January, 2016

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Sustainable Risk Management – Four Current Challenges with Solutions

Green Project Management

This post focuses on the current challenges of sustainable risk management within sustainable change delivery, with useful perspectives, tools, and techniques. This blog post is part of a series that provides the foundation for understanding sustainable change delivery. “Primum non nocere – First, do no harm” – Auguste François Chomel (Hooker, p. 219, 1849) “The golden axiom of […].

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Estimate everything?

Musings on Project Management

Mike Cohn on estimating (from his email blasts): "Because I've written a book on estimating, people seem to think I estimate everything on my product backlog. I don't. I ask a team to estimate a product backlog item only when having the estimate will lead to actionably different behavior. So, for example, I might ask a team for an estimate on a user story so that I can decide if I want.

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Which project management template is the most important?

Ron Rosenhead

I was asked this question late last year on one of our project management training courses. I had introduced the group to a range of templates over the two days and one person asked this question towards the end of the day. I responded by saying that this was the first time I had been asked this question. I threw the question back at the group asking them to go through the book of templates.

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Not my circus, not my monkey

The Lazy Project Manager

(Original Polish translation: Nie mój cyrk, nie moje malpy). In simple terms this means ‘Not my problem’ but let’s be honest, ‘not my circus, not my monkey’ is a whole lot more colourful to say and will definitely get you noticed when you say it. This thought or attitude draws us to a typical challenge for the project manager who wants to be more ‘social’ since in traditional terms a project manager would have the attitude of ‘this is my problem’ and, as a result, would get involved to resolve t

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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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Divergence and Convergence

Zen Project Management

There's another idea from Tim Brown's Change by Design I thought was worth writing about. It's the idea of divergence and convergence. Early in a design project (or any project), we want to collect lots of ideas. This is divergence.creating lots of possible choices. Linus Pauling , winner of 2 Nobel prizes, stated "To have a good ide, you must first have lots of ideas.

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Sustainable Portfolio Management – Foundational Overview

Green Project Management

This post highlights the importance of portfolio management for sustainable change delivery. This blog post is part of a series that provides a foundation for understanding sustainable change delivery. It is not the strongest of species that survives, nor the most intelligent. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change. Leon C. […]. The post Sustainable Portfolio Management – Foundational Overview appeared first on Delivering a better world, one project at a time.

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How to manage a demanding workload

Susanne Madsen

As a project management coach and facilitator I often come across project managers who find their workload overwhelming. They want to do a good job and don’t want to appear “weak” by saying no to more work. But in spite of working long hours, there is so much on their plate that only the most urgent requests get their attention. At the bottom of the pile are the more proactive and strategic activities that they never get around to.

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Top Project Management Conferences to Attend in 2016

Wrike

2016 is brand new, and now that you’ve started a fresh calendar, you’re probably eager to find exciting events to fill it with. Look no further than our list of top project management conferences for 2016. Stay up-to-speed on the latest industry developments, pick up tips from respected experts in the field, meet other project management professionals, and have some fun learning new tricks of the trade away from the office.

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DAHU Agency | Advertising Agency Software Spotlight 1

Function Point

When customers achieve profitability and productivity with our project management software, we celebrate! We’re showcasing their agency, successes, and their FP experience in our spotlight blog series. Now, it’s our pleasure to introduce Mindy, CEO & Co-Founder at DAHU Agency ! Describe DAHU Agency. We are a creative marketing and advertising agency that adapts to the latest technologies and the behaviours of its users.

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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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Design Thinking and Constraints

Zen Project Management

I've been reading the book Change by Design by Tim Brown. It's part of my overall interest in design in general. I have found a number of interesting ideas in the book so far, and I'm not even half way through it. One concept had to do with constraints. Anyone that has worked much on projects know that constraints are a big part of it. He talks about three aspects of constraint; feasibility, desirability, and viability.

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Guide to Motivation, Part 1: How to Motivate Your Team

Mike Clayton

People Deliver Projects It is easy to think of the role of a project manager in terms of tasks, schedule, budget, resources, deliverables and risk. These are the things that many project management books and courses focus on.

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Brandolini’s Law in Sustainability Discussions

Green Project Management

Dealing With Nonsensical Sustainability Positions I have recently experienced a number of profoundly confusing and somewhat bizarre positions and arguments on LinkedIn (and elsewhere). For example, absurd arguments against the requirement for greenhouse gas emission reductions, not providing a liveable wage or the right to employ slave and child labour.

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Book Review – Project Psychology – Sharon De Mascia

Fix my Project Chaos

Book review of Project Psychology by Sharon De Mascia In this video, Elise shares her book review of Project Psychology by Sharon De Mascia. Sharon De Mascia AFBPsS, MCIPD is a UK based Psychologist focused on project management. In her role, Sharon helps organisations get the best out of people through wellbeing, leadership and change management. […].

