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20 traits of highly effective project managers

CIO

To thrive, project managers need to have and hone a complex combination of technical, business, and interpersonal skills. Effective project managers must know how to define the scope of a project , identify necessary resources, and schedule those resources — all part of the technical aspect of the job.

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What is change management? A guide to organizational transformation

CIO

What is the main purpose of change management? In modern IT, change management has many different guises. Project managers view change management as the process used to obtain approval for changes to the scope, timeline, or budget of a project. Sponsorship is critical.

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What is change management and why is it essential for digital transformation

Hacker Earth Developers Blog

“When it comes to change management, “implementation” isn’t the end—it’s just the beginning.” What is change management? Change management may be defined as a structured process that ensures that required changes are thoroughly and smoothly carried out, and that the long-term benefits of the change are realized.

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Assumptions & Uncertainty : Project Estimating (Part 3)

Perficient

The Uncertainty Paradox Like the fate of Schrödinger’s cat , certainty in project management and estimation is elusive. If you don’t manage uncertainty, you might get scratched! The best ones coach their teams to expect overages – there is no crystal ball for the real world. It wasn’t added as a diversion tactic!

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Five Ingredients of a Successful Internal Change Management Program

Change Starts Here

As change becomes ubiquitous in the workplace, more organizations are developing internal change management capability to help keep the pace. The following are five steps organizations are taking to successfully implement change management programs: Form a Centralized Team. Build a Network of Change Agents.

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Driving buy-in: How CIOs get hesitant workforces to adopt AI

CIO

Based out of Dubai, the CIO says the planning, design, engineering, and project management consultancy’s architects, interior designers, and other professionals have expressed reservations about AI as a threat to their own execution. “In KEO International Consultants’ Damir Jaksic has navigated such AI reluctance firsthand.

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12 Lessons Learned while Managing Corporate Innovation

Perficient

Action : We found that an idea needs to have a creator, a business sponsor, a champion, and a project manager. Specifically, we coached the leaders into looking at problems for which they did not yet have a solution. They had seen the company try things in the past, with no real change. These roles need to be assigned.