Author: Alex Carter
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How to Manage the Process of Designing Apps
While, as a project manager, you typically deal with a project from beginning to end, the early process of designing an app takes notable precedent. Many of the decisions made here will decide on the future direction of the app. Special care must be taken to build in robust design to help ensure a successful…
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How to Protect Sensitive Data as a Project Manager
As a project manager, you must protect the data surrounding a project. That’s not just the underlying code. Sensitive data may also include personal identities, proprietary conversations on digital platforms, customer records, IP, financial information, and research, among other records that must be kept close to protect the company, its clients, and its employees. Therefore,…
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How to Leverage AI in Project Management
AI, or artificial intelligence, is making its way into all types of business processes. Leveraging AI can help a business grow more efficiently while sometimes saving time and often cutting costs. Depending on the type of AI application, it can also lead to better accuracy and quality control, as AI by design takes away the…
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Top 7 Challenges in Software Development Projects
If you are a project manager or a software developer in a project, you’ll have to beware of specific challenges that can arise at any stage in development. Luckily if you know what you are looking for, there are things you can do to mitigate challenges or even avoid them altogether. Avoid Problems Early with…
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Kanban vs. Gantt Charts: Which Methodology is Better for Software Development Teams?
As a project manager, you’ve likely used both Kanban and Gantt charts at some point to help get an overview of projects, including who is working on what. They are great tools to showcase, at a high level, the moving pieces of different aspects of a project. However, which is the most useful for software…
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Project Management Best Practices for Controlling Project Budgets
As a project manager, when running your project(s), it’s your responsibility to not only deliver a product but to deliver it on time and, more importantly (and notably), on budget. There are many reasons a project’s budget can rapidly expand, and you’ll need to stay on top of it to ensure you’ll have the funding…
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Best Practices for Stakeholder Engagement Before, During, and After Projects
Stakeholders are an important part of any project, and as a project manager, you’ll need to ensure you are engaging with them in a practical way that serves the ultimate goal of the project (and its deliverables). It’s time to discuss a few best practices that will help you be a better project manager and…
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A Project Manager’s Best Practices for a Project Takeover
Sometimes you don’t nurture a project all the way through. Occasionally, you may be saddled with picking up a project right in the middle and having to get it past the finish line on time and within budget. While this can sometimes be a challenge (depending on how organized the project was before you arrived),…
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Best Practices for Project Managers Trying to Avoid Scope Creep
As a project manager, you will have to deal with scope creep from time to time. Scope creep can happen when a client or stakeholder tries to add new deliverables or tasks to your project beyond the agreed-upon scope of the project. While, from a stakeholder perspective, the small changes or requests may seem like…