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

Epicflow

Research and development projects involve the process of discovering new ideas, technologies, and solutions to create new products (or services) or improve existing ones. In addition, changing requirements are commonplace for research and development projects. Will the developed product satisfy customers and be relevant in the market?

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5 Cheap Ways for Consultants (or Anyone) to Develop Their Skills

Tom Spencer

The question is, what is the best way to develop skills and grow professionally without the big price tags that come with graduate and postgraduate courses. Below are five favourite tips for skill development at zero cost. Develop your own Product/Program Methodology. Read Resources. Harvard Business Review Podcast.

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The Risks of Having Too Many Project Resources

PM Alliance

A rigorous project management methodology with proven techniques and processes for estimating and gathering task duration estimates is a fundamental element in properly managing a project’s time component. Stakeholders are likely to use the lack of firm deadlines to continuously tweak (read: expand) the project’s scope. Too many people.

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Government Contracts Pricing Strategy – Ten Dynamic and Synergistic Pricing Practices

Granite Leadership Strategies

As part of a well-functioning business development system and a well-respected pricing strategy practice, keep your pricing team apprised of upcoming bids. Document, assess, and streamline your pricing processes and pricing artifacts as you go along. Ten of the most dynamic and synergistic pricing practices are right here.

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Positioning Yourself As The Expert — How To Develop A Consulting Voice That Clients Will Listen To with Ron Carucci: Podcast #21

Consulting Success

Positioning Yourself As The Expert — How To Develop A Consulting Voice That Clients Will Listen To with Ron Carucci. I switched careers into learning and development and organization development. Many consulting firms spend time writing about their methodologies or writing about their own case studies to self-promote.

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Is Your ERP Project Done? Do These 3 Things Before Closing the Book.

PM Alliance

1: Documentation. Even though your new ERP system probably came complete with reams of documentation, the vastness of these solutions means that you should note down some details that may be unique to your organization. Document your user training program and upload the first batch of end user training records.

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Epicflow Implementation Guide: Essential Steps and Best Practices

Epicflow

Documentation of the results obtained. Document the findings, observations, and lessons learned from the POC process. Flexibility : Epicflow is applicable to any project management methodology you stick to, including Agile. We then give this valuable feedback to the Epicflow team to create future development plans.