Mon.Jan 29, 2024

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How To Make A Project Schedule? [A Step-by-Step Guide]

Teamweek

Ever struggled with keeping a project on track? You’re not alone. A solid project schedule is your secret weapon. It’s not just about listing tasks and deadlines. It’s about clarity and direction. Whether you’re a project management pro or just starting, getting your schedule right is key to success. In this article, you’ll discover: Essential elements of a great project schedule.

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Debunking 10 Common Objections to Incremental Delivery for Software Teams

Scrum.org

Incremental delivery sounds a little intimidating. After all, that is four syllables in one word! What does it mean? Incremental delivery means that work is delivered in small packets of end-to-end functionality. It means that every Sprint, the Scrum team should deliver a Done, fully tested increment of valuable product. When developers first hear about this concept, they might be a little hesitant about it.

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Process mapping 101: How to map out your workflows

Planio

Project management is all about efficiency. Yet, the unfortunate truth is that many organizations struggle with making the most of their teams’ skills and time — to the point where nearly 10% of every dollar spent is going to waste. But while there are plenty of problems and project risks that can kill your team’s efficiency, one of the greatest threats to your productivity is not taking the time to create and master repeatable processes.

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Is Your Scrum Team Truly Motivated? Understanding the Role of a Scrum Master

Scrum.org

As a Scrum Master and Agile Coach, I've often pondered the question: is it my job to motivate the team? It's a query that seems simple at first but unravels layers of complexity as you delve deeper. I believe that part of my role is fostering an environment where motivation can thrive. Accountability is key in this journey. The effectiveness of a Scrum team is not just about ticking off tasks and meeting deadlines; it's about the team's connection to the work they do.

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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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Efficient Project Management: The Key to Scaling Your Small Business

Binfire

Unlocking Growth and Productivity through Strategic Project Management Approaches This comprehensive guide delves into the pivotal role of project management in the growth and scalability of small businesses. It covers critical strategies like setting clear objectives, leveraging appropriate tools, and enhancing team collaboration. The article also features real-world case studies of small businesses that achieved remarkable scaling through adept project management.

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The Illusion of Control: Data-Driven Project Management

Epicflow Blog

Welcome to register for the webinar with project management experts Jan Willem Tromp and Mario Vanhoucke and participate in a discussion of Prof. Vanhouke’s recent book “The Illusion of Control. Project Data, Computer Algorithms, and Human Intuition for Project Management and Control”, shedding light on the phenomenon of data-driven project management and its role in complex multi-project environments.

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Can you be agile if you release only once a year?

Scrum.org

( Japanese version・日本語版 ) When picturing an effective and truly agile product development team, one often imagines a software development team, pushing some software to production every day, maybe multiple times a day, ala Amazon. By doing so, these teams gain the ability to test their assumptions early and often about the solutions they are building from both a technical and business perspective.

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Resource Guru vs Float: 2024 comparison and key considerations

Resource Guru

Resource management has a direct impact on revenue. That’s why you want to make sure that your resource management software can help you maintain a healthy bottom line (and happy employees). Two of the most established resource management tools in the space are Resource Guru ( 4.7 on G2 ) and Float ( 4.2 on G2 ). Both founded in 2011, they’ve been solving scheduling problems across the globe ever since.

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Agility Is Resilience

Scrum.org

I recently came across a definition of resilience that moved me. The ability to transform hardship to experience. That is what agility is truly about. We learn from our failures. We pick ourselves up, and try again with new information. We seek new skills and new techniques to try a different angle. We rise to the occasion. Even if this is our first time in the Scrum Master role.

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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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Fighting Uncertainty in Organizations, Including Matrix Ones

Epicflow Blog

Watch the recording of an eye-opening discussion about the true role of uncertainty in project-based organizations with TOC experts Dr. Albert Ponsteen and Eli Schragenheim. During their meeting, they’re touching upon the following topics: – The specifics of managing project-based organizations. – Why project-based organizations fail to deliver the desired business outcomes despite well-designed management strategies and efforts. – Types of uncertainties and their corresponding

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Cultivating Collaboration as a Scrum Master (From PM to PSM 04)

Scrum.org

For professional Project Managers transitioning to a Scrum Master role, the project management principle of creating a collaborative project team environment, takes on a nuanced and vital role. In Scrum, the concept of a collaborative team is central, not just as a functional unit but as a self-managing and cross-functional entity. This principle dovetails with Scrum’s emphasis on the empiricism pillars (transparency, inspection, and adaptation) and its values (commitment, focus, openness, respe

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Resource Management at Enterprises: Exploring Multi-Project Environments

Epicflow Blog

Watch the recording of the insightful webinar on multi-project management with prominent experts Jan Willem Tromp and Ben Rawson who have profound knowledge and rich experience in project management and digital transformation. The webinar is dedicated to the peculiarities of complex multi-project environments in SMEs and large enterprises and the role of resource allocation in them.

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Can Scrum Masters Use Data to Coach the Team?

Scrum.org

A Scrum Master can leverage data effectively to help the team by asking the right questions sooner and by using valuable insights to drive continuous improvement. A Scrum Master can harness the power of data to provide concrete evidence and facilitate informed decision-making within the team, driving continuous improvement and helping the team achieve its goals more effectively.

