business. From our experience, nowadays most companies perform some sort of innovation activities.

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Project Strategy Strategy How To 109

Jeffrey Phillips

JANUARY 14, 2021

I've been asked several times lately to write about, or perhaps more specifically, to opine about, innovation strategy. If you are a somewhat regular reader of this blog or my work generally, you may know that I think talking about innovation strategy conflates two very important ideas that are related but not the same thing.

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Strategy Strategy Policies Innovation 284

Innov8rs

APRIL 14, 2023

Innov8rs | Despite its importance, innovation project governance is often handled ineffectively, slowing down rather than driving innovation. Innovation project governance is a decision-making discipline where organizational leaders decide which ideas to pursue, how to allocate the innovation budget, and how to assign resources.

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Project Underperforming Technical Team Innovation Resources 80

Idea to Value

JUNE 16, 2021

Most companies think they have a clear strategy. However, what they think is a strategy is usually nothing more than a set of goals. A real strategy requires clarity on not only what you want to achieve, but how you will choose to focus on achieving this, as well as what you choose not to do as well.

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Strategy Strategy How To Leadership 234

Business and Tech

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Pure Strategies provides customized sustainability solutions to help companies set sustainability goals, engage suppliers in supporting those goals, redesign products and packaging, address agricultural impacts, and track and measure progress. Sustainability solutions.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 15, 2024

Introduction to Strategic Thinking in Business The Importance of Strategy in a Disruptive World In today’s business environment, disruption is the new norm. A well-crafted strategy can serve as a compass, guiding your organization through the complexities of a disruptive world and towards sustained success.

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Underperforming Technical Team Strategy Strategy Technical Review 100

Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Here’s the downloadable Strategy Uncertainty Map I developed as part of my work with Praxie.com. A Strategy Uncertainty Map is a visual representation of your top opportunities, which can include products, services, projects, or business strategies. Also, be sure to keep the Strategy Uncertainty Map alive.

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Planview

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The secret lies in transitioning from a project-oriented management approach to a product-centric model. Despite beginning with unwavering enthusiasm, McKinsey reports that initiatives often lose approximately 42 percent of their projected value as they progress into later implementation stages and long-term sustainability.

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Project Roadmap Agile Tools 69

Planview

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

It’s true for all disciplines and describes the project portfolio management (PPM) market for several reasons. The market’s landmark evolution in 2020, which bifurcated PPM to support strategic portfolio management and adaptive project management. Why is the project portfolio management market continuously evolving?

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Project Management Technical Review Generative AI 52

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

If you’ve ever developed a product, you’ve almost certainly been derailed by scope creep. Features multiply, priorities blur, and schedules and budgets suffer. As a leader, how can you recognize scope creep and realign your team? Shift the focus from “what” you’re building (the deliverables) to “why” you’re building it (the outcomes).

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Project Management Product Development Strategy 137

Innov8rs

JANUARY 16, 2023

How To Define A Strategy For Innovation In 2023. “A And Rita and Alexa have no doubts: corporates can’t survive nor protect and increase their competitive advantage unless they sharpen the ability to innovate and integrate strategy with innovation. So, how to define a successful strategy for innovation at the dawn of the new year?

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Tullio Siragusa

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

How to Be a Valuable Team Player During Times of Change: Strategies for Success In today’s constantly evolving business world, change is inevitable. Whether it’s a new project, a shift in leadership, or an overhaul of processes, change can be both exciting and challenging.

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Change Strategy Strategy How To 122

Cascade Strategy

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

We've talked in the past about how building a strong Strategy Model is core to executing your organization's strategy. At the heart of the model are typically Objectives (what you're trying to achieve), Projects (what you're going to do to achieve it), and KPIs (how you're going to measure the success of your Objectives ).

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Planview

OCTOBER 10, 2021

A robust and realistic project management communication plan is essential for project success. This informative and easy-to-read article looks at basic concepts of a project management communication plan, and provides examples, strategies and best practices. There are several paths to project glory.

Project 52

Project Management Software Review Underperforming Technical Team 52

Cascade Strategy

JULY 26, 2022

A big part of managing project risk is managing project dependencies.

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Project Management Strategy Strategy 52

IdeaScale

JANUARY 25, 2022

The Army’s digital transformation strategy has three objectives to help it rise to the occasion. In fact, one subheading in the Army’s strategy calls it out specifically: “Identify and cultivate the skills needed by the Army of 2028 by fostering digital innovation and continuous learning.”

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