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Emma Hanes

Emma Hanes is an Ohio native happy to call Houston her home. As a Content Development Manager, Emma works to answer customer questions through informative content. She is happiest when writing blogs or white papers that are helpful to businesses and the people who manage project portfolios. In her spare time, you can find her at the dog park with her rescue dog, Booray.

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How to Define a Project and Balance It with Run the Business

Project work and Run the Business (RTB) work are both significant portions of your daily life. It's important to learn how to balance these two different types of work so that your organization is as successful as possible.

5 min read
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5 Ways PMOs Can Help Reduce Complexity in Your Organization

Some complexity in an organization is good (and necessary), but to keep complexity under control, try these five ways to reduce complexity.

4 min read
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How to Improve the Visibility of Your Project Plans

Building project plan visibility can seem difficult, but we’ve got a few recommendations to help improve the visibility of your project plans.

4 min read
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The Power of Aligning Projects to Strategy

There’s one crucial question you should ask yourself about every project you commit to: why are we doing this project? You'll be surprised at where the answer might lead you...

6 min read
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Power to the People: How to Empower Your Employees

Referring to people as resources has been, and always will be, a hot button topic. Here’s how the “people as a resource” mindset can plague your organization, and what you can do to empower employees.

5 min read
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Why Disruption is Good for Your Business

We’ve all experienced disruption this past year. Here’s why disruption is actually good for your business and how it will help your company continue to grow in the future.

4 min read
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Implementing a Successful Project Intake Process: A Recap From Our Webinar

We'd like to thank everyone for our attending our recent webinar, "How to Collect New Project Ideas and Turn Them into Successful Projects." Here are the questions asked by attendees during the webinar.

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Managing and Developing New Project Initiatives with Meisterplan

Meisterplan’s new Board view was designed to tackle the hurdle of managing and developing new project ideas in seven easy steps. Read on to learn more!

6 min read
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Allocation Heatmaps for Capacity Planning

Meisterplan's allocation heatmap report visualizes over and underallocations so you can better utilize resources and optimize your planning.

4 min read