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Tips for project managers working with non-native speakers
Having worked in various project
management roles for the past 7 years I have spent a great deal
of time working on projects alongside people whose first language
has not been the same as mine or the company I have been working
for. Such projects that have utilised the skills of a non-native
speaker have varied from short translation assignments that have
been processed in a few hours to more involved and complex assignments
that have taken several months to complete...
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Certification
is Not Enough to Become a Good Project Manager
With the Project Management Institute
and the Association of Project Managers and colleges and universities
all certifying Project Managers, why are projects still failing?
Could it be that certification doesn't make you a project manager?..
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Project
Management Software for In-House Translation Departments
With its own education program “Plunet
Academy”, Plunet is supporting education and research at selected
universities in many different ways. In a joint effort with the
University of Saarland, a survey was sent out to the translation
departments of more than 100 of the largest companies and government
departments on the subject of “Project management software for in-house
translation departments “ within the framework of a current degree
thesis...
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Good Recruitment
Policies are the Key to Finding Excellent Project Managers
Good
people are a critical factor for a company's success. It's a cliché,
I know, but particularly important in a people-oriented, service
industry like ours. So, it stands to reason, get the right people
and you are well on the way to an outstanding offering…
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A Step By
Step Guide to Translation Project Management
Far
from suppressing the need of translation, globalisation has boosted
the demand for it. Just as the slogan ‘think globally, act locally’
goes, businesses have to go global to expand and this requires the
tailoring of their products to local markets’ idiosyncrasies, including
linguistic ones. Thus, the demand for translation has rocketed…
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Project Management: Art or Discipline?
A good deal is being discussed about project management these days,
both in academic and professional circles. But to what extent can
the activity of managing a team toward a specific goal with a fixed
deadline be considered a discipline? And if it is not in fact a
discipline, how can we aspire to teach it through management improvement
courses or certifications?…
Project
Management: Avoid Work Scope Creep!
Congratulations!
You've just got a new client for an exciting project that is going
to be fun and profitable. You carefully discuss the work with her
and she sends in a down payment. BANG! You are off and running!…
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The
Importance of Project Management for Translation Agency
Project management is the whole range of activities to efficiently
achieve a set of goals which includes: calendar and project planning;
communication with clients; coordination of team members' work;
cost control; monitoring progress of a project; paperwork and accounting;
day-to-day status updates of project progress; problem recognition
and elimination…
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Project
Management, ROI and Efficiency
It is tempting to get lost in the details of day-to-day project
execution, but strategic decisions such as (1) alignment of project
execution with business needs, (2) implementation of standards and
(3) identification of "hidden" resources, can only be effectively
considered early in the project lifecycle. These strategic choices
are levers that can be pulled to increase the overall efficiency
of the project, thus enabling the Localization Project Manager to
deliver more - with less …
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Project
managers: the unsung heroes and heroines of the translation world
The
Project Manager - the unsung hero of the translation and localization
process. Claire Ingram, Head of Production, at ATC members Wordbank
explores just why good project managers are the key to a quality
service.
“Our technical team has just changed the spec for the camera slightly
so, we need to change a couple of words on the packaging - the changes
are quite minor - are we still ok for Friday delivery as we need
to go to print over the weekend”?…
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Translation Project Management
Any translation company,
whether it consists of a single person or has a large translators'
staff on the payroll, needs a strict and clear project management
procedure to determine the exact work flow for all stages of a job,
from the moment the source document is received to the moment the
translated file is sent back to the client. The larger a company
is, the greater detail is required for each phase description in
order to make certain that all team members have a complete and
similar understanding of the work scope and purposes…
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