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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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Gantt Chart Software: A Key Tool For Project Management (Infographic)

Wrike

When you’re managing projects, it’s all too common that tasks slip and releases get pushed back. To remedy the situation, you need to learn from your mistakes and improve planning in the future. Online Gantt chart software is a great way to help your team organize your schedule so that you hit every deadline on time. If you’ve never heard of or used a Gantt chart before, take a look at this infographic.

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DAHU Agency | Advertising Agency Software Spotlight 1

Function Point

When customers achieve profitability and productivity with our project management software, we celebrate! We’re showcasing their agency, successes, and their FP experience in our spotlight blog series. Now, it’s our pleasure to introduce Mindy, CEO & Co-Founder at DAHU Agency ! Describe DAHU Agency. We are a creative marketing and advertising agency that adapts to the latest technologies and the behaviours of its users.

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What time is the 3 o'clock meeting?

Musings on Project Management

Have you ever been asked: "What time is the 3 o'clock meeting?" You're thinking: "This guy is on something; or he's texting while talking!". We here in the backyard of the seemingly larger-than-life Walt Disney World* pay some attention to the management paradigms coming out of our corporate neighbor. And, so the Disney response to that question is instructive, as given in this blog post.

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5 trends that will transform project management

Moira Alexander

A transformation is taking place in the project management field as the result of changes to business practices, requirements and expectations. It’s putting a sharper focus on the people, processes and technologies needed to successfully execute projects. It may no longer make sense for companies to use limited resources as they have in the past. Here are five trends that could reshape project management in 2016.

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The Big Payoff of Application Analytics

Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business. That’s what drove the five companies in this e-book to change their approach to analytics. Download this e-book to learn about the unique problems each company faced and how they achieved huge returns beyond expectation by embedding analytics into applications.

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Silly Management Mistakes – the Importance of Fair Process

Green Project Management

I recently read a Harvard Business Review article, ‘Fair Process – Managing in the Knowledge Economy’, during my MBA programme that reminded me of some foolish team and team lead mistakes I made a few years ago. The Background for the Story I participated in Dr. Paul D. Giammalvo’s engineering economics course in Jakarta. The […]. The post Silly Management Mistakes – the Importance of Fair Process appeared first on Delivering a better world, one project at a time.

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Podcast 70 – How to Engage with Your Stakeholders

Fix my Project Chaos

About This Podcast: How to engage with your stakeholders – it seems so simple yet many Project Managers find it challenging to build rapport and establish working relationships with their Project Sponsor and Key Stakeholders. In this Podcast, Andrew Pearce is a leading Organisational Change Manager with vast experience leading successful cultural change, shares his knowledge […].

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3 Reasons You Need Project Portfolio Management Software

Wrike

Project portfolio management (PPM) is a method used by organizations to plan schedules and allocate resources needed to bring a project portfolio to success. Project portfolios are, at their essence, project management on a larger scale, as it concerns groupings of projects bundled into work portfolios. PPM is a system for analyzing the ROI, performance, and risks of each project portfolio, so that the right work can be prioritized.

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Dc Design House | Advertising Agency Software Spotlight 1

Function Point

One of the perks of being the leading cloud-based project management solution is that we have clients worldwide. We love it so much we are showcasing them with a spotlight series! On the most easterly point in North America, we have Dc Design House — an award-winning production house and marketing firm. Meet their Production Manager, Eddy St. Coeur.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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When it gets complicated

Musings on Project Management

There is no problem so complicated that you can't make it worse - a common phrase in the astronaut business* * Credit to Glen Alleman Bookmark this on Delicious. Read in the library at Square Peg Consulting about these books I've written Buy them at any online book retailer!

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Life Goes On

The Tao of Project Management

Topsham Rugby Club After all the games being cancelled last weekend due to the pitches being flooded by the torrential rain it's hopefully back on track this weekend. The 1st XV are away to Tamar Saracens and the 2nd XV are at home to Torquay (2:30 pm kick off). Before that the Ladies have a memorial game in honour of Lily Partridge, one of the founder members of the Ladies team, who tragically died following a Devon RFU training session just before Christmas.

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I AM LISTENING

Stepping Into Project Management

If you are part of SIPM or heard of it, told a friend about it- you know that there has always been an interest to give back to the community that has given so much to me. I am indebted to so many for giving me the opportunity, a second chance, reading my blog, supporting me when I have doubted myself and keeping me inspired- so introducing I AM LISTENING ( to you).

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Change Management With A Twist, With Gary McGugan

PM for the Masses

We all know about the impact that changes can have on projects. How about the impact that your project will have on the organization and on the industry? The post Change Management With A Twist, With Gary McGugan appeared first on Project Management for the Masses. We all know about the impact that changes can have on projects. How about the impact that your project will have on the organization and on the industry?

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From Complexity to Clarity: Strategies for Effective Compliance and Security Measures

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.