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Product Vs Project Management
OK, so how many times has this occurred: someone asks you what you do for a living and you tell them that you are a Product Manager and they fire back at you
“Oh, so you manage projects?” Grrr, it’s really no fair – the two disciplines really have nothing in common. Well wait a minute, maybe they do. No, no they really are different. Dang it. What’s the difference between the two?
A lot of the confusion comes from the simple fact that the two jobs do share a lot of things in common. However, never fear, they really are completely different no matter what your friends or your boss tell you. In a nutshell, the differences fall into three different categories: scope, execution, and results.
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Improving Workplace Productivity with Management Methodologies
Time is always of the essence, especially in the workplace. Boosting workplace productivity is all about doing the job smartly, maximizing available resources, setting effective and efficient plans and decisions. At first look, productivity may seem like an obvious goal. However, it is not about productivity per se, but on its consensus – getting enough acceptance and agreement on how productivity can be achieved best. When increasing productivity on the job, proper time management is a great tool for establishing credibility in the workplace.
Proper time management is a skill. It entails balancing your priorities, responsibilities and schedules through well-crafted tips and methods. For successful time management, you first need to assess the level and scope of your time management weakness. Start by assessing the overall scope of the problem, looking at the perceptions and consequences for warning signs and clues.
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Three P of Project Management – Project Scoping & Planning, Process and People
Project Management has become more and more important as the life cycle of the product is getting shorter and shorter. If you just take a good look at the mobile phone, how many color of mobile phone do we have 10 – 15 years ago? I believe, it has only one color and there are not many models around as well. But, let’s look at the situation today, how many models and color of mobile phone do we have today? I don’t think I’m able to count.
So, why does the product life cycle have to do with project management?
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