Epicflow

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Efficient portfolio management is essential for business success in todays competitive landscape. PPM tools help allocate resources efficiently by analyzing availability, workload, and skill sets, ensuring that the right resources are allocated to the right projects. What Are Project Portfolio Management Tools?

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Tools Management Software Resources 130

Epicflow

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Efficient portfolio management is essential for business success in todays competitive landscape. PPM tools help allocate resources efficiently by analyzing availability, workload, and skill sets, ensuring that the right resources are allocated to the right projects. What Are Project Portfolio Management Tools?

Tools 130

Tools Management Software Resources 130

Epicflow

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Nearly 56% of survey respondents believe they cannot demonstrate improvements in on-time project delivery, organizational efficiency, or profitability. Reporting progress on every stage of engineering, procurement, construction, and installation, SHI delivers key lessons to continuously improve project performance.

Management 222

Management Cash Flow Industry Real Estate 222

Successful Independent Consulting

AUGUST 28, 2024

When you construct your one-liner, it’s usually best to include the result rather than the approach or problem. It may include who you do it for, though that’s usually not necessary. What is necessary is to keep the tagline short, without overly long words or business jargon. Is it worth the money?”

Development 195

Development Turnaround How To Financial 195

Epicflow

JULY 27, 2022

In a complex multi-project environment with a shared resource pool, there are even more reasons for team members to work as efficiently as possible – otherwise it will be impossible to ensure a seamless and fruitful workflow and successful project delivery. . Do the leaders provide people with constructive feedback regarding their work?

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Resources Productivity Management Efficiency 147

Harvard Business

MARCH 8, 2017

It’s also not controversial to argue that any infrastructure investment must get more out of each dollar invested, raising the productivity of the construction sector. Global labor productivity growth in the construction industry has averaged only 1% a year over the past two decades, and was flat for most advanced economies.

Construction 93

Construction How To Engineering Industry 93

Strategy+Business

MAY 23, 2017

There is something unique about building houses that inherently eschews efficiency and automation.

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Construction Industry Efficiency 60

Seth Godin Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2014

Operate more efficiently. Innovate through growth. Invest in people. Juxtapose complementary opportunities. Key partners. Leverage existing assets. Maximize returns. Normalize customer expectations. Position the organization for future growth. Recharge the culture. Structure the organization for effective performance. Test new hypotheses.

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Epicflow

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Our mission is to simplify multi-project resource management, help project teams be maximum efficient, and let companies grow by intaking more orders and delivering their initiatives faster and cheaper. Tip: Apply tags to define a team that works on the same project but consists of the users from different groups.

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Groups Management Resources Analysis 147

Harvard Business

MARCH 1, 2018

The constantly fluctuating number of barrels of crude available from nimble shale operations is a primary driver, but so are the long-term impact of increased fuel efficiency and the fits and starts of the global transition away from fossil fuels on world demand. These increasingly efficient survivors now represent half of U.S.

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Cash Flow Transportation Energy Balance Sheet 128

Harvard Business

JULY 12, 2018

Equally, it is hard for employees to find the necessary time and space to learn when they are asked to maximize results, efficiency, and productivity. Give meaningful and constructive feedback. By definition, performance is highest when we are not learning.

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Culture Construction Development Training 133

Harvard Business

JUNE 24, 2016

Just as you construct an investment portfolio differently for different investment objectives, you want construct your thinking portfolio. Experts and Optimizers work together to work out the details and find the efficiencies. Now you’ve got the building blocks to begin designing the thinking of your team.

Construction 132

Construction Agile Examples Efficiency 132

Harvard Business

APRIL 18, 2017

Higher diversity is therefore associated with lower productivity, which inhibits the capacity of the economy to operate efficiently. To find out, we mobilized a large-scale data set on international migration from 1960 to 2010, using information on the nationality of the immigrants to construct indexes of birthplace diversity.

Construction 128

Construction Culture Policies Development 128

Epicflow

MARCH 22, 2024

In this article, we’re delving into the most essential aspects of efficient project management that can ensure successful and timely delivery, and also dwelling on the importance of project data for risk management in single-project and multi-project environments. So, what do you need for an efficient risk analysis?

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Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Single-function “teams” reinforced resource efficiency thinking. I don't know if it was a function of all those Gantt charts, but managers got silly about utilization and being “efficient.” I suspect that's because the SEI and the PMI both thought creating software was similar to construction.

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Harvard Business

JULY 6, 2017

Moreover, Google will most likely argue that its search engine has made e-commerce more efficient for consumers despite bundling it with AdSense and that its Android operating system has helped make smartphones and apps more ubiquitous and cheap despite bundling them with the Play Store. In fact, Google gives those services away for free.

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Company Engineering Operations Construction 118

Tom Spencer

AUGUST 15, 2013

And the pioneering work of social enterprises in sectors like construction , manufacturing , banking , hospitality and healthcare suggest that innovative and sustainable businesses are able to thrive without being run primarily for profit. Since the late 1990s, the social sector has been on the rise.

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Enterprise Healthcare Ethics Construction 112

Harvard Business

MAY 2, 2017

On the contrary, clarity about where the buck stops is one of the most critical enablers of efficient teamwork. Working with old hands before you forge a project of your own helps you pick up the routines, processes, and tools that make collaboration efficient. But collaboration is not consensus.

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How To Video Technology Implementation Survey 131

Harvard Business

APRIL 6, 2017

Identifying use cases where AI adds as much value to people’s performance as to process efficiencies is essential to successful enterprise adoption. Colleague use cases revolve around advice managers and workers need to work more efficiently and effectively in the enterprise.

