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Working Late Everyday- Are Reasons Genuine Enough?

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What are the primary reasons of spending extra hours in the company?  Is it time mismanagement or to impress your manager or any other. List of reasons why people work late almost everyday Company Culture: In certain companies people work late every day and automatically they become so habitual that it becomes the culture of the company. People who joins later on, also start following the same culture without questioning about it. Time mismanagement: Some resources are very bad in time management and prioritizing their work so they are unable to complete the work assigned to them in stipulated time. […]

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How To Do Project Reviews

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Project review is one of the most important task of a project manager. It is so critical that if it is not done effectively, it can lead to adverse consequences including failure of the project. So a project manager needs to take it very seriously. Project review must be done phase wise, one should spend good amount of time to review the phase once it is complete. It is recommended to do a quick mini health check about it, so that the project is ready to go into the next phase. Typically, a project manager do about three project phase

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Strategies For Keeping People Engaged During Meetings And Conference Calls

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Today advance technology and communication methods have made our life very easy. There is no need to spend a large amount on travelling to attend a meeting. Technology has made it so easy that ten different people sitting in ten different locations can attend a meeting. On the top of it they can even see each other using video conferencing technique. Meetings are relatively easy now and conference calls and bridge calls are very common these days. It depends on the host of the meeting to manage it effectively so that the outcome of the meeting meets his expectations. At

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When And How To Delegate Tasks

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Today with tremendous work pressure on every individual, the demand of proper work management is all the more important. The best way to come out of it is delegate tasks which can be delegated. There are managers who expects you to work 15 hours a day. They needed your comments on one document. And you have not even finished it, you are asked for another document completed in 2 days. Next day your manager already sent you two emails asking the status of the new document. Such managers only knows how to bark orders at the team, not realizing that

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Project Kick-off Meetings With Internal And External Stakeholders

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A Project Kick-off meeting is essential prior to every project from very small like a month’s project to big ones of 5 to 10 years duration. This meeting is a base for initiating the high level discussion to engage the team and critical stakeholders. At times project managers had to decide which kick-off meeting to conduct first the one with external stakeholders or the one with internal stakeholders. When the requirements/objective is unclear or partially known, it is recommended to have a Kick-off meeting with the customer first for 3 reasons. Gives clarity to the objective of the project. You can

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Is It Your Second Attempt For PMP Exam – Check Out What To Do

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There are two kinds of people, first kind are the ones who are easily influenced by others, they trust others more than themselves. They take decisions basis others’ judgment. If 5 out of 8 people says PMP is tough and hard to crack they would believe it and quit without even trying. If majority say its moderate and go through PMBOK twice and take 2-3 mock tests and it is easy to crack. They would think it is very easy and would take it very lightly, resulting in a failure. The second kind of people only believe in themselves, they

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Are Reasons Valid Enough For You To Look For A Change?

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No one is perfect, be it a manager, or a senior member or a junior member. No company or organization is bad it is people who make it good or bad. So before saying “enough is enough, I cannot take it anymore, I want to quit”, list down all the issues and challenges you are facing in your current company. Ask few questions to yourself before you decided to look for change Is your qualification matching with your current profile? Do you enjoy your work? Are you recognized by your senior management for your good work? Are you respected by

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Tips For First Day In Office

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Change in life always comes with a mixed feeling of joy and fear. It is your first day in office and you are feeling nervous, don’t worry its human nature. As everything including building, co-workers, seniors, juniors, your workstation is new to you, you may find yourself to be little uncomfortable. You might feel that everyone is noticing you, but it can only be your imagination because employees are too occupied with the work these days that even if they are looking at anyone, it is not necessary that they are thinking about him only. There is a possibility that

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How To Negotiate For Timelines And Schedule Of A Project

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Negotiation is necessary part in almost every area of the project, from defining scope to time required to accomplish the tasks, from resource allocation to cost and budget. This can involve one-on-one negotiation or with a group of people. It is important for a project manager to learn this art and to set realistic expectations regarding project risk and time required in both best and worst case scenarios. Do your homework Project managers is the best judge of the time required to complete different phases of the project with a given budget and resources. So it is his responsibility to

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How To Differentiate Between Necessary And Unnecessary Lengthy Processes In Place

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It has been observed that in big companies there are lengthy processes for most of the tasks. At times the time taken to do the task is much less than the time gone in taking number of approvals before its implementation. This results in dissatisfaction for both the person who had requested for that task and for the development team, who did it in very less time. The question arises as to why these processes are so lengthy and complex. How To Identify What Is Necessary And What Is Not? The more sensitive the data requested for is, the more

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