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How to Be a Project Management Consultant

ProjectManager.com

Project management consultants don’t only add value to a project, but they can help introduce project management processes to any team. It’s a great career transition for current project managers to consider. Jennifer Bridges, PMP, shows you what PM skills, PM tools and related experience you need to succeed in this competitive field. What Is a Project Management Consultant?

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Project Artifacts and How to Use Them

Rebel’s Guide to PM

In this article we’ll look at the types of artifacts in project management, typical documents for each type. There’s also a checklist of project artifacts by phase at the end, which you can use as an aide-memoire for creating your own documentation. What is an artifact? An artifact is something you create. In project management, artifacts relate to documents, templates, outputs or a specific deliverable.

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Risk Mitigation: Agile Usable Products vs Documentation in Traditional Project Management

Scrum.org

As the software development landscape evolves, evaluating the time-tested traditional project management strategies alongside the burgeoning agile methodologies is essential. The central tenet I would like to explore today is comparing using usable working products as a risk mitigation strategy in Agile with the elaborate documentation characteristic of traditional project management.

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Exploring Kanban in an Enterprise Environment

Leading Agile

Join us for today’s podcast where we dive into the world of Kanban and Agile methodologies to unravel the thought process behind large organizations who want embrace Kanban. If you’re considering Kanban, or you’re currently grappling with workflow challenges, this video will equip you with some Kanban strategies to help you seamlessly implement and optimize Kanban in a dynamic enterprise environment.

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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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Health Checks für agile Teams ??

Scrum.org

Health Checks für agile Teams Agile Teams gedeihen durch kontinuierliche Verbesserung und Anpassungsfähigkeit. Die Selbsteinschätzung ist nicht nur ein Instrument für Health Checks agiler Teams, sondern ein Kompass, der Teams zu ihrem Potenzial führt. Sie ermöglicht es den Teams, die eigenen Stärken zu verstehen, Verbesserungsmöglichkeiten zu erkennen und die Arbeitsdynamik über den bloßen Output von Inkrementen hinaus zu vertiefen.

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Scrum & Time Off/Holidays/Vacations

Scrum.org

Time off and vacations/holidays are a reality for all Scrum Teams. What does Scrum say about this and how do you deal with a missing Scrum Team member under these circumstances? The first question has a short answer. Scrum says nothing about how to deal with a temporary absence. Scrum is a simple framework and does not provide the answer to every scenario you will encounter when using it.

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Real Estate Vendor Spreadsheets: A How-to Guide

Wrike

The global economic landscape post-pandemic has been tumultuous , to say the least. With a looming threat of recession and fast-paced technological advancements in artificial intelligence impacting creators, companies, and industries across the board, many are looking to tighten their short- and long-term strategies and create new ways to diversify income and invest profitably.

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How the Product Backlog supports Adaptation (28)

Scrum.org

Remember that Scrum is founded on empirical process control, and that adaptation is the third pillar, following transparency and inspection. Each of the Scrum Artifacts is adapted in one or more Scrum Events in order to minimise deviations to acceptable limits which they have learned during inspection. Adaptation is making adjustments in order to minimise any deviations to acceptable limits concerning agreed goals.

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How to write a terms of reference with template & examples

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Why use a Terms of Reference document? A Terms of Reference document is a really versatile document. I use it mainly for two things: First , putting down in writing what my Steering Group are actually supposed to do to set the ‘ground rules’ for that group and their meetings. This helps them keep a focus on the job at hand, not get too much into the detail and helps them and others take the project seriously.

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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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ImOn partners with Sitetracker to triple job completion with the same number of resources

Sitetracker

ImOn Communications, a renowned telecommunications services provider in Eastern Iowa, opted for Sitetracker to enhance their field teams' productivity by providing them with smooth updates on milestones, project comments, forms, and image annotations directly from the site. Their focus was on improving project management company wide and to provide the capability to easily update projects for field teams & supervisors.

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9 Methods for Comparing Job Candidates Objectively

Teamweek

When deciding how to compare candidates for a job , an evidence-based hiring process goes a long way toward helping organizations make smarter decisions. Crafting a data-driven hiring approach won’t just help HR teams cut bias out of the hiring process and improve diversity —they’ll also make that process far more reliable and predictive. Forbes Discover how to make your recruitment process more data-driven with the 9 methods we share below.

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How to Prevent Project Failure in Multi-Project Management: Useful Tips

Epicflow Blog

How can you ensure the successful completion of all projects in your pipeline? To be sure that none of the initiatives will fail and your project management efforts will be crowned with the desired outcomes? In the previous article , we reviewed the main factors that lead to project failure in a multi-project environment. In this post, we’re answering the question: how to prevent project management disasters when running multiple simultaneous projects?

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Witness the Transformative Power of Best Online Calculators

UPQODE

In a world where websites strive to captivate and engage their audience, there’s a hidden gem that has the power to truly mesmerize visitors – online calculators. These magical tools not only simplify complex calculations but also elevate user experiences to new heights. These virtual wizards enable users to perform complex calculations quickly and effortlessly, providing valuable insights and enhancing user engagement.

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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.