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Managing a remote team? We've got the right project management techniques for you

Transformify

It rids them of the commuting hassles and gives them more freedom in managing their time and workflow. It demands a level of employee management and project management skills beyond regular. Communication plan: effective communication is so important in project management that you need to have a plan for it.

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[Interview] Michael K. Levine, Author Of “People Over Process: Leadership for Agility”

YoungUpstarts

Levine was an early proponent of agile and is a veteran of systems change and technology management. I’ve spent my career doing large-scale high impact technology management for major US institutions. They taught leadership, not just scrum. Are you saying there’s no place for scrum, for instance? What’s your main focus?

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Three Methodologies That Help Businesses Stay Creative

YoungUpstarts

For you to undertake any project, there must be a plan that defines the whole methodology, from how you plan to deal with the project, tackle the risk factors, test each iteration, and manage the resources. It is easy to manage. After the initial requirements are set, the team produces a requirement specification document.

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5 Agile Practices That Are Fueling Marketing Teams

ConversionXL

While software developers prefer more prescriptive methods, like Scrum , marketers borrow heavily from the Kanban framework. To operate as a pure Scrum marketing team, marketers would need to timebox their to-do list and commit to getting a specific cluster of tasks out the door after 2–4 weeks of active work. Image source ).

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The most valuable lessons I learned from managing a virtual team

The Next Web

Traditional office working is losing ground as the “best way” to work, and managers supporting it are either of a generation where using social technologies is seen as lazy or timewasting, or they have the wrong team – i.e. a team that requires intense scrutiny to keep it working. . distributed project management. management styles.

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Generation Agile: 10 Tips How To Lead Effectively A Newly Outsourced Development Team

YoungUpstarts

Agile project management and team leadership are best showcased by leading a team of developers in completing software development projects. Agile can also be applied across numerous other industries as an effective project management approach. Advantages of Agile Management. Team Management. Agile At A Glance.

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[Review] Social Marketology

YoungUpstarts

Social media marketing is probably the most heavily written management topic on the planet. Providing a methodical framework covering strategy, organisation, execution and measurement, the book provides a step by step process to managing the social media marketing function. These tend to be more inspirational than instructional.