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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. The team has to know what’s priority number one.

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Drones Help New Industries Take Flight

Tom Spencer

This post explores three areas where drones are currently being used, the data they generate, and how they are being used to increase efficiency and maximise profits. Drones are a useful tool for farmers, and the agricultural drone market is expected to be worth $1 billion by 2024 ( Margaritoff, 2018 ).

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How to Decide Which Data Science Projects to Pursue

Harvard Business

In 2018, every organization has a data strategy. After several years, though, an excellent strategy will yield orders of magnitude more valuable results. Both mediocre and excellent strategies begin with a series of experiments and investments leading to data projects. Building an Excellent Data Strategy.

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

Harvard Business

could become the world’s largest oil producer in 2018, surpassing Saudi Arabia and Russia. These increasingly efficient survivors now represent half of U.S. In fact, 2018 may mark the first year shale producers will be able to fund future expansions of drilling programs through their own cash flow. The soaring U.S.

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Impact of Data Analytics in Consulting

Tom Spencer

This method is widely used online to accurately and efficiently target customers and sell customised products and services. Additionally, in order for the consulting industry to continue adding value for clients, consultants must learn new skills to stay ahead of the digital disruption ( Consultancy UK, 2018 ). 2018, 3 September).

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When Companies Want to Innovate, But Investors Won’t Let Them

Harvard Business

As of Aug 7 2018, Tesla’s market capitalization (USD 64.75B) exceeded that of BMW (USD 64.36B), despite BMW’s comparable production levels and deliveries of electric cars and significantly higher profits (net income of 10.3B for Tesla as of June 30, 2018). for BMW versus -2.7B

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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. I'm also a fan of working in flow efficiency , so the team can finish more features faster. In addition, when managers reward flow efficiency, people tend to collaborate more, not just cooperate. Personal WIP. Are you multitasking?