The Digital Project Manager
AUGUST 15, 2018
Any HR professional can tell you: the remote workforce is expanding. In fact, a 2017. The post Tips + Tools For Managing Efficient Virtual Teams appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.
Project Risk Coach
AUGUST 13, 2018
Many project managers do a great job of identifying risks. Some even evaluate risks and develop response plans. However, project managers get busy as their projects progress and fail to monitor their risks, resulting in challenged or failed projects. Here are some key factors that you should know about monitoring project risks. Do Project Managers Really Control Risks?
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Project Bliss
AUGUST 31, 2018
You may feel like you don’t have the right to say “no” when your boss asks you to do something. But sometimes it can feel overwhelming or stressful, depending on the request. You want to be seen as a team player. You want to be a reliable employee and admired by both your boss and your peers. And you want to be seen as trustworthy and someone who’s considered for career growth.
Taskque
AUGUST 13, 2018
Starting a business is not everybody’s cup of tea. Trust me, Entrepreneurs, business owners, and project owners cannot succeed without soliciting the help of a group(s) of people who have that experience and can guide them better. Without these networks of people, it becomes a challenge for small business owners & project managers to scale their business on their own.
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LiquidPlanner
AUGUST 14, 2018
Let’s say you’re well-qualified in your technical skills—be it Java, programming languages, infrastructure, networks or system administration. Qualifications take time and effort, but as well as learning useful skills, you’re also building confidence—your own and the others’ confidence in your ability to do a great job. But what if you’re switching from a purely technical role to one that involves managing projects?
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Rebel’s Guide to PM
AUGUST 5, 2018
This is a guest post by Laura Brandenburg, describing how to get the best out of the project manager and business analyst relationship. Before I forget, I want to be sure you know about Laura’s Quick Start to Success as a Business Analyst training (it’s free) that’s designed to help you business analysts achieve more success on their projects. . We all want more successful projects – projects that deliver their intended business value and are delivered on time and on budget.
The Lazy Project Manager
AUGUST 10, 2018
And the clock is ticking …. Too late, you have missed the moment since your clients and executive’s attention span is reducing rapidly! A Canadian survey of media consumption, commissioned by Microsoft, noted that the average attention span had fallen yet again, it was now just eight seconds. In 2000 it was recorded as twelve seconds but is seems we may now have an even shorter attention span than a goldfish (or is that memory?
The Digital Project Manager
AUGUST 22, 2018
The post The Best Trello Alternatives: 10 Top Kanban Tools That Will Improve Your Project Workflow appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.
PM Basics
AUGUST 7, 2018
“It looks like a micromanagement to me,” Corwin said just as we left the room. “What’s the problem?” I asked. “Micromanagement is a bad technique, isn’t it?” Corwin was surprised. Micromanagement got a bad reputation. It is a tool of evil project managers ! Only despotic leaders use it! Nevertheless, I believe the micromanagement technique is a powerful tool.
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
LiquidPlanner
AUGUST 28, 2018
Once in my career, I was lucky enough to work with a true Excel spreadsheet master. Chris could make Excel do anything, except he never used spreadsheets to manage a project. He was a wise man. Since then I’ve come across too many project professionals, teams and organizations who stretch Microsoft Excel into a project management tool, and unsuccessfully so.
ProjectManager.com
AUGUST 23, 2018
SMART is an mnemonic acronym that establishes criteria for ideal goals and objectives in a project. Goals and objectives should always be “SMART,” which stands for specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and time-related. This set of criteria helps managers both recognize their goals and create a structural guide to achieve them. SMART first appeared in a 1981 issue of the magazine Management Review , in a paper by Gorge T.
Rebel’s Guide to PM
AUGUST 1, 2018
There are lots of routes into project management, as I explored recently in an article on how to become a project manager. But reading about what you should do to break into project management isn’t the same as hearing real stories of people who took that leap and got that project management job. Below, I share 5 stories from my book, Project Manager.
The Lazy Project Manager
AUGUST 15, 2018
I was once in a restaurant. The location was good, the décor and ambience very acceptable, the company most enjoyable, and the snow fell softly outside providing a winter wonderland visual delight through the large windows. But sadly all of that positive build-up for a great evening’s dining was almost outweighed by the food and service. After an initial ordering experience the diners elected to eat the same main course but each agreed that the chef’s vegetable of choice for the evening was not
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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.
