The IIL Blog

MAY 14, 2024

Governance and process often come across as cold.” Governance, process, and procedure are often seen as red tape, bureaucracy, cold, not human-centric, or as unnecessary controls that stand in the way of delivering technology services or being Agile. This could be nothing further from the truth. Is it working for you?

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Planio

JUNE 8, 2022

As products become more complex, technical project managers have quickly become the holy grail for growing businesses. Technical project managers (TPM) bridge the gap between understanding what’s technically possible in a project and managing the resources, timelines, and expectations to get it done. First, learn the basics.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Trying to come up with new blog post ideas is rough. This process also helps develop your interest, so your copy doesn’t sit there dead on the page. Do you want it to come from news sites, blogs, anywhere on the web or a combination of everything? This gave me 113 keywords to review. Satisfying both is no easy task.

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Proofhub

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

In today’s tech-driven world, Software as a Service (SaaS) is revolutionizing businesses across the globe. In this blog, we’ll explore the crucial responsibilities and best practices of SaaS product managers, uncovering strategies to drive innovation, enhance customer satisfaction, and ensure organizational success.

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Wrike

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Understanding the intricacies and underlying processes of M&A is essential for both business leaders and investors. This article provides a comprehensive overview of the M&A process, examines its importance, highlights the challenges involved, and explores the role of advisors in facilitating successful deals.

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 19, 2022

Is your organization failing to close the gaps between strategy and project execution? you can use to help you close those gaps, yet it isn’t easy. Let’s review strategies and tools you can use, and learn how they can help you close that gap to promote successful project execution. Following processes.

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Teamweek

MAY 13, 2024

They bring to light the critical need for digital accessibility in both hiring and day-to-day work environments while also making it easier to ensure that online resources, tools, and technologies are accessible to everyone, including those using assistive devices. Further Reading: Hold On, What The Heck Are Asynchronous Interviews?

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Scrum.org

APRIL 8, 2024

Scrum's approach, characterized by close stakeholder involvement and iterative development, naturally facilitates the adoption of new behaviors and processes. Facilitating Change in Scrum Stakeholder Engagement and Collaboration: Scrum involves stakeholders, particularly users, in the development process.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 11, 2023

This blog post will discuss the day-to-day activities of this position and explore how these responsibilities help create successful projects. The product owner must have knowledge about the customer needs as well as technical expertise to ensure that the right decisions are made regarding feature selection.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Every project is different, of course, but the differences when managing software development projects are especially so, due to its distinct life-cycle processes. Both of these overlapping processes must be managed for successful software development. In this process, there are six phases instead of five.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 3, 2023

High-fidelity user prototypes test usability, live data prototypes test behavior with data, low-fidelity user prototypes test the value proposition and feasibility prototypes test technical limitations. As you might imagine, this is a time-consuming but essential process, it’s not to be overlooked. Start With a Product Vision.

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

It’s a way to predict the consequences of disruptions to a business and its processes and systems by collecting relevant data, which can be used to develop strategies for the business to recover in the case of emergency. While there is no set way to conduct a business impact analysis, in general the process follows the path outlined below.

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NimbleWork

MAY 1, 2024

Value Stream Mapping (VSM) is a lean management technique for process improvement that has its roots in the manufacturing sector. Value stream mapping can typically be used to improve any process where there are repeatable steps. Process symbols evolved to represent the various stages of a project or task.

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Wrike

JULY 24, 2023

Understanding the Importance of Project Closeout Project closeout can be defined as the process of finalizing all activities and tasks associated with a project. It involves completing the remaining work, conducting a thorough review of project performance, and formally closing the project by satisfying all contractual obligations.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 23, 2024

However, because they’re concerned with streamlining department workflows, implementing new technology or processes or even updating the company’s offerings, customers will eventually see the benefits of these improvements. However, these two roles are closely related and work together from different perspectives.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 4, 2020

I originally published this blog on Medium and reposting it here again. They got the idea of increasing the complexity of dependency management and longer lead time due to the handoffs having individual accountability. Bad technical practices. You can read the original post here. I went through the book and loved it.

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Binfire

DECEMBER 11, 2023

This blog post will discuss how project management principles can improve online assessment results. Understanding Project Management Principles With accurate planning and execution, the project management process makes sure that the best practice is used for project execution.

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Planio

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

That’s why every massively successful tech company, from Netflix to Airbnb, has invested in finding the best project management tool for them. Part 1: The big list of 11 best project management tools used by top tech teams (and why they use them): 1. Figma uses Asana. Figma uses Asana. CNET uses Planio.

