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How to Speak the Language of Project Management

Eat Your Career

Project management is an entire field of study in and of itself. But many people, in many roles, manage projects in an “unofficial” capacity. Even if you have no formal project management training, you still want to be taken seriously in your PM duties.

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Renovating Your Home? Think Like a Project Manager to Stay in Budget

Success

Whether you’re hiring contractors to renovate your home or just doing some weekend DIY projects, learning how to think like a project manager and get the best out of your team is a skill you can improve to help ensure your project goes as smoothly as possible. What is a project manager?

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How To Hire And Manage Freelancers, According To Experts

Allwork

And the key to good management — freelance or otherwise — is communication. Clear communication up front, and continuing conversation through regular check-ins and transparent project management helps streamline workflows and prevent confusion. She shares an onboarding document with every new freelancer. “It Her secret?

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How to Deal with Non-Negotiable Unrealistic Expectations

Eat Your Career

By the way, if you need help learning how to professionally pushback, I have an entire webinar on the topic of “Setting Limits and Managing Expectations” in the Career Success Library.) Document and Reflect Keep a record of situations where expectations were unrealistic and how they were handled. Learn more here.

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4 Top Project Management Tools

Office Organization Success

Just because some of these project management tools have all these fancy bells and whistles don’t go assuming they’re the best. Good ole’ Google calendars are a really quick and simple project management tool. If you want something a bit more project management-y, SmartSheet is a really good choice.

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How to Track Continuing Education Units (CEUs) to Maintain Professional Certifications

Eat Your Career

To avoid that kind of unnecessary stress, it’s important to properly manage and track your continuing education requirements. If you’re not sure how to do that, keep watching. As long as these things pertain to topics relevant to project management, they can qualify within specified limits. Other folks use OneNote.

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How to Hold a Successful Project Debrief

Jen Lawrence

Depending on the team dynamic, this may look like a survey form, contributing to a shared document, or simply sending an email to a point of contact. A project management tool like ClickUp can help keep all the feedback and notes in one place. Then consolidate all feedback to be reviewed during the session.

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