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5 Tips for Scrum Masters: Collaborating with Project Management for success in a transforming landscape

Scrum.org

Imagine standing before a room filled with Project Management professionals at a conference, sharing insights gained from your experience. As you deliver your speech, you realize that Scrum and Project Management, despite their apparent differences, face a myriad of common challenges. This revelation sparks a deeper understanding of how these challenges unite the two methods.

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Timesheet Management: How to Create & Manage Timesheets

ProjectManager.com

Timesheet management is an essential part of human resources and business management. Time management is also critical to project management. Whatever type of work you do, if there are teams or employees, then you need a timesheet for time tracking and expense tracking. Using an employee timesheet is only part of timesheet management. Before we get into how to manage timesheets and the timesheet management software that can help you do this more efficiently, let’s define some of the terms to get

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What if the Scrum Master wasn't the event facilitator?

Scrum.org

Original French version here. Context You only have to read Scrum Master job descriptions to observe the importance given to facilitation in organizations' applications. Employers expect the Scrum Master to facilitate Scrum events. But is this expectation legitimate or even relevant? Pros of having a clearly identified facilitator When companies make the effort to find out what agility and Scrum are really all about, they realize just how far-reaching the changes in mental models are.

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7 Business Process Improvement Methodologies to Refine Operations

Proofhub

Process Improvement Methodologies Whether you have defined it or not, every business has processes. No matter if you are running a bakery or smartphone manufacturing company, all businesses go through a set of activities to complete a business function. The scale and complexity may vary, but the essentials are the same —  all businesses have processes.

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Understand Digital Debt, Form a Team, Set Goals, and Plan Roadmap for Transformation

Understanding digital debt is crucial before digital transformation. Assemble a team to assess internal operations, market pressures, and digital debt's impact. Define future digital vision with measurable goals. Refine hypotheses and conduct market analysis. Develop a roadmap for transformation with defined projects, cost estimates, and governance.

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Minimum Viable Library (1): Die Scrum-Master-Ausgabe ??

Scrum.org

In Kürze: Minimum Viable Library (1): Die Scrum-Master-Ausgabe Die Minimum Viable Library ist verfügbar! Entdecken Sie eine Reihe sorgfältig zusammengestellter Büchern, Newslettern, Podcasts und Tools, um Ihr Fachwissen über Agilität zu erweitern. Lesen Sie weiter und erfahren Sie, wie die Empfehlungen für Scrum-Master ein breites Spektrum an Themen abdecken, darunter natürlich Scrum, aber auch Servant Leadership, Wertschöpfung für den Kunden, Coaching von Teams, Verbesserung der Teamdynamik dur

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Five Ways Construction Companies Can Avoid “Technical Debt”

PM Times

This article was cowritten by Lucas Marshall and Robert LaCosse of Milwaukee Tool. Construction companies know the importance of integrating their systems (e.g., 85.1% of owners viewed mobile integrations as a “very important” or “important” priority in the 2021 ConTech Report). Yet, full-system integration remains an industry challenge – a global KPMG study revealed […] The post Five Ways Construction Companies Can Avoid “Technical Debt” appeared first on Project Management Articles, Webi

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The Impact of Mobile Apps on Business Success in 2023: Ways to Develop Your App

Productivity Land

Photo by Rahul Chakraborty on Unsplash Mobile applications have become a powerful force in the quickly changing world of technology, revolutionizing how companies conduct business and engage with their clients. Statistics say there are 8.93 million mobile apps today, and the biggest app stores, such as the Google Play Store and the Apple App Store, have 3.553 million and 1.642 million apps.

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Preparing for the PMP Exam: The Importance of Agile and Hybrid Concepts

MPUG

Are you planning to take the PMP exam? Let me shed some light on a crucial aspect that is often overlooked but plays a major role in the exam—agile and hybrid concepts. Approximately 50% of the exam questions revolve around these topics, making them absolutely essential for your preparation. The Role of Agile and Hybrid Concepts in the PMP Exam Out of the 180 questions you’ll face during the exam, a minimum of 90 questions will be focused on agile and hybrid concepts.

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Beyond Practices: What’s at the Core of Agile Transformation?

Leading Agile

Everyone wants to focus on practices first. That’s because it’s easy. We can get trainers to come it, we can get coaches to come in, we can teach practices. But we don’t really have to make any hard organizational changes when we do that. Maybe it works sometimes, but in most large companies practices first is never the right way to go. Join Mike as he debates the general consensus on Agile and encourages you to start thinking about Agile through the lens of systems so that you can finally achie

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Strategic Project Finance Essentials: A Project Manager’s Guide to Financial Metrics

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

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Preparing for the PMP Exam: Use High-Quality Practice Questions

MPUG

When preparing for the Project Management Professional (PMP) exam, there are several key strategies that can significantly enhance your chances of success. One crucial aspect is practicing high-quality questions. In this article, we will explore the importance of quality questions and how they can improve your understanding and performance on the PMP exam.

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Accelerating Grid Interconnection with Deployment Operations Management Software

Sitetracker

The integration of deployment operations management software, like Sitetracker, has emerged as a game-changer, offering developers, independent power producers (IPPs), and electric utilities the tools they need to expedite the interconnection process and related work. In this blog, we explore how software can support faster grid interconnection. The post Accelerating Grid Interconnection with Deployment Operations Management Software appeared first on Sitetracker.

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Picking Yourself Up After a Project Crashes

Bridge the Gap Consulting

Let me start with a user story. As a cyclist I want to stay upright So I don’t crash and hurt myself Sounds easy, right? On a nice evening in June, my user story didn’t go as planned. If you watch any bike racing, like the Tour de France, you’ve seen large groups of cyclists suddenly go down. These pelotons are moving along at a fast pace and when one person crashes, others inevitably follow.

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Product Backlog Prioritization Tactics

Scrum.org

The order of the Product Backlog is incredibly important. How is a Product Owner supposed to prioritize such a critical artifact well? In this lightning round, Responsive Advisors' Professional Scrum Trainers, Jason Malmstadt and Robert Pieper, discuss a few tactical tips to help get you started.

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Acclaim Projects Helps Deliver Innovation Projects on Time and on Budget

This large intercity transportation company for people and freight employs 100+ IT employees and contractors across North America and Europe and spends $10MM annually for approximately 50 inflight projects. The company needed the right financial tools to budget for innovation initiatives and real-time information on spending and forecasting. This transportation company turned to Acclaim Projects by Sopheon to help deliver projects on time and within budget.

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Are you Ready to Lead Your Next Project? With Loredana Abramo

Online PM Courses

Are you ready to lead your next project? I spoke with Loredana Abramo about Readiness to Lead and how project managers can stay relevant. The post Are you Ready to Lead Your Next Project? With Loredana Abramo appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.

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How to Use the Critical Path Method for Better Project Management

GoSkills

The critical path method uses project scheduling to determine the sequence and duration of activities, and their relationships. Learn how to master this technique.

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