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Project Management Maturity Models: A Basis for Reaching Your Organization’s Business Success

Epicflow

Project management maturity (or PMM) reflects a company’s ability to manage projects efficiently. They usually describe levels indicating the current state of an organization in terms of project management efficiency and propose recommendations on how to proceed to more sophisticated levels. . Let’s examine some of them. .

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How People Analytics Can Help You Change Process, Culture, and Strategy

Harvard Business

They discovered that one country was 16% percent more efficient than the average of the rest of the countries: they got the same results in 71 fewer person-hours per month and with 40 fewer people involved each month. As the transformation accelerated, teams were asked to do more with less, generate more data, and make decisions faster.

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Zero-Based Budgeting Is Not a Wonder Diet for Companies

Harvard Business

ZBB’s resurgence is further fueled by the uncertain markets hindering many companies’ efforts to attract fresh capital, as we see venture capital and private equity funds increasingly pushing ZBB on their portfolio companies, in the hope of securing a more rapid and profitable exit on their investments.

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5 Questions That Will Help You Stay Ahead of Your Disruptors

Harvard Business

Stagnant growth in its core PC market recently led Intel to announce layoffs of roughly 12% of its workforce. The company will also eliminate a key chipset in the difficult tablet and smartphone market. But the past is merely a prologue. How best to draw actionable inspiration from Grove?

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Fighting Uncertainty in Organizations, Including Matrix Ones

Epicflow

The problem is that the intended outcomes and commitments to the market might be negatively affected, harming the reputation of the organization. But combine that with a minor delay in raw material delivery and throw in a sudden but not surprising market fluctuation, and you have a perfect storm. Adaptive planning becomes crucial here.

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2024 Events for Project Managers, Business Leaders, and Industry Professionals

Epicflow

2024 Healthcare Project Delivery Conference January, 30-31, San Diego, USA This year’s conference will focus on implementing developments in procurement, design, financing, and O&M in healthcare projects. The participants will learn how healthcare providers overcome resource constraints and deliver new developments.

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Develop Deep Knowledge in Your Organization — and Keep It

Harvard Business

Helping mentors pass along their expertise more effectively and helping mentees learn more efficiently. Newcomers can learn more efficiently by keeping “learning logs” that chronicle their experiences and through scheduled feedback sessions with their mentors.