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How to leave your comfort zone with confidence

The necessity to leave our comfort zone in order to achieve more is nowadays considered a must do. In management discussions online and off-line everybody says you must leave your comfort zone, because your comfort zone is what is keeping you from changing your old habits and achieving more in life and work. I am not saying that's not true: I am always searching for new things to experiment with, and looking for innovations. I also believe taking risks is a fundamental part of […]

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3 underestimated skills that will help you get ahead in business

1) Pragmatism. The ability to be pragmatic or in other words the ability to find practical solutions in complex situations. Not always a high level approach will solve your problems. One day my boss told me “I am impressed with your ability to think low level”. I didn't know whether to take it as a compliment or to be offended, but I think she meant it as a positive skill I showed. 2) Attention to detail. Devil is in the

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New Year's resolutions and how to make them happen

2015 has arrived… and what are your good intentions for this year? I have at least three, but the one I like the most is this: “make every day count!”, that is, make sure that every day counts, that every day contributes, even if only in a small way, to achieving a goal. Not a day should go by in which I have done nothing to achieve a goal, be it in the workplace, family or personal sphere. It could be 'improving something

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Time management. How to make the most of your time and be more productive

“Yes.. I understand.. who has the time? ..who has the time? ..but if we never take the time, when will we ever have the time?” The quote above is not from a management book but from Matrix Reloaded. What do Matrix and management theory have in common? Probably nothing, but evidently time management is an issue that goes far beyond the workplace. Here are some food for thought for a better

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Have you ever wondered why projects fail? (english)

1. Projects with realistic budgets and timetables don't get approved. 2. The more desperate the situation the more optimistic the progress report. 3. A user is somebody who rejects the system because it's what he asked for. 4. The difference between project success and failure is a good PR company. 5. Nothing is impossible for the person who doesn't have to do it. 6. Every failing, overly ambitious project, has at its heart a series of successful small ones trying

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Meeting checklist

Meeting checklist Planning Participation Action Yes No Action Yes No Has the objective been clearly set? Do I know the place where it will take place? Have all the participants been identified? Have I checked that I am definitely available on the day and time and am I able to get to the place? Does each participant also know the list of the others? Have I read the agenda and understood its objectives? Have the day, place and time been identified? Do I know the names of the others invited? Have they been confirmed on the day,

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In the end, there will only be one left ... as Project Manager

Some considerations on the decision of some companies to put an IT project manager and a Business one with divided responsibilities on a single project. I have happened several times in the past to find myself working on projects that were assigned to two project managers, one for the IT part and the other for the Business part. At the time I was not able to focus exactly what was wrong with this type of approach, but after studying different methodologies and obtaining the Prince2 certification

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How to make meetings productive

We often talk about meetings, some people speak well of them, others see them as a waste of time. In some companies there are too many, in others too few. In the various companies I have worked for I have seen all sorts of things. I have seen long meetings lasting for hours where no one took notes and no one followed up. If no one takes notes then it is very difficult, if not impossible, to remember with certainty what was decided. Think about it.

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Tracking approach

What project managers should track and how

Tracking is one of the main duties of a project manager, but deciding what to track and how is not always obvious. 1) First thing to know is that the level of detail of tracking is decided by the project manager. It's up to you to decide if you want to track a project at work package level, activity level or task level. You automatically decide at what level to track the project when you plan it. Think about it.

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Project-vs-product-scope

Difference between product scope and project scope

In PMI methodology, the product scope answers the question “what will the product do when completed” while the project scope answers the question “what activities will be performed during the project”. For example, creating a post-release maintenance plan for the product may be part of the project scope “project scope” but not part of the product scope “product scope”. In terms of project evaluation, we say that the results of the product scope are measured

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