Category: General Discussion
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Hiring IT talent. Why cultural fit matters and how to achieve it
Every year, it seems that hiring and retaining the best talent gets harder. Especially when the best talent now has infinitely more opportunities than ever before. I feel your pain. Say you’re an IT firm and you have a best in class Project Manager, time was that you’d perhaps look over your shoulder at the…
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31 ways you can improve your business
It does not matter what sort of business you run, whether it is a coffee shop or a financial services firm, you are always going to be on the lookout to achieve more. With that in mind, let’s take a look at the many different ways that you can better your business today. Provide customers…
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The Importance Of Native Language Support on Global Projects
Find out about why native language support is essential if you want to truly capitalise on your global projects using teams across all geographical locations. Many international businesses have expanded across the globe to capitalise on particular expertise or lower costs in certain regions. Plus studies and surveys have repeatedly shown that people prefer to…
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Values create value: Hire culturally aligned IT talent
Sat on a train, I overheard a refreshing view on IT recruitment this week. I was trying not to listen to the conversation the chap opposite was having with his office, but you know how it is!? The man mentioned IT Project Management and was discussing a strategic hire that his firm had to make…
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5 Task Management Tools Every Business Needs
Are you struggling to get tasks on track? How can you manage your projects more effectively? If these questions are driving you to seek task management tools or project management software, it is time for you to get more ideas on the best options and which one to finalize. We have a curated list of…
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How Business Analysts Can Deal With Cultural Differences
Many businesses are increasingly operating in a global work environment; using the best teams and people from a variety of regions and countries to complete their projects. In this way they can draw on strengths from certain groups and also minimise costs. Consequently more and more people are working with remote colleagues and collaborating with…
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Project Management Burnout – How To Combat It
There are few project managers who haven’t had to deal with some levels of stress or burnout during their working life, no matter how much experience they have in the field or how many qualifications they have. Project management is a highly demanding and fast paced job, so this should unfortunately come as little surprise.…
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Business trends to look out for in the coming year
As we get closer to the end of another year, it’s time to start thinking about how we are going to better our business throughout the coming year. After all, with every year that passes by, there are new trends and technologies that emerge. With that in mind, read on to discover some of the…
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Project Failure Statistics: The Shocking Truth
When a project has failed to deliver on its promises, it’s important to look at the hard data behind the project and the people working on it if lessons are to be learned from the mistakes made and those mistakes are not repeated. All business analysts and project managers know that the…
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Six steps to never making another bad IT hire
Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh once said that his bad hires had cost the company “well over $100 million.” Whilst it’s reassuring that a firm that usually gets everything so right … occasionally doesn’t … it is mind boggling how much a bad hire can cost. I mean, there’s the obvious cost of having to recruit…