Myths about project management busted by hard facts
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Even at corporate giants such as IBM, only 56% of project managementspecialists hold a certificate
47% of workers called meetings the No.1 time-waster at the office
30% of the time spent in long meetings is described as “time wasted” by employees
75%of bosses reporthappier remoteemployees
of businesses report that remote workers are more engaged
2/3 of CIOs see PMI certification as a valuable benefit, but not a necessity
70% of accidental project managers have no special training or certificate at hand
In fact, a project managerspends 90% of his timecommunicating
10% of working hours were saved by Tipton Communications, a full-service marketing agency, thanks to using cloud PM sostware for project administration
Tim Harford, Financial Times columnist and author of Adapt: Why Success Always Starts With Failure
enjoy how they can focus on work, not office policies
41% feel remote work saves time
29% feel more productive
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“Success comes through rapidly fixing our mistakes rather than getting things right the first time”
Moving your projects to the cloud helps cut down on paperwork time
Remote work makes employees happy
Working remotely increases performance by at least 13%
MYTHS ABOUT PROJECT MANAGEMENTBUSTED BY HARD FACTS
MYTH 4
The term “failure” is exaggerated. If responded to correctly, it may be a link to future success.
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FREQUENT MEETINGS ARE NECESSARY TO KEEP EVERYONE IN THE LOOP
Share info briefs with your peers before the meetings to save time
A productive meeting should last less than 30 minutes
Try standup meetings.They are 34% shorter than sit-downs, yet just as efficient
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Apple Newton, a PDA released in 1993, failed miserably with consumers. But several of its features became the basis for today's smartphone. In fact the Newton is a precursor that the iPhone was modeled on.
MYTH 3 PROJECT MANAGEMENT IS PURE PAPERWORK
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Myth 1: Remote collaboration is unproductive
MYTH 1 REMOTE COLLABORATION IS UNPRODUCTIVE
PROJECT MANAGEMENT CERTIFICATION IS A MUST
MYTH 5 PROJECT FAILURES ARE FATAL
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PROJECT MANAGEMENT CERTIFICATION IS A MUST
Myth 1: Remote collaboration is unproductive
Myth 2: Project management certification is a MUST
Myth 3: Project management is pure paperwork
Myth 4: Frequent meetings are necessary to keep everyone in the loop
10 To refrain speakers from talking too long, one company in Florida had each of them hold a 10-pound medicine ball
Myth 5: Project failures are fatal
Experts say when you fail, you should call the reason by name to avoid making the same mistake twice. And make sure you learn your lessons from it.
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