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6 Current Trends in Project Management [2024]: What to Prepare for?

Epicflow

This is confirmed by the recent PMI Pulse of the Profession report — they’ve found that companies that give particular importance to soft skills (or how they call them “power skills”) achieve better project outcomes and have higher levels of project management maturity and organizational agility [3]. References Harrin, E.

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How to Leverage Change Friction to Change Behaviors at Work

LSA Global

In behavioral economics, change friction refers to factors or obstacles that increases the effort or time required for individuals to make a decision or complete a task. They can introduce agile methodologies, flatten hierarchies, and foster cross-functional collaboration to break down silos. What Is Change Friction?

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Impact of Data Analytics in Consulting

Tom Spencer

“Data scientists, fast computers, and advanced software are replacing traditional decision-making processes and disrupting tried-and trusted traditional consulting methodologies, with Big Data being one of the main forces of disruption” ( Tras, 2015 ). References. The words “big data” have become a “buzzword” in the business industry.

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How Avaya Turned Around Its Customer Ratings

Harvard Business

For reference, an NPS of +50 is considered very good. Embrace Agile Methods for Responding to Customers. The key to this transformation was an innovation approach common in the software industry: agile invention methodology. Yes, a customer who gives a low rating doesn’t like you. The risk had been managed well.

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How to Tame Uncertainty of Research and Development: Tips on Managing R&D Projects

Epicflow

Some companies can be tempted to apply Agile methodology because of its flexibility; but without proper planning, it won’t become a silver bullet ensuring the successful completion of an R&D project. Applying a phase-gate process can help you address this issue. Retrieved from: [link]

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A Tool for Balancing Your Company’s Digital Investments

Harvard Business

The portfolio tool can be used as a common frame of reference in management discussions about a number of areas. Because of the uncertainty over outcomes (and customer reaction), what is to be built, and the cost of change, investments in the top two quadrants are more suited to agile approaches (such as scrum) for software development.

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Advice on Running a Government Agency Like a Startup, from Someone Who’s Tried It

Harvard Business

So that is not a methodology to build buildings. If we were using a military reference, your intervention team is like a SWAT team and your transformation team is building the standing army. In fact, we’re not even sure you can legally do Agile! The real goal, the transformation goal, should be the larger service.