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How (and Why) to Use e-Learning for Change Management 

In today’s rapidly evolving business landscape, change is inevitable. This means that businesses and organizations need to learn how to manage it. Business leaders can harness a wide range of tools and techniques for effective change management, including e-Learning.   We will see why and how to utilize remote learn ing methodologies to facilitate seamless organizational […]

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4 Secrets to Strategic Execution and Transformation Management 

Strategic execution and transformation management are pivotal for project-oriented companies. While strategic planning lays out the roadmap, it is the meticulous execution of those strategies that propels an organization toward its goals. And, in today’s fast-evolving business landscape, virtually all organizational goals are transformational. Businesses across industries need to adapt to new consumer expectations, embrace […]

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Conducting a Business Capability Assessment for Maximal Agility

Defining a solid talent management strategy requires an understanding of where you stand and where you want to go. That’s just what a business capability assessment is for. A capability assessment is a standardized framework designed to evaluate the skills of both current and prospective employees. Organizations conduct such diagnostics to identify their strengths and […]

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A WFH Guide to Resource and Capacity Management

In many organizations, the resource and capacity management disciplines are undergoing a revolution. COVID-19 has caused many companies to shift to remote working to ensure business continuity without jeopardizing the health and safety of employees. Several surveys and studies have demonstrated the benefits of this arrangement for both employees and companies: workers enjoy reduced commuting […]

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Resource and Capacity Management for New Product Development

Proper resource and capacity management can go a long way toward accelerating new product development (NPD). In today’s fast-paced environment, businesses need to consistently deliver the right products to meet the expectations of their customers. They must innovate constantly based on the understanding that yesterday’s innovations might already have become obsolete. They need to do […]

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4 Ways Resource and Capacity Management Can Make or Break Your Business

Resource and capacity management is a facet of project portfolio management that focuses on accomplishing more with less. Wasting human and material resources can be disastrous for a company. Resource management and capacity planning blend strategy and delivery to maximize the use of existing resources. The goal is to help projects achieve better results and […]

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Optimizing Resource and Capacity Management with a PPM Tool

The optimization of resource and capacity management is essential for effective project portfolio management. But maximizing the utilization of limited resources is often a challenge for organizations. In fact, “poor resource management” has remained one of the top challenges reported by project management professionals every year since 2016 in Wellingtone’s “State of Project Management” Annual Reports. […]

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4 Resource and Capacity Management Mistakes (And How to Avoid Them)

Suboptimal resource and capacity management is one of the key reasons for business underperformance. In addition to delays, increased costs, and even project failures, poor allocation and utilization of human resources can lead to productivity and engagement issues. Here is an overview of some of the most common missteps project and resource managers make when […]

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A Comparative Guide to Resource and Capacity Management Tools

Resource and capacity management are at the crux of the project management discipline. However, optimizing resource utilization and capacity planning is notoriously challenging. In larger organizations, it can even take the form of an intricate game of trade-offs. Fortunately, technology now provides project management professionals with a range of tool options to facilitate and accelerate […]

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5 Reasons Your Enterprise PPM Software Isn’t Optimized

With 86% of organizations having one or more PMOs, Project Portfolio Management maturity is steadily increasing across industries. Accordingly, businesses are increasingly turning to professional Enterprise PPM software. These tools are essential to the success of a project-oriented organization… as long as they are properly selected, configured, adopted, and used. Let’s look into 5 of the key […]

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The Top 4 Industries Benefitting from Enterprise PPM

Enterprise project portfolio management (Enterprise PPM) can be a key value driver for all kinds of organizations, regardless of size, industry, and geography. PPM processes and tools help companies optimize project delivery and performance, make better use of resources, and ensure that projects and portfolios align with the overarching organizational strategies. However, the structure and […]

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Common Enterprise PPM Mistakes—and How to Avoid Them

The purpose of enterprise project portfolio management (Enterprise PPM) is to help project organizations maximize the value of their portfolios. EPPM processes allow PMOs to plan and deliver projects, optimize the allocation of key resources, and align their project portfolios with the strategic goals of the business. That said, Enterprise PPM is not that easy […]

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