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Project management: Tips, tools, best practices

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What is project management? Project management is a business discipline that involves applying specific processes, knowledge, skills, techniques, and tools to successfully deliver outcomes that meet project goals. Project management steps Project management is broken down into five phases or life cycle.

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Transform your PMO into a strategic powerhouse

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Many PMOs today are stuck in an outdated, theory-heavy approach to project management. For starters, project managers are often hired based on their certifications, signaling that their value lies in the credentials they hold. Delivery teams, meanwhile, are rarely taught to measure the business impact of their projects.

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20 traits of highly effective project managers

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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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6 ways you’re failing at change management

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Instead, they should consider partnering with experts who practice change management for a living, Hafez advises. You wouldnt hire someone who doesnt know how to write code to develop your software, so why would you expect a project manager or business analyst to drive change management?

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Process, Product, and Profitability: Everything You Need to Know

Speaker: Michael Cardy - Red Hat Chief Strategist, Jason Tanner - CEO of Applied Frameworks, and Mike Mace - VP of Market Strategy at UserTesting

In this webinar, leaders in digital transformation and project management will explain their tactics for usage testing and turning customer feedback into actionable insights. Empowering product managers to drive decisions. Agile practices in strategy and process. Increasing profitability.

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How AerCap’s CIO has been a catalyst for a robust M&A strategy

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The successful execution of AerCaps growth through acquisition strategy involved many moving parts, among them merging two IT departments, a process that has plagued other high profile M&A projects in the past. Every three years, Koletzki reviews his strategy, and in 2018 decided it was time to move to the cloud.

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Top 15 project management certifications

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Behind every successful IT project, you’ll find a highly skilled project manager. From hardware and software upgrades to ongoing security patches, to application development and the rollout of software itself, project managers keep your teams on task and productive. Top project management certifications.