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Productivity Land

MAY 30, 2023

By integrating technical expertise with managerial skills, administrators create comprehensive project plans, identify dependencies, and optimize resource allocation. A blog post on Project Management Knowledge highlights that customer satisfaction is an integral component of project quality management.

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 12, 2018

This can make project collaboration between departments difficult, due to differences in process and methodology. Project integration management is a way of making various processes work together. Meaning, it takes the numerous processes that are being used in a project and makes sure that they’re coordinated.

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Traxidy

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The Art of Mastering Project Surprises: Easy Strategies for Managing Unplanned Work By: Steve McBroom, Founder, Traxidy (Click to follow me on LinkedIn) In this post, we will review the importance of working through project issues and the associated unplanned project tasks, as they arise, and provide effective strategies to manage them.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Business project management is the process by which internal business projects are streamlined and aligned with business strategies and objectives. Their responsibilities are the same in that they plan, review plans, schedule tasks and monitor and control projects to ensure that they’re delivered on time without overspending.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Change control is the process used to manage all these variables. If change happens (which it always does) then it’s crucial that you have a mechanism in place to control that process. The purpose of this process is to make sure that you’re not changing things in the project that don’t need to be changed.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

You’ll never be able to anticipate every risk event that could occur in a project, but by doing the due diligence, you’re able to have a risk management plan in place to respond quickly before project risks become real problems and sidetrack the whole project. Risk Management Process. It’s a great risk register example.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

When working in information technology (IT), an incident can shut down a network or server and stop work, which is why IT incident management is so important. Before we go into the process of IT incident management, let’s first understand what the term IT incident means and how IT incident management is defined.

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Wrike

JANUARY 30, 2024

A freezing winter or a long drought could wipe out all of your produce, while a longtime wholesale buyer may abruptly close or choose to do business with a competing farm. For ambitious companies, the solution lies in process improvement, a method of bettering your processes and aligning them with your business growth strategy.

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NimbleWork

MARCH 10, 2024

As a Quality Engineering Manager, my mission is to revolutionize testing by fostering continuous feedback and process optimization. Agile + VSM = Data-Driven Decisions – Value Stream Mapping (VSM) provides us with a holistic view of our processes. Regular training, workshops, and knowledge sharing reinforce this mindset.

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LiquidPlanner

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Whether you’re making the move to Agile project management in your development group or creating an Agile process for your in-house project management methodology, chances are you’re going to have to sell this change to executives in your organization. Bring it all together to close the Agile project management deal.

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Inloox

OCTOBER 18, 2022

This high-tech factory now produces batteries for the car manufacturer. In this two-part blog post, we show how the quality of planning can be so different for two projects of similar scope, and how Tesla was able to achieve much more efficient project delivery through modularization. Processes are highly interdependent.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 23, 2024

This requires an organization with a well-developed project management process. That’s because the project teams involved with these successful projects follow a defined and repeatable process, which mitigates risk and achieves objectives. It’s essential to keep projects successful for any organization to thrive.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 8, 2019

A thorough knowledge of it and how to use it can greatly benefit any project management process. There are various perspectives that can analyzed, from business direction to business processes, from information technology to product management. You’ve done the due diligence, and now it’s time to act.

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Resource Guru

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

The problem is that when there’s no agency processes in place, and your team isn’t organized properly, the latter tends to take up a lot of time, and may make up more of your day than is spent on your client-facing projects. Enter the realm of agency processes — an essential way that you can win back your time.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 12, 2023

5 Capterra review: 4.1/5 Capterra review: 4.7 Capterra review: 4.3 Even the estimation, which the software prides itself on, requires so much data that the process is tedious and doesn’t even work great for all projects. Capterra review: 4.6 Capterra review: 4.6 Capterra review: 4.4

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 30, 2020

Information technology (IT) is a broad field that encompasses anything related to computer technology. Teams that work in IT are there to support these technologies and the people who use them. Unfortunately, the promise of technology often falls short of reality, and things malfunction. What Is Problem Management?

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 9, 2024

This article will review a few different thoughts on the DOD, relate the DOD to acceptance criteria, and show an example of a DOD. If a Product Backlog item does not meet the DOD, it cannot be released or even presented at the Sprint Review. Pushing off the change to the DOD will possibly create technical debt.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Avoiding budget overrun is key to closing a successful project. Cost overrun is not cost escalation; that term is used to describe an anticipated increase in a budgeted cost, say due to inflation. It’s an unexpected cost, due to an underestimation during the budgeting process or another reason.

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Scrum.org

MAY 20, 2022

In this blog post, we focus on one specific topic that emerged. In this blog post, I’ll share my view on this question. You don’t take initiative to organize review sessions with stakeholders. You do get an invitation to join the review sessions, but you’re not involved in the preparation or hosting. What changed?

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