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Merlin Project Onboarding

Project management fans, rejoice! We are thrilled to introduce the Merlin Project Onboarding as a special St. Nicolaus Day present. This initial English-only launch of our interactive learning path boosts your skills with Merlin Project.

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Navigating Success: The Evolution of Hybrid Project Management

Hybrid Project Management

Imagine you're leading a project at a technology firm, developing a new software product. Initially, you opt for a traditional waterfall approach, with a clear plan and defined milestones. However, as the project progresses, market trends shift, and customer feedback demands additional, unplanned features.

This situation highlights the limitations of sticking strictly to a traditional project management approach, which can be too rigid to adapt to such changes. On the flip side, relying solely on an agile approach might leave you lacking in structured planning for complex, large-scale projects.

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Posted by Stefanie Blome on November 30th, 2023 under Project Management
Tags: hybrid-project-management

5 Steps how Project Managers can leverage OKRs

How Objectives and Key Results allow you to turn your Strategy into Action

Objectives and Key Results

OKRs, or Objectives and Key Results, are a framework for defining and tracking objectives and their outcomes. The development of OKRs is generally attributed to Andy Grove, the "Father of OKRs", who introduced the approach at Intel during his tenure and documented it in his book "High Output Management". The concept was later popularized by John Doerr, who has been a major proponent of the OKR system.

The primary goal of OKRs is to create alignment and engagement around measurable goals. Essentially, OKRs are a way to ensure that the company focuses efforts on the same important issues throughout the organization.

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Posted by Marvin Blome on November 16th, 2023 under Project Management
Tags: collaboration goals

19 Years Project Management With Merlin Project

... Isn't That a Reason to Celebrate!

Ever since 2004, when we released our - no longer so - little wizard, project managers on the Mac or iPad can't get past Merlin Project. Our flexible app supports them in planning, managing and controlling small and large projects.

Happy Birthday, Merlin Project
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8 Project Management Lessons from Peter Drucker

A Personal Book Summary of "The Effective Executive"

8 lessons based on Peter Drucker's book The Effective Executive

When I was still in my undergraduate studies, we were "slammed" with many well-known personalities on all sorts of topics in management. However, among all the Mintzbergs, Taylors, and Welchs, I could always sympathize the most with Peter Drucker. I literally devoured his books and even bought the two-volume management tome second-hand so as not to overstretch my student budget.

The lessons are absolutely timeless and applicable to any discipline. So today I would like to share with you my 8 lessons on how you, as a project manager, can bring Peter Drucker's wealth of experience into your daily work.

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Posted by Marvin Blome on November 2nd, 2023 under Project Management
Tags: book_review lessons_learned

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