The Digital Project Manager
MARCH 30, 2017
Is there really a viable Microsoft Project alternative for creating project plans and timing plans? Find out with our newly updated article for 2017 with some. The post 10 Microsoft Project Alternatives For Creating Gantt Charts appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.
Project Bliss
MARCH 27, 2017
The job title of “project manager” is pretty common these days. But project manager roles and responsibilities can be pretty vague if you’re not already familiar with them. I know this firsthand, just by watching reactions when I tell someone I’m a project manager. When I took my first job as a project manager, my mother asked what I do.
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Moira Alexander
MARCH 27, 2017
IDC's Top 10 Predictions for Worldwide SMB , 2017-2020 study reports that "what has been the relatively fragmented and improvisational nature of SMB IT spending will begin to echo the coordinated and managed approaches seen among larger firms." That said, if small and midsize business spending is to mimic larger firms, so too should their project management practices.
Rebel’s Guide to PM
MARCH 29, 2017
Legal Project Management (LPM) is a discipline recognised widely in the legal services sector. All of the large law firms in the City of London, along with some of the larger regional firms, now employ legal project managers. What is legal project management? What do legal project managers do? What, if anything, differentiates legal project managers from professional project managers active in other industry sectors?
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The objective of this research is to dispel misunderstandings about crucial project management terms and their definitions. It aims to accurately place these terms and facilitate a comprehensive global understanding of their meanings.
Project Risk Coach
MARCH 27, 2017
Are you feeling stuck? If so, let’s talk about getting unstuck and moving again. If you can’t see this video in your RSS reader or email, then click here. With all that we have to do, we can’t afford to stay in one place too long. Somehow, we must keep things moving forward. Otherwise, there will be consequences—missed deadlines, unhappy stakeholders, demoralized team members, and ultimately adverse impacts to the company’s bottom line.
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Project-Management.pm
MARCH 30, 2017
The changes in the industry and the changes in the organizations gave birth to new methods to aid projects to fulfill the objectives and acquire a means of success. But selecting a method that is appropriate (or almost flawless and a perfect match) for the project, is one of the factors that can either make or break project success. When you align projects with the organization’s strategy, it’s usually a given you do the same with your methodologies.
Rebel’s Guide to PM
MARCH 27, 2017
This month’s giveaway is a super basic project report template. It’s in Microsoft PowerPoint and you basically circle the phrases that are appropriate about your project. It works as a final slide in a presentation to people who aren’t close to your project and it might be all you need on small projects if you manage by exception. You can change the colours to fit your corporate branding or add a logo.
Musings on Project Management
MARCH 27, 2017
Planning is an unnatural process, it’s much more fun to get on with it. The real benefit of not planning is that failure comes as a complete surprise and is not preceded by months of worry. ‒ Sir John Harvey Jones My thanks to herdingcats for posting that bit of insight where I could find it. Read in the library at Square Peg Consulting about these books I've written Buy them at any.
Binfire
MARCH 26, 2017
As someone who has been part of many web development teams I can attest to the hard work and hectic environment which web development teams are accustomed to. A web development team usually consist of designers, web developers, back-end developers, Q&A engineers, DevOps, marketing pros and more. The team interfaces and collaborates constantly with the customer, PR agencies and content providers.
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Generative AI is upending the way product developers & end-users alike are interacting with data. Despite the potential of AI, many are left with questions about the future of product development: How will AI impact my business and contribute to its success? What can product managers and developers expect in the future with the widespread adoption of AI?
LiquidPlanner
MARCH 28, 2017
How long will it take? A seemingly simple question that can become a project management nightmare to manage. If you don’t give an answer, you’re viewed as incompetent and unable to estimate. (How could you NOT know? After all, you’re the project manager!) If you give a qualified answer, you risk being held to that original date despite the need to analyze requirements further, discuss with vendors and do proper project planning.
Project-Management.pm
MARCH 27, 2017
What makes a perfect leader ? Is it the way he or she interacts with his or her staff? Or is it the way he or she speaks? Some people will tell you that a perfect leader for them is someone who never yells and is composed and civil at the same time. Turns out, people who possess such qualities: the calm exterior and civil manner have enough emotional intelligence in their skill arsenal.
Zen Project Management
MARCH 30, 2017
I started something new in February, a bullet journal. I've played with different tools to help me keep organized and remember stuff, and this is my latest. I went back to using paper over electronic tools for notes over a year ago based on research that showed you remembered things better when you took notes the old fashion way. Even then, I wasn't sure of the best approach.
Redbooth
MARCH 30, 2017
If it weren’t for technology tools, freelancers would be a sleepless lot. There just wouldn’t be enough time in the day to do your work and manage your business, prospect for new clients, stay in touch with the industry, eat, see your family, walk the dog, etc. Anything that makes it easier to communicate, stay organized, and eliminate extra steps and needless rework is appreciated.