Project Risk Coach
AUGUST 20, 2018
Some project managers start their projects with a strong focus on risk management. However, somewhere along the way, they lose steam. They spend more time dealing with issues and implementing workarounds. In this article, I am providing questions that can help you in monitoring project risks and as a result, achieve better results. Other project managers start out strong and stick with their risk management.
Musings on Project Management
AUGUST 7, 2018
There comes a point where more planning can not remove the remaining uncertainty, instead execution must be used to provide data and remove uncertainty. This quote comes from a nicely argued case -- from the agile blog 'leading answers' -- for mixing agile methods in rather traditional businesses, like the oil and gas exploration/production business If ever there was a business that.
ExamsPM
AUGUST 7, 2018
The Project Management Institute (PMI) offers certifications that provide project management professionals with both information and credibility. Two of these certifications are the Project Management Professional (PMP) and Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM). Both of these certifications are based on the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) which outlines the PMI approach to managing projects.
ProjectManager.com
AUGUST 20, 2018
Everyone in business is talking about innovation, but how does one actually innovate? Jennifer Bridges, PMP, shows you practical steps you can take to innovate by using co-creation and project management techniques. Here’s a screenshot of the whiteboard for your reference. In Review – Project Management Best Practices for Innovation and Co-Creation.
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Rebel’s Guide to PM
AUGUST 20, 2018
Are you just starting out in project management? There are so many books out there. How do you know where to start? In this video I share 3 books that are fantastic reads for new project managers. Under the video you’ll see details for each of the books. The Project Management Book by Richard Newton. One day I hope to meet Richard! This is a very useful text for new project managers and those who are starting out managing projects in a more formal environment.
Online PM Courses
AUGUST 20, 2018
Do you want to Find the Best Project Management Course for You? Of course you do. It is an important decision, because: you will be investing a considerable amount of time in your learning. the outcome matter to you… or you wouldn’t be bothering. you will be spending a moderate to large chunk of money. So let’s get the money question out of the way first.
Project Risk Coach
AUGUST 27, 2018
A life well lived involves looking backward as well as thinking forward. The same is true of projects. In this article, we will look at how to conduct a risk audit to evaluate the effectiveness of your risk management. Additionally, we'll also talk about how to be more forward thinking through risk reviews. rocket. “Good Risk Management fosters vigilance in times of calm and instills discipline in times of crisis.
Kiron Bondale
AUGUST 26, 2018
Project management practices have been used since human beings first started to work together to achieve greater outcomes than they could have accomplished as individuals. Modern practice of the profession started in the 1950’s so it is natural that certain practices, tools and nomenclature will be discarded as the profession evolves. Unfortunately, some anachronistic project management terms still linger in spite of overwhelming evidence that their time has passed.
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LiquidPlanner
AUGUST 23, 2018
“How long is that going to take?” As project managers, we’re driven by dates. Customers, senior managers and stakeholders all want to know how long it will take to complete a project. And as project management professionals, we’re also measured by our ability to predict the future and be right about our predictions—despite the many unknowns.
ProjectManager.com
AUGUST 14, 2018
Some people look at math and shut down. Managers are not usually those people. They know that there are formulas that must be used to solve certain business and process problems. But there are different types of managers, just as there are different types of people. Some are more skilled as leaders than they are as mathematicians. Math is required, of course, but some managers still might be perplexed by certain equations, such as the commonly used Six Sigma formula Y=f(x).
Rebel’s Guide to PM
AUGUST 29, 2018
This is a guest article by Melissa Lobo of Project Female. Teamwork: the act of bringing several individuals together in order to efficiently and effectively complete a project. Melissa Labo. Project managers know that cooperation boosts productivity and is beneficial in a team environment. Teamwork is an enabler for the smooth running of projects. It speeds up the achievement of targets and helps project professionals overcome obstacles.
Project Bliss
AUGUST 19, 2018
You’re hopefully choosing your words carefully and crafting the message you want others to take away. But words alone aren’t enough. Your paraverbal communication plays a big role in how your audience sees you. It’s important to consider this facet of your communication when speaking to your audience, no matter the size. Not just what you say, but how you say it, plays a big role in how successful your communication skills are.
Speaker: Erika R. Bales, Esq.
When we talk about “compliance and security," most companies want to ensure that steps are being taken to protect what they value most – people, data, real or personal property, intellectual property, digital assets, or any other number of other things - and it’s more important than ever that safeguards are in place. Let’s step back and focus on the idea that no matter how complicated the compliance and security regime, it should be able to be distilled down to a checklist.
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