The Strategic Project Manager

JANUARY 9, 2024

Some PM’s aspire to a CEO position. This post digs into this ambitious career objective, the required skills and attributes, strategy and project management as steppingstones to the CEO role, and attractive alternative career objectives. CEO – Is It a Good Career Objective? The answer is, “It depends.” Every person is different, and each person has a capacity to lead, envision, and make things happen in different ways.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 9, 2024

Managing the workforce in a construction project is a complicated endeavor. There are so many different subcontractors and all have to work together to deliver the project on time and within budget. Resources in construction are managed by construction resource management. There are many different types of construction resources beyond labor and we’ll define them as well as the process for construction resource management.

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Project Risk Coach

JANUARY 9, 2024

In the intricate world of project management, where each decision can lead to a myriad of outcomes, the ability to forecast and manage potential risks is invaluable. Enter Decision Tree Analysis, a robust tool that, quite literally, helps you see the forest for the trees. This analytical technique allows project managers and decision-makers to visually map out and understand the complexities of decisions, along with their possible consequences.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 9, 2024

Often, people don't get the power out of a DOD that they really could. This article will review a few different thoughts on the DOD, relate the DOD to acceptance criteria, and show an example of a DOD. Hopefully, this will give you some ideas on improving your DOD so that it's not just a superficial checklist with little value. In the 12 years that I've been a Professional Scrum Trainer through Scrum.org, I've taught many classes on Scrum and seen many misunderstandings related to the DOD.

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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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Green Project Management

JANUARY 9, 2024

I am often asked about the most significant challenge GPM faces when explaining the value of sustainable project management. This question frequently comes from CFOs who have yet to embrace the benefits of sustainable practices beyond mere compliance with regulatory or stakeholder demands. In this post, I aim at a favorite antagonist from a bygone […] The post Balancing Value: From Friedman’s Metrics to Purpose-Driven Impact appeared first on Insights into Sustainability and Project

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NimbleWork

JANUARY 9, 2024

We might be a little way off having a robot colleague sitting at the next desk, but artificial intelligence (AI) is already impacting the workplace in many different ways. Generative AI and robotic processing and automation make it easier than ever to incorporate new ways of working into how projects are led. In this article, we’ll talk briefly about the impacts of AI in the workplace generally and then specifically about how it is changing the way projects are managed.

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Binfire

JANUARY 9, 2024

In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, businesses must keep pace with the latest technologies to stay competitive. One critical aspect that organizations often encounter is the need to scale their software development capabilities in line with their growth and project demands. Understanding how to address this need effectively is where software development team augmentation services come into play.

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PM Times

JANUARY 9, 2024

When asked how typical risk management exercises are conducted, most project managers reply that this involves conversations and documentation around risk events and their respective probabilities and impacts. While this is a necessary and beneficial exercise, this standard approach and mind-set does not account for taking time to recognize and focus on maximizing opportunities, […] The post Best of PMTimes: Risk and Opportunity Management appeared first on Project Management Articles, Web

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MPUG

JANUARY 9, 2024

While most PMOs and portfolio managers choose Project Online for enhanced resource planning and portfolio monitoring, teams that use agile tools can get a lot of value from Azure DevOps. Azure DevOps offers developer systems that allow teams to organize work, collaborate on code development, and create and launch apps. It provides a collaborative culture and methods that bring together software engineers, project managers, and contributors.

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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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NimbleWork

JANUARY 9, 2024

Adding AI to your workflow sounds like something you might like to do, and there are plenty of benefits of AI-powered tools. But how do you get started? In this article, we’ll discuss 5 ways AI can help you streamline project management workflows with tips on how to start making changes to the way you work today. Streamline Workflows with AI There are plenty of ways AI can help you manage projects more effectively.

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Productivity Land

JANUARY 9, 2024

The vacation rental business can be a tough one, even in the best of times. It’s especially challenging for smaller operations that lack the scale of larger competitors. If baseline occupancy rates are too low, a small rental business can become overly dependent on volatile seasonal demand. Worse, it can be rendered vulnerable to one-off events like economic depressions, geopolitical turmoil, pandemics, and similar catastrophes.

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Management Yogi

JANUARY 9, 2024

The Risk Management Professional (RMP®) exam from PMI® has various types of questions, including the multi-response questions. Indeed, if you are appearing for the latest RMP exam in 2024 and beyond, then you will face both multi-choice and multi-response questions. There is a subtle difference between the two.Multi-choice questions: There will be four radio-button choices.

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UPQODE

JANUARY 9, 2024

Incorporating a self-service help center, like Zendesk Help Center, is a crucial aspect of customer retention strategies. Most customers today expect an easily accessible repository of product/service information and FAQs. By adding Zendesk Help Center, you’ve made a significant move towards enhancing customer success. Customizing your Zendesk themes is vital for several reasons: Maintaining consistent branding ensures a seamless transition from your main website to the help center.

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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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Hub Planner

JANUARY 9, 2024

As the business landscape continues to shift towards a more flexible work environment, the need for dynamic solutions in resource management becomes paramount. Traditional static capacity planning falls short in meeting the challenges posed by the evolving nature of modern businesses. Enter Hub Planner’s latest innovation – Dynamic Capacity. Understanding the complexity of evolving resource management Resource manageme nt is inherently complex, and a one-size-fits-all approach is no longer

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Wrike

JANUARY 9, 2024

Remember those dreaded oral presentations as a kid where you would have to prepare a PowerPoint, stand in front of the entire class, and then give a speech? No doubt, 20 pairs of eyes staring at you is nerve-racking enough. What makes it even worse is when your class decides to tune out and stop paying attention to you altogether. Although it is easy to dismiss your classmates as merely being rude or disengaged for personal reasons, perhaps they felt that your presentation was a bit boring.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 9, 2024

What are the most common obstacles teams face when they first start using Scrum? Are they always just team problems? Are the organizational structure problems? Is it the way companies manage projects? In this Responsive Advisors Lightning Round, Professional Scrum Trainers Jason Malmstadt , Robb Pieper , and I discuss common obstacles and how to navigate them.

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Musings on Project Management

JANUARY 9, 2024

In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing. —Theodore Roosevelt Actually, that's Teddy's version of cousin FDR's famous "Try something!" But what if it's all about a threat -- something external -- for which you have no experience? Call in your PMO team and brainstorm?

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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.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 9, 2024

People usually ask me how I became a Professional Scrum Trainer (PST) with Scrum.org. They want to hear my experience. So, I have decided to make this video about it. The process had 9 steps. It took me 4 years to achieve it. It was a journey full of joy and failures. I failed 8 times in various steps throughout the journey. It's not a small goal.

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Tactical Project Management

JANUARY 9, 2024

Amidst the ever-evolving landscape of the digital era, where connections transcend physical boundaries, the concept of “User-Generated Content (UGC)” emerges naturally as a powerful catalyst shaping the online sphere. This journey embarks on a comprehensive exploration of the multifaceted nature of UGC, akin to a shared tale amongst acquaintances spanning the globe.

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