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Writing Actionable Risk Statements

Project management is about accomplishing project objectives. These objectives can't be met without sufficient consideration of risk. Payson Hall describes a favorite technique for risk management that your team will actually find useful.

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Payson Hall
Design Each Team’s Project to Optimize at the Program Level

If you are part of a program, it’s not enough to design your project for your team. You have to consider the needs of the program, too. Each team needs to ask itself, “How do we deliver what the rest of the program needs, as the program needs it?” Aim to meet deliverables—not control your people.

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Johanna Rothman
The Internet Bleeds Again: eBay Hack Confirmed

Last week, it was rumored that eBay’s corporate network was hacked. Later in the week, eBay confirmed the attack. The security breach, which could affect 150 million active users, leads to more speculation on how safe the Internet actually is, especially in the aftermath of the Heartbleed bug.

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The Tug of War between Ongoing Digitization and Digital Detox

An innovation is considered truly successful if we cannot imagine a life without it, and the world of digitization is a testimony to this statement. While there is excitement about what is coming in digitization, the debate about whether it is good or bad continues. Is it time for a digital detox?

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Rajini Padmanaban
Heart-Monitoring Smart Devices Missing a Beat

Smart devices used by fitness junkies tout the ability to measure heart rate. Yet, a recent report by CNET revealed that most of the heart rate monitoring functions for smart devices are missing a beat—literally. Some devices are unable to find a pulse when the heart rate reaches a certain range.

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China Bans Microsoft Windows 8 on Government Computers

The relationship between Microsoft and China has been less than ideal for a couple of years now. That relationship took a turn for the worse this week when the Central Government Procurement Center of China announced that installing Windows 8 on Chinese government computers is now officially banned.

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Why Facebook's Unbundling Strategy May Be Good for Its Future

In a recent interview, Mark Zuckerberg mentioned the need to create single-purpose, first-class experiences to capture the attention of mobile users. One of the approaches Facebook is considering is unbundling the features offered for its mobile app.

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Anuj Magazine
Has Your Company Culture Turned Sour?

Company culture can make a job function that is normally boring and unappealing into one that is entertaining and emotionally rewarding. Bad company culture, on the other hand, can derail productivity and leave employees feeling unfulfilled. Read on to see if your company's culture has turned sour.

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