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BY JENNA HARDINGProject Management
November 18, 2015

The PMM Phase 5: Transparent Clients

For the past few weeks, we've been reviewing the various stages of the Project Management Maturity Model (PMM) and how it relates to the localization maturity levels of clients that require localization services. We've now come to the final phase…
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BY JENNA HARDINGProject Management
November 9, 2015

The PMM Phase 4: Optimized Clients

In this post, we'll walk through project and translation management strategies for working with optimized clients, as defined by the Common Sense Advisory's Localization Maturity Model (LMM). For a refresher on the earlier stages of the Project Management Maturity Model…
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BY JENNA HARDINGProject Management
November 3, 2015

The PMM Phase 3: Managed Clients

By now we've walked through project and translation management strategies for working with both reactive and repeatable clients as part of our overview of the Project Management Maturity Model (PMM). In this post, we'll discuss best practices in localization management…
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BY JENNA HARDINGProject Management
October 30, 2015

The PMM Phase 2: Repeatable Clients

In our previous Project Management Maturity Model (PMM) posts, we introduced the PMM and then walked through traditional project management and localization management recommendations for working with reactive clients. In this post, we'll cover these strategies as they relate to…
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BY JENNA HARDINGProject Management
October 26, 2015

The PMM Phase 1: Reactive Clients

As I mentioned in my previous post, Introducing the Project Management Maturity Model, in this blog series we'll be defining ideal project manager (PM) characteristics, typical processes, recommended resource models, and considerations in technology use for localization management as they…
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BY JENNA HARDINGProject Management
October 13, 2015

The Project Management Maturity Model

About the Project Management Maturity Model In the localization industry, project management is a term that describes the effort involved in managing how content transforms from a source language into a target language. This transformation can occur in a variety…
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BY JENNA HARDINGLocalization
September 14, 2015

Agile Localization: The 7 Best Practices

Agile localization involves incorporating internationalization, localization, and translation into an agile product development cycle. It requires adapting localization processes to be fast, flexible, and automated. Software development teams moving from a traditional waterfall approach to agile methodologies may feel daunted…
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BY JENNA HARDINGTranslation
August 3, 2015

7 Top Traits of a Translation Reviewer

Finding a translation reviewer in global regions challenges companies of all shapes and sizes. Top-notch, in-country reviewers are hard to find. Most individuals tasked with translation reviews already have full-time jobs, may not be language or subject-matter experts, and often…
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