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How to improve the self-managing capabilities & skills of your team?

Scrum.org

Teams are more effective when they have more control over how to do their work and in what order. This is the essence of "self-management", and it is critical to Scrum teams and other kinds of Agile teams. Self-managing teams are central to Scrum and other Agile methodologies. Teams need high autonomy in complex environments, like product development.

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The 5 Best Project Management Time Tracking Software Available Today

nTask

Project time tracking is a major concern, regardless of the shape and size of the organization. Of course, as much as managers like to liberate team members in terms of flexible work hours, there’s always an accountability factor in specific scenarios. The latter refers to deadline-oriented projects sourced through 3rd party contractors.

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Why ‘Accountable but Blameless’ is my new favorite phrase

Scrum.org

I was teaching the Professional Scrum Master course last weekend and we were talking about how Scrum Masters can foster a positive Scrum Team culture. Kit Chow, a project manager at RehabPath who participated in the class, suggested, “They [the team] should hold each other accountable but blameless.” This phrase struck me because it captures so much about positive team culture in Scrum.

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A Review Of The 6 Best Online Timesheets Software Available Today

nTask

In today's ever-changing world, staying on top of tasks and projects can be a challenge. Fortunately, with the advent of online timesheets software, it's now easier than ever to stay organized and keep track of your team's productivity. Timesheets software makes it easy to track hours worked, assign tasks, and monitor progress.

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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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How to Cultivate Better Employee Morale & Prevent Burnout

Proofhub

We survived the COVID-19 pandemic. Does that mean that employees nowadays do not get burned out? Boosting Employee Morale and preventing burnout is not something that we need to address during critical situations alone. Being a manager, it is one of the toughest situations to see your employee go through burnout. I strongly believe in the methodology of building a workplace that offers a healthy environment for boosting employee morale at all times.

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Principles & Values-Based: Conserving and Enhancing Natural Resources through Sustainable Project Management

Green Project Management

Principles & Values-Based: Conserving and Enhancing Natural Resources through Sustainable Project Management In an era of environmental degradation and climate change, many individuals and organizations are looking for ways to contribute to conserving and regenerating our planet’s natural resources. For project managers, embracing sustainable practices is crucial in achieving this goal.

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Feature Tip #14: Communicate Task Status in Board Views

LiquidPlanner

As project managers and project contributors, we can use Task Statuses to quickly communicate the progress of our work. LiquidPlanner provides you with several standard status options to get started: To Do, In Progress, In Review, On Hold, and Done. But you don’t have to charge ahead with those pre-determined statuses. You can create Custom Task Statuses and group them in a way that works best for you and your team.

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A Dive into the Office 365 Security and Compliance Center

MPUG

Security of project data and clients’ sensitive information is important for organizations. Implementing security and compliance protocols, they use Office 365 Security and Compliance Center. Furthermore, organizations should think of project data backup as an additional level of security and protection. Why do organizations use the Office 365 Security and Compliance Center?

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START-UP MINDSET, HYBRID WORKFORCE & OPEN-PLAN OFFICE: A CONVERSATION WITH JIM SANDUSKI

Clint Padgett – Project Success

Episode Information: Clint continues his conversation with Jim Sanduski, President of Sharp Home Electronics Company of America. During their discussion, Jim talks about why he views Sharp as a start-up company, the benefits of two-way communication, and finding the balance of in-office versus remote work. Plus, Jim explains why he’s such a fan of open-plan offices.

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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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10 Practical Tips to Improve Team Communication

MPUG

In one of the first projects I worked on in the healthcare industry, our project manager (PM), Steve, was brilliant. An outside-the-box thinker, Steve always had creative strategies and solutions for most challenges the project faced. While everyone agreed that Steve had unique and valuable perspectives, there was little doubt that his communication with his team members left much to be desired.

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Project Management: Principles, Practices & Context

Project Management Essentials

Einstein spent the last 30 years of his life searching in vain for a unifying theory of physics. The project management profession has had a similar quest—defining a methodology, set of practices, or principles that could successfully guide any project. Like physics and nature, project management is ubiquitous. Projects address simple, complicated, and complex problems.

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What’s the Difference between Projects and Programs?

Online PM Courses

Projects and Programs are similar… but different. And so ar Project Management and Program Management. Let’s see what those differences are. The post What’s the Difference between Projects and Programs? appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.

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