Scrum.org

OCTOBER 12, 2020

I got the idea of writing this blog while hosting a webinar on the same topics when multiple people told us to document our discussion. Originally I posted this blog on Agilemania , and you can check our upcoming webinars there. Top 5 Things You Should Do During Sprint Planning . 1st – Craft Sprint Goal .

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 7, 2024

Next, we’ll outline the demand management process to learn how to implement this planning methodology and how software can facilitate that process. It’s a planning methodology that tries to forecast what a customer will want, when they’ll want it and the logistics of getting that product to them. What Is Demand Management?

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Leading Agile

MAY 11, 2021

In today’s blog, a continuation of the first in this two-part series, we’ll talk about building trust and influence, and initiating the trust-influence loop. We have found that becoming trustworthy causes another thing to occur – influence. Without trust, you are not going to get permission to influence.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

They are typically involved in the approval process and can either make a project difficult or extremely easy—depending on how well they’re managed via a stakeholder management plan. Given their influence, it’d be unwise to neglect your stakeholder management plan. How to Make a Stakeholder Management Plan.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 7, 2023

It’s easy to get lost in the planning and execution as these are foundational processes that help deliver successful projects. These can influence the outcome of the project, program or portfolio so they must be managed. That’ll make it easier to know how to assess and plan for their potential effect on the project.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 15, 2023

These are legitimate questions, but if a project manager doesn’t own that conversation it will pull them away from essential project work and could even jeopardize the project plan. This involves identifying stakeholders and defining the level of power and influence they have on the project. Of course, not all stakeholders are clients.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 7, 2023

In this blog post, we’ll take a look at what organizational process assets are, why you would use them in project management and some best practices for utilizing these important tools. They might be influenced by market conditions (risk appetite statements might change, for example, if the market suddenly gets a lot more competitive).

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Paymo App

APRIL 2, 2018

But through this clutter, how easy is it to find the most valuable blog feeds out there? Project management blogs and resources can be a primary source of knowledge, especially if project management (PM) experts contribute to them. There are plenty of blogs and websites for beginners and PM students.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 18, 2018

If you don’t have a plan to launch that product, then you’re jeopardizing your success. To avoid failure, plan a product launch that accounts for the customer’s needs and wants, the competitive environment and the nature of the market. The plan for a successful project launch should be developed in congress with the project plan.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 4, 2018

It seems that people have been writing about planning for as long as people have been writing. No enterprise, whether it’s assembling the space shuttle or getting dinner on the table, is done well without a plan. Every project manager, team leader or successful person for that matter, knows the importance of planning.

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Then, set a baseline to capture your project plan and compare it to your actual progress in real time to stay on track. ProjectManager’s powerful Gantt charts help you plan, manage and track your projects in real time. Major Accomplishments Henry Gantt’s major accomplishment, one still influencing work today, is the Gantt chart.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 19, 2024

ProjectManager’s kanban boards offer advanced planning, scheduling and tracking features to help you manage your team’s workload and track their performance. ProjectManager’s kanban boards can help plan projects and identify bottlenecks. Get started for free today. What Is the Difference Between Scrum and Kanban?

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 9, 2022

Stakeholders are very important because they can have a positive or negative influence on the project with their decisions. While every project has stakeholders and those stakeholders can be anyone with influence or that can be influenced by the project. Do this formally by creating a stakeholder communication plan.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Yes, scope management is one more constraint a project manager must master, but then project managers love making plans to overcome challenges. A scope management plan is just another meaty piece of the project that any project manager will love to sink their teeth into. That cannot be done without having a scope management plan.

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

That is, they all develop strategic plans to achieve long-term goals to create value. Once the strategic plan is clear across the entire organization, project management software will help plan, manage and track those projects to successful completion. Get started with ProjectManager today for free.

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Function Point

JULY 4, 2023

In our last blog post we spoke about why your creative agency should have a blog. Now that you are hopefully convinced that it is worthwhile to start producing content online to highlight your expertise, we will present some key success factors that will help you develop a successful blogging strategy.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Risk Assessment and Mitigation: Identify potential risks and plan strategies to mitigate them effectively. The Influencer Stance Influence shapes product strategy and direction. This introductory blog, explores the concept of the 6 advanced stances of a Professional Product Owner.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

It’s a project communication plan template, but it focuses on the summary milestones to hit during the project life cycle. The one you’ll download (enter your email at the end of this article) has some lines in as a sample communications plan, but take those out once you see how it works and put your own events in.

