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What is a project manager? The lead role for project success

CIO

What is a project manager? Project managers play the lead role in planning, executing, monitoring, controlling, and closing out projects. They are accountable for the entire project scope , the project team and resources, the project budget, and the success or failure of the project.

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Two Perficient Colleagues Quoted in Forrester Report on Emerging Insurance Technologies

Perficient

Insurers are constantly striving to improve their operations, provide better experiences for customers, and minimize risks. Monica Gernert, a project manager, and insurance expert at Perficient, provided a critical perspective around genAI that’s quoted in the report.

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People of Perficient: Meet Janelle McDonald, Project Manager

Perficient

I recently sat down with one of our lead project managers, Janelle McDonald. What does a typical day or project look like? What does a typical day or project look like? As a Project Manager, I serve as a “translator” between business and technical resources to develop innovative healthcare solutions.

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How to Create a Thriving Culture with Your Remote Tech Team  

CloudSphere

How to Create a Thriving Culture with Your Remote Tech Team By Staff Writer , Marketing Team, CloudSphere Building a successful culture in any workplace used to be fairly straightforward. Subsequently, I joined a national insurance technology—insurtech—startup in Canada.

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IT leaders face reality check on hybrid productivity

CIO

At insurance company National Life, CIO Nimesh Mehta says his IT team saw productivity increase 26% during the pandemic “because I think people didn’t have anything better to do than work,” Mehta says. The city initially used a myriad of project management solutions and work assignment solutions.

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Top 15 project management certifications

CIO

Behind every successful IT project, you’ll find a highly skilled project manager. From hardware and software upgrades to ongoing security patches, to application development and the rollout of software itself, project managers keep your teams on task and productive. Top project management certifications.

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How VWFS SA’s CIO helps drive online car purchases

CIO

Someone looking to buy a car can either go into a dealership and talk to a finance and insurance manager who helps them though the process, from drawing up sales contracts, to arranging payment for the car and offering them additional products. That’s one process. To do so, the brand partnered with an external service provider. “I

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