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Hoping to Fix Your At-Risk Project on Your Own? These Warning Signs Might Indicate It’s Too Late for an In-House Rescue

PM Alliance

If your project isn’t going well, you need to understand how close your effort is to failing and which options are still on the table to fix it. But if there’s a growing list of target dates your team failed to meet, your initiative might be too far off the planned track for a routine baseline rescheduling solution.

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The first person

Seth Godin Blog

As Kevin points out, the regulation to lead to this fix is really simple and easy to implement. As Kevin points out, the regulation to lead to this fix is really simple and easy to implement. When we built the bot for this blog, I insisted that the bot not say “I.” ” Because it’s not me.

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Is your project a zombie, troll or unicorn? Maybe it’s just confused and needs a rationale

The Management Centre

In this blog, Director, Laura Slater looks at common problems with projects, and gives an overview of =mc ’s approach to Project Rationale. It might be a perceived opportunity or threat, a problem that needs fixing, or a desire to improve or change the way we currently do something. But without a driver, the project will fail.

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10 Sneaky Ways Bad Project Budgets Create Ongoing Problems 

PM Alliance

4 – Your data practices are called into question Resolving budget management failings is more difficult if stakeholders begin questioning your data management strategy, too. But poor quality won’t fix poor budgeting, and the result is simply more problems to unravel as the project winds down.

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2022: forget the resolutions, build your confidence instead

The Management Centre

They seem a tad arbitrary – with a fixed deadline 12 months away, made on a whim after too much indulgence over the December weeks. The problem with resolutions is they don’t give you the chance to change things when a change in circumstances happen; meaning you are more than likely going to fail. As a result, you feel like a failure.

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What Do Employee Engagement Surveys Really Tell Us?

Effective Managers

In this blog post, we will discuss why engagement surveys have fallen into disrepute, and how you can use them to make a difference. In my experience, there are two main reasons the use of employee engagement surveys fail. This is not a quick fix and will require ongoing effort and attention. You Tried to Fix the Wrong Thing.

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Seth's Blog: Self service requires information, which requires design

Seth Godin Blog

Back to the home page for this blog. WWW SETHS BLOG. The Dip Blog. Seths Main Blog. All Marketers Are Liars Blog. Subscribe to Seths Blog. A long book filled with short pieces from Fast Company and the blog. Seths Blog.Seth Godins riffs on marketing, respect, and the ways ideas spread. Recent Posts.

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