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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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Fighting Uncertainty in Organizations, Including Matrix Ones

Epicflow Blog

Watch the recording of an eye-opening discussion about the true role of uncertainty in project-based organizations with TOC experts Dr. Albert Ponsteen and Eli Schragenheim. During their meeting, they’re touching upon the following topics: – The specifics of managing project-based organizations. – Why project-based organizations fail to deliver the desired business outcomes despite well-designed management strategies and efforts. – Types of uncertainties and their corresponding

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Cómo potenciar el Agile Coach con IA

Scrum.org

¿Quieres ver este blog en video? Los Agile Coaches potencian la capacidad de creación de valor de las organizaciones Los Agile Coaches son catalizadores del cambio en las organizaciones , potenciando a los equipos y el ecosistema organizativo para maximizar la creación de valor. A través de prácticas ágiles, impulsan la eficiencia, innovación y adaptabilidad , asegurando que cada paso sea una oportunidad de aprendizaje y mejora continua.

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CHAMP Success Story: One of the Best Hybrid-Agile Certification Courses I Ever Attended

Management Yogi

By Dr Kish Ranai, CHAMPIntroductionThe Certified Hybrid-Agile Master Professional or CHAMP certification course is one of the few best courses I have attended. The course provides very detailed, step-by-step examples on how to go about implementing the concepts of Hybrid Project Management. Satya, the creator of the course, is an excellent teacher and very dedicated to what he does.

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Utilizing AI on Different Levels of Multi-Project and Resource Management

Epicflow Blog

Watch the recording of an enlightening discussion on multi-project management issues with our top-notch professionals Jan Willem Tromp and Dr. Albert Ponsteen who have extensive experience in MPM and digital transformation. The webinar provides insights on AI applications in multi-project, resource, and portfolio management, and the way it transforms complex MPM processes and decision-making.

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20 Common Mistakes Made by Inexperienced Project Managers

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.

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How To Enhance Customer Experience With Client Intake Forms

Wrike

There are many ways to dive into the dating world, be it through mutual friends, a random encounter at the library, or a dating app. Nowadays, singletons can try their luck by filling out an online form on a dating app. An online dating form lets you express any likes or dislikes, so you can be matched with any potential beaus that fulfill your expectations.

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Resource Management at Enterprises: Exploring Multi-Project Environments

Epicflow Blog

When?: October, 19, at 17:00 CEST Save the date and join us at the insightful webinar on multi-project management with prominent experts who have profound knowledge and rich experience in project management and digital transformation. The webinar is dedicated to the peculiarities of complex multi-project environments in SMEs and large enterprises and the role of resource allocation in them.

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These are the big things you should never do with Scrum.

Scrum.org

What are the top things you should never do in Scrum? Do I have to just follow all the Scrum rules? Can I break some? In this Responsive Advisors Scrum Lightning Round, Professional Scrum Trainers Robb Pieper , Greg Crown , and I talk about what we feel are the most egregious offenses commonly done but should never be done when using Scrum.

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The Illusion of Control: Data-Driven Project Management

Epicflow Blog

Join our enlightening discussion to find key answers to essential project management questions: What is the role of project data in risk management and project control? What can a project manager control in his/her projects? How to ensure the seamless delivery of your project with data management? And how is this all applied in complex multi-project environments?

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3 ‘Must-Dos’ for Addressing Digital Transformation Challenges

Digital transformation projects are crucial, with global spending projected to hit $3.4 trillion by 2026. However, they often fail at a rate of about 70%. To enhance success: Employee Buy-in: Acknowledge concerns and establish a change management team to communicate benefits transparently. Identify Processes and Tools: Form a digital transformation office to establish metrics, workstream lifecycles, data capture, and tool selection.

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Scrum.org

​​効果的で真にアジャイルな製品開発チームを思い浮かべるとき、 Amazon のように毎日あるいは1日に何度もソフトウェアを本番リリースさせるようなチームを思い浮かべることが多いでしょう。 製品開発チームは頻繁なリリースによって、開発中のソリューションに関する仮説を 技術的な観点 と ビジネス的な観点 の両方から早期かつ頻繁に検証をすることができます。 技術的な観点 には、製品が完全に統合され、本番環境で展開されたときに何が起こるかを検証することが含まれます。言い換えれば、「その製品を正しく構築できたか」ということです。 ビジネスの観点 には、製品が提供するフィーチャー、能力、体験に対して顧客がどのように反応するかを検証することが含まれます。言い換えれば 「我々は正しい製品を構築できたか?」

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Fighting Uncertainty in Organizations, Including Matrix Ones

Epicflow Blog

When: on September 12th, 5:00 PM CEST Have you ever thought about the role of uncertainty in your projects’ success and how hazardous neglecting uncertainty can appear to your company? What mistakes do business leaders and project managers often make in relation to uncertainty at different organizations, including matrix ones? And what are the ways to effectively fight uncertainty to prevent the catastrophic domino effect ruining the success of your business?

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Utilizing AI on Different Levels of Multi-Project and Resource Management

Epicflow Blog

Mark your calendars not to miss our enlightening talk on multi-project management issues with our top-notch professionals who have extensive experience in MPM and digital transformation. The upcoming webinar will provide you with insights on AI applications in multi-project, resource, and portfolio management, and the way it transforms complex MPM processes and decision-making.