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Alice's Journey from Inaction to Downfall (based on a true story)

Data-driven decision-making is good. But can over-reliance on data paralyze you?

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Project Portfolio Poker and Effective Management of Project Portfolios with Incomplete Data

A challenge that might seem impossible - making important decisions with incomplete information.

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Evidence-based team extension

There is frequently a contradiction between what we want to do and what we can practically achieve.

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Never Underestimate the Value of Project Communication Excellence

Communication is key on a project. What does it mean for the project manager?

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Putting Together the Right Project Team

Your team does not have to consist exclusively of rockstars to deliver a successful project.

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Bigger Most Bestest Project Management

What will it take to make project experience more memorable, more successful, and more repeatable?

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You are Asked to Deliver the Project Early

The project is running smoothly and delivery looks like it’s going to happen on time. Then the customer asks if you can move the delivery date up a month.

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Why Bad Meetings Happen

Bad meetings can be painful to sit through and be a completely unproductive waste of 1-2 hours or more of several people’s time. Here’s how you can reduce bad meetings in your organization.

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Can’t We All Just Get Along?

Conflicts in the team are inevitable. What can you do as a manager to resolve them quickly, or even better - prevent some of them from happening.

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Is your customer ready for the project?

The preparation is key in project management.

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Never Tell the Project Client These 5 Things

Our first instinct is to tell everything, say everything, do everything for the client. Sometimes it’s better to remain silent.

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5 Steps to a Productive Lessons Learned Session

The lessons learned session, when done right and actually carried out, can provide invaluable information for everyone involved in the project to learn and live by.

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Project mistakes you must avoid

Nobody is perfect, no matter how highly we regard ourselves and our skills. What we fail to correct or observe are the very mistakes that we are destined to repeat.

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5 Things to Know Right Now About Managing Projects

Five essential things to learn about project management.

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Managing Project Risk

A few thoughts about basic project risk management.

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Accept what you can’t change, change what you can’t accept

Finding the right balance between flexibility and rigidity is tough, but crucial for the overall project success.

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Microsoft Project way doesn't work, here's what to do instead

Microsoft Project leaves you with brittle and useless plans that have little to do with reality. But that’s not the main issue.

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Why you should start with Lean PPM right now

To get started with lean PPM you don’t need to run a large company-wide business case to find the best approach and tools, you don’t need to hire an army of expensive consultants, or work for months before you get first results.

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Why “positive thinking” corporate coaches teach you is dangerous (and how true positive thinking works)

“Hey, we are not supposed to say “problem”; it’s a challenge!

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Engaging Users - from DIY Approaches to Sophisticated Solutions

The digital era is characterized by rapidly evolving tech landscapes and discerning users who are quick to adapt.

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How to Use Project Portfolio Management Software to Enhance Team Communication and Optimize the Workflow

Managing multiple projects can get confusing. You can end up mixing deadlines, details, and processes if you are not too careful.

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Introducing Portfoleon: A Product Roadmap Designed To Drive Efficiency

When it comes to the product roadmaps that companies use to stay on track, they are often just a mere picture or infographic that gets dropped into a PowerPoint presentation or laid out into an Excel spreadsheet.

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Building the power of the project manager

Project manager’s leadership style can have a tremendous impact on the overall project success.

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Which one is your Project Portfolio Management beast?

Is having a ‘zoo of tools’ a usual complaint your organization?

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Portfoleon goes alpha

Update: Portfoleon is already live, click Sign Up above to get started!

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Do not make these mistakes when using Cost of Delay based prioritization

One of the most important decisions portfolio managers make is where the resources of the organization should be focused.

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Good Projects and Bad Projects to Have in Your Portfolio

Are projects the only reasonable way to develop products? Do you, as a portfolio manager, use projects as your only means to add value?

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The Key to Good Project Kickoff

You know something is wrong when people on your project team come to meetings unprepared and waste time on endless discussions, find other things to do than what your project requires, and do not openly acknowledge there is a problem.

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Test your project portfolio management with these two simple questions

How do you know if project portfolio management is working well in your organization?