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Harvard Business

MAY 2, 2016

But today, as a multinational construction materials company, our goals are somewhat broader: How can we help provide housing for people all over the world who need it? One example would be upgrading the current norm of single-glazed windows in high-rise buildings to double- or triple-glazed to improve energy efficiency.

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Industry Intellectual Property Construction Energy 70

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Give your recipient clear and constructive feedback that’s focused on how you can move forward. Although it might not seem intuitive at first, taking the time to show empathy and encouragement in your emails can actually make you more efficient. Or This provides a great starting point for our discussion.

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How To Turnaround Construction Efficiency 132

Epicflow

JULY 5, 2022

What helps make cost estimation simple and efficient? the cost of 1 mile in highway construction). It’s no secret that project and resource management solutions are widely used to simplify project orchestration and increase its efficiency. Therefore, a proper cost estimation is about finding a fine line in this complex process.

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Resources Efficiency Software Financial 130

Harvard Business

APRIL 19, 2017

Following our rubric would ensure defendants are treated equally, with only the highest-risk defendants detained, simultaneously improving the efficiency and equity of decisions. Equally important, the method for constructing the rules is itself simple. Our select-regress-round strategy yields decision rules that are simple.

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Case Interview Video Software Accenture 134

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Tight cultures have an efficient orderliness and reassuring predictability, but are less adaptable. Rooted firmly in the manufacturing industry, Amazon has defined processes to maximize its efficiency. Construct a prenup. Loose cultures are much more fluid. They generally eschew rules, encourage new ideas, and value discretion.

Culture 132

Culture Operations Efficiency Guidelines 132

Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 24, 2023

FTE for full-time Equivalent (as in human beings!) “Resources” instead of the words: people, or human beings Construction metaphors, such as: build, which describes how we organize and create a usable product. I've been part of several construction projects, and they all used an iterative lifecycle.

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Construction Resources Productivity Development 78

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 26, 2018

To help organizations meet today’s challenges, managers must move from: Directive to instructive: When robots driven by artificial intelligence (AI) do more tasks like finish construction or help legal professionals more efficiently manage invoices , there will be no need for a supervisor to direct people doing such work.

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Management Operations Construction Development 133

Makarios Consulting

APRIL 16, 2020

In our “ top ten ” list of characteristics that define high-performing teams, providing appreciative and constructive feedback is always a tough one to actualize. However, if you want a high-performing team, you have to tackle feedback head on because feedback is what makes teams productive, efficient, and motivated.

Construction 52

Construction Efficiency Examples Study 52

Rick Conlow

MAY 22, 2023

Decreased productivity and efficiency: Inefficient communication can result in delays, duplicated work, and missed deadlines. When information is poorly conveyed or shared, it can hinder collaboration, decision-making, and overall workflow efficiency. Leaders should provide constructive feedback to their team members regularly.

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Leadership Training Training Construction 108

Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 15, 2019

Typing is how we construct the product. However, software is learning, not construction. But That's Not Efficient, Right? Busyness looks efficient. Effective software teams use flow efficiency , so they all learn together. All of these problems are about learning. As we learn together, we can create the product.

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Agile Software Efficiency Construction 67

Brimstone Consulting

MARCH 29, 2022

The CEO of a family-owned construction company recognized that an outside, objective perspective would be valuable to the future and growth of the company. CASE STUDY. Agile strategy leads to 220% increase in revenue. Additionally, Brimstone partnered with the CEO to hold an annual leadership summit.

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Agile Strategy Strategy Strategy& 96

Harvard Business

APRIL 5, 2017

However, higher accruals can reflect either innocuous aspects of certain business models, such as in the construction industry, where the time lag between earning income and realizing cash is long, or that growing firms retain higher working capital to meet greater current and future customer demand.

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Metrics Study McKinsey Cash Flow 100

Harvard Business

JUNE 1, 2018

Many people believe that issues of scarcity can be solved by using more efficient production methods. But this may overlook some of the unintended consequences of efficiency improvements. For example, the invention of more efficient train engines allowed for cheaper transportation that catalyzed the industrial revolution.

Efficiency 71

Efficiency Energy Software Resources 71

Harvard Business

APRIL 11, 2017

Operators in the business units love hitting goals and finding new efficiencies. And CEOs need to foster constructive connectivity between the two groups if they intend for innovation to deliver real impact after the initial press release. Innovators thrive on discovery and nurturing new ideas.

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Survey Groups Energy Research 133

Harvard Business

AUGUST 13, 2018

” In many ways this is an old question, because it takes us back to the arguments of Nobel Laureates Ronald Coase and Oliver Williamson that firms exist to coordinate complex forms of economic activity in an efficient way. Sponsored by SAS. How companies are using artificial intelligence in their business operations.

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Company System Efficiency Financial 124

Tom Spencer

MAY 20, 2018

Thirdly, research suggests that people who are more physically active become more efficient at using energy. If you use energy more efficiently, then you should have more in reserve for exerting deliberate mental effort! It might be the noise of colleagues talking or the rattle of construction work outside.

Energy 92

Energy Chemicals System Efficiency 92

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

They also understood that what Google was looking for was not tax breaks or other financial incentives so much as speed in execution, and in particular commitments from the participating communities to minimize build-out delays—and help in lowering construction costs. Construction costs fell, and the speed of deployments increased.

Construction 70

Construction Government Wireless Industry 70

Harvard Business

MAY 1, 2017

Accordingly, business leaders sought to improve efficiency by employing Six Sigma, process reengineering, spans and layers, and other tools. And the average long-term ROE is more than 25%, reflecting improved efficiency combined with greater reliance on financial leverage at most companies. But a lot can get lost in the averages.

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Cash Flow Financial Balance Sheet Bain 134