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LinkedIn0Share0Tweet0Pin0Email0 Managing IT requests has never been easy, but the challenge grows greater every year as companies add new software, new devices and new business processes. A typical IT help desk is now expected to provide support for desktop and laptop computers, mobile devices, cloud-based software, online collaboration tools and information security solutions, just to […]
LinkedIn0Share0Tweet0Pin0Email0 Are you considering a career in IT project management? You’re certainly not alone. Few other careers can deliver the combination of challenging work, high compensation and long-term security that IT project managers enjoy, and that’s why more and more professionals are moving into the field. Fortunately, even with so many people joining the ranks, […]
LinkedIn0Share0Tweet0Pin0Email0 As companies grow, employees find themselves working not only with the people who sit nearby, but with people who might work in other cities, live in other countries, report to different managers or, in some cases, all of the above. In these cases, collaboration becomes simultaneously more important and more difficult. Why Is […]
LinkedIn0Share0Tweet0Pin0Email0 Professional services organizations (PSOs) need to be profitable. And while we’re at it: water is wet, fire is hot, and articles that start off by pointing out the painfully obvious don’t deserve to be read past the first paragraph. “But wait – there’s more!”/ That’s because while PSOs obviously need to be profitable, they […]
LinkedIn0Share0Tweet0Pin0Email0 Guest Author, Andrew Radburn, Branded3 During my six plus years at Branded3 (and only my second ever blog post), I’ve seen the company grow from circa 20 people – in an old converted barn on the outskirts of a village I’d never heard of – to over 70 strong; split between the Leeds, London […]
LinkedIn0Share0Tweet0Pin0Email0 In the 2016 Professional Services Maturity™ Benchmark survey, Service Performance Insight affirms that human capital alignment – i.e. the ability to attract, hire, retain and motivate a quality workforce – continues to be both a critical objective and a key challenge for organizations. Obviously, both Human Capital Management (HCM) systems and organizational policies […]
LinkedIn0Share0Tweet0Pin0Email0 At last check, there are about 25 million web pages offering some kind of team building advice. Throw in a few million ebooks and videos, and it’s safe to say that this topic isn’t just “well covered,” but that it’s outright enclosed. Well, it is in theory. In practice, however, despite the proliferation of […]
LinkedIn0Share0Tweet0Pin0Email0 In its 2016 Professional Services Maturity™ Benchmark, Service Performance Insights notes that in response to shifting human capital dynamics, professional services organizations (PSO) must “create a different type of workforce that requires technical and client management competency with equal parts of flexibility, autonomy and accountability.” Naturally, talent management programs must play a major role […]
LinkedIn0Share0Tweet0Pin0Email0 If asked to name the worst aspect of their job, many project managers would say that reporting is the most time-consuming and least rewarding part of the day. Whether they are gathering progress reports from team members or preparing status reports for customers or management, PMs devote untold hours making sure that all project […]
LinkedIn0Share0Tweet0Pin0Email0 In decades past, the concept of project management was closely associated with a few specific industries—engineering, construction and technology in particular. These were the fields that had given rise to project management as a discipline; where most of the fundamental concepts behind project management were developed. More recently, project management has become an essential […]
