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Leading Management Principles of the World’s Top Shipbuilders

Epicflow

The State of Project Management 2018 survey by Wellingtone reveals a harsh truth — dissatisfaction with the current level of project management maturity in organizations all over the world is higher than a year ago. To improve their project management practices, C-levels at HHI developed a sustainable management policy.

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Little’s Law for Any Kind of Product Development: How to Learn How Long Your Work Will Take

Johanna Rothman

In contrast, Team 2 started “this” project back in 2018, almost four years ago. The post Little’s Law for Any Kind of Product Development: How to Learn How Long Your Work Will Take appeared first on Johanna Rothman, Management Consultant. They're not really working on this project.

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The Productivity Booster You Have in Your Pocket, But Probably Don’t Use

Harvard Business

Google Assistant stunned the crowd at I/O 2018 with natural-sounding phone calls to unassuming restaurant and hair salon staff. The idea that this software will genuinely save us time and increase our productivity is not yet taken seriously by business people or the general public. The product is well beyond viable now.

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25 ideas to help you set good goals in 2025

Halo Psych

Create SMART goals Psychologists Edwin Locke and Gary Latham developed Goal-Setting Theory which suggests that realistic, hard, specific goals produce better performance than easy or ambiguous goals. framework is an evidence-based approach developed by Gabriele Oettingen. 2018, April 15). 2018, June 5). Levitin, D.

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Continuous Development Will Change Organizations as Much as Agile Did

Harvard Business

In 2001, a new approach to technology development was created by a daring group of developers. Called Agile, the process put customers at the center of product development, encouraged rapid prototyping, and dramatically increased corporate speed and agility. Maximize engineering productivity. Run more experiments.

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Oil’s Boom-and-Bust Cycle May Be Over. Here’s Why

Harvard Business

In November, United States’ crude oil production exceeded 10 million barrels per day for the first time since 1970, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). could become the world’s largest oil producer in 2018, surpassing Saudi Arabia and Russia. hbr staff/bettmann/Getty Images.

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Impact of Data Analytics in Consulting

Tom Spencer

Over time, it has become a necessity for the consulting industry to develop frameworks to address critical business problems with the help of big data. Tailoring products to individual needs: Big data allows an organisation to narrowly segment customers. So, how does big data create value for consulting firms?

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