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Proofhub

APRIL 30, 2019

20 Marketing LinkedIn Influencers You Should Follow in 2019 Do you know that over 2 million posts, articles, and videos are posted on LinkedIn every day, generating tens of millions of likes, shares, and comments every hour? Plan your marketing strategy with ProofHub. This is where LinkedIn influencers come to your aid.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 22, 2021

A stakeholder map is a visual, four-quadrant influence-interest matrix used to identify stakeholders and categorize them in terms of their influence and interest in the project. In other words, stakeholder mapping is the start of an effective communication plan. Try it for yourself today! What Is a Stakeholder Map?

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Online PM Courses

NOVEMBER 18, 2018

When we did our roundup of the 50 best Project Management Blogs in 2017 it quickly became one of our most popular posts. So, here then is our list of the 52 best Project Management Blogs for 2019. How do People Consume Project Management Blogs? It seems to me that the blogs that thrive will offer something specific.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 30, 2023

And you can control and influence how you say something by understanding paraverbal communication. Paraverbal communication involves the use of nonverbal cues such as tone and volume to influence how your message is received. You probably already know that how you say something is just as important as what you say.

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nTask

MARCH 2, 2021

Creating a marketing plan demands hard work, acute attention, and undivided time. Understanding the fundamentals of the Marketing planning process makes it easier for professionals to come up with a robust marketing plan. The plan is a reflection of the goals , culture, and ability of your marketing team.

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

These 18 project management professionals, in particular, have established themselves as thought leaders and influencers. Madsen’s Twitter account is a must-follow for project management information and continuing education, and her thoroughly researched and engaging writing on the industry has previously appeared on our blog.

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 9, 2024

Projects are planned, but those plans are rarely executed with changes. Once a budget has been set for the project and human and nonhuman resource costs are defined for the tasks, just set a baseline to capture that budget and track planned costs against actual costs in real time. Get started with ProjectManager today for free.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 25, 2021

It involves market research, marketing analysis and marketing planning. In short, marketing management is when you plan, organize, control and implement the marketing programs of an organization. Project management software can help you organize all that research and build effective marketing plans. What Is Marketing Management?

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 14, 2021

You need to be aware of the project environment and prepare for its influence on your project throughout the project management life cycle. The project manager must understand the project environment and proactively plan to manage the factors that might influence the project. All of these things make up the project environment.

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Teamweek

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Nobody knows what the future holds, but planning makes navigating uncertainty much easier. While we don’t have a crystal ball or any fairy dust to help you magically implement workforce planning, we do have this guide, which introduces the ins and outs of the process and offers a step-by-step breakdown of operational workforce planning.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 14, 2023

Project managers understand this and work hard to create change management plans that ensure their projects run smoothly. Our site is a hub for a variety of content related to the field, including weekly blogs, videos and, yes, free templates. Change Log Template A key part of any change management plan is a change log.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 31, 2023

A well-documented plan? Ben Aston runs the blog The Digital Project Manager , the weekly Digital Project Manager podcast , and is a digital project manager in real life too. This may be by adopting a new tool or approach, learning some new skills in listening, influence, or negotiation, or maybe simply allocating more time to it.

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Project Risk Coach

JANUARY 18, 2021

One of my popular blog posts is 40 Reasons PMOs Fail. How to manage: Identify high-powered, high-influence individuals who have a tendency to undermine initiatives. How to manage: Develop a communication plan based on stakeholder's communication preferences. How to manage: Educate stakeholders on the plan-driven life cycle (e.g.,

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 26, 2022

This work is delivered visually, such as site analysis diagrams, which are then used when planning to build a structure or building. They will be important documents during the design process and will influence the programmatic realities but also the structural and even aesthetic decisions. Plan Projects With Interactive Gantt Charts.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Resources are anything you need to execute the project plan. Resource Forecasting vs. Resource Planning. Resource forecasting is used in resource planning. You can’t plan your resources if you don’t know what resources you have. These two aspects of project planning are connected and inform one another. Learn more.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

I gathered some project management statistics from original research (thank you, blog reader community) and learned some scary facts: it’s hard out there for project professionals. The buck stops with me but there are very few ways I can influence the direction of travel. Read next: How to plan to leave your job.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 5, 2019

They are often active, and they can have a positive or negative influence depending on their actions. Stakeholders can influence everything and everyone in a project or organization, including senior management, project leaders, team members, customers, users and many others. Also, who will wield the most influence?

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 7, 2023

Businesses can’t influence the latter but can have some influence on the former, which includes labor, raw materials and subcontracting. Once you set a baseline, your plan is captured and compared to your actual progress. This is further broken down into direct and indirect costs.

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Teamweek

JULY 27, 2023

And if you don’t want to take chances with your employees’ career paths, you need a solid professional development plan. In this piece, we’re giving you 7 practical steps for writing one, as well as examples of a professional development plan for any industry and role. What is a professional development plan?

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