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Paymo App
MARCH 27, 2017
Your team’s communication and productivity depend largely on setting clear expectations about goals and keeping individual team members accountable. Over the last decade, the tech world has spawned a variety of project management tools to support teams in this regard. In response to the increasing demands of modern teams and processes, the market has seen the advent and continued development of tools based on both task lists and Kanban.
Project-Management.pm
MARCH 25, 2017
It’s safe to say that Project Management Office ( PMO ) has numerous advantages and the results it impacts to the organization have been effective and helpful. Every existing organization around the globe are swearing by PMO. However, it has its downsides. Over the years PMO profitability seems non-existent. They failed to generate the desired financial return, despite they have kept up pretty well with the current economy as well as the financial state of the business industry.
Ganttic
MARCH 28, 2017
Planning resources can often mean that you are building a pretty tight schedule for your employees. Even more so if you are planning concurrent tasks while adjusting the utilization of each of them. There are more tips for boosting productivity out there than one could count. But how does something as simple as scheduling resources with a resource planning tool affect productivity?
Redbooth
MARCH 28, 2017
To people who are regular employees of a business, the term “freelancer” often conjures up images of sitting on the beach with a laptop, Ray-Bans perched on your nose, and a Mai-Tai in hand. But keep that image to yourself if you’re talking to a real freelancer, or at least wait until they aren’t eating or drinking anything. Truth is, freelancers can end up being a slave to time and clients without good time management.
Speaker: Ketan Jahagirdar - Sopheon’s Director of Product Management
Empower yourself as a project manager with insights that directly influence the financial landscape and strategic direction of your organization! Join us for a deep dive into the world of financial strategy, as we dissect key metrics that drive CFOs and business leaders’ investment decisions. This session will equip you with the necessary tools to craft compelling business cases as well as a comprehensive understanding of the crucial distinction between capital expenditure and operational expend
Paymo App
MARCH 29, 2017
Project management is a gamble. In business, you make decisions, and sometimes they’re wrong. No matter how solid your plan is, no matter how well your team works together, no matter how much experience you have, and no matter how much capital you have to work with, failure is always a possibility. When a project fails, it can be devastating: team members can be let go, clients can be lost, and confidence in your company can be shattered, both from the public and from your own team.
Herding Cats
MARCH 31, 2017
Principles are timeless. Practices and Process are Fads. A Principle a fundamental truth or proposition that serves as the foundation for a system of belief or behavior or for a chain of reasoning. A Practice is an application or use of an idea, belief, or method rather than just the Principle of such application or use. A Process is a series of steps and decisions involved in the way work is completed.
Wrike
MARCH 30, 2017
Product management is no walk in the park. Part strategist, part analyst, part marketer, part business executive, the product manager balances business objectives with customer needs to create innovative products that users love. . The best product managers are constantly learning and improving the way they work. If you’re just starting a career in product management or just want to understand more about the role, these seven best practices, collected from product management experts on Quora , p
Celoxis
MARCH 30, 2017
As a project management software company, we spend many hours drawing inspiration from everyday life to make Celoxis better. For this blog we thought of flipping the story; let’s look at ways in which we draw inspiration from project management in real life.
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You’ve read the PMBOK® Guide several times, taken the certification exam for project managers, passed, and you are now a PMP®. So why do you keep making rookie mistakes? This whitepaper shows 20 of the most common mistakes that young or inexperienced project managers make, issues that can cost significant time and money. It's a good starting point for understanding how and why many PMs get themsleves into trouble, and provides guidance on the types of issues that PMs need to understand.
TimeCamp
MARCH 27, 2017
Finishing project on time, while not exceeding the budget, is the company’s priority. It happens that the management demands too much from the project managers, which leads directly to project managers demanding too much from their teams. The environment that is created in the process is far from encouraging. The project may be done on […].
Herding Cats
MARCH 28, 2017
In the project management world, everyone is selling something to solve some problem. This includes product vendors, consulting firms, and internal providers. I'm on the internal provider side most of the time. Other times, I on the consulting firm acting as an internal provider. I not on the vendor side. Over the years (30 something years) I come to understand and write about the Principles, Processes, and Practices of project success in a wide variety of domains.
ActiveCollab
MARCH 27, 2017
Project management is a set of activities which includes initiating, planning, executing, controlling and closing projects. It’s a discipline that gives you principles, techniques, and tools to help you finish things on time and within budget. The essential pillar of strength and support that holds up the entire project is the team of highly productive people who entirely devote themselves to it and make an all-out effort to get the job done.
Brightwork
MARCH 28, 2017
Communication can make or break your project. Research conducted by the Project Management Institute (PMI) found that ineffective communication was the main contributor to project failure in one-third of the time, and had a negative impact on project success more than half the time. Check out our infographic for six handy tips to improve project communication.
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