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Assessing Change Management Effectiveness: Essential Metrics

Epicflow

It may seem the outcomes of effective change management are obvious – if positive transformations have happened, the process was effective. . However, the present-day ever-evolving business environment demonstrates that change management is rather a journey than a destination. Change management performance .

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Unemployed Agilists: How to Show Your Value to Support What Managers Want, Part 1

Johanna Rothman

Several reasons: No manager cares about “agile” even if they care about agility. That means everyone needs to understand what managers care about and want: more net income. Companies must manage their expenses so they can afford to stay in business. But if you didn’t use the flow metrics?

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Unemployed Agilists: Review the Hype Cycle & Your Agility to Help You Manage Future Job Changes, Part 4

Johanna Rothman

I started this series by discussing why managers didn't perceive the value of agile coaches and Scrum Masters in Part 1, resulting in layoffs.) We can't get something for nothing, and agility requires that managers change the culture. When managers do not change the culture, they cannot reap all the benefits of agility.

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How to Use Flow Metrics to See if Your Economies of Scale Offer Value, Part 3

Johanna Rothman

Flow Efficiency In How Centralization Decisions Create Friction, Increase Cycle Time, and Cost Money, Part 1, I discussed how removing support staff for departments and managers created longer cycle times. Resource Efficiency Thinking Traps Many Managers And I said the managers were not stupid. Ignorance of the flow metrics.

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The 3 Pillars of an Effective Data Management Strategy: Monitoring, Tracking, and Reporting

Strategic Planning and Management Insights

For instance, in Marketing, data is being used to calculate ROI on marketing campaigns, or come up with new pricing strategies based on A/B testing of campaigns which helps marketing and managers bring in more revenue, and stay ahead of the competition. Does your organization have a data management strategy but struggle to implement it?

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

Epicflow

As we’ve stepped into 2024, it’s high time to learn what trends in project management are expected to shape the domain in the near future. In the era of constant transformation, project managers and business leaders should stay informed of the tendencies that will impact the way they work on projects. How does this help?

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5 Essential Questions About Data-Driven Project Management

Epicflow

Project management is no exception – data is becoming increasingly important for analyzing project and resource performance, making effective decisions, and driving projects toward their successful completion. How exactly is data used in project management? What is data-driven project management?

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