Ron Rosenhead
OCTOBER 7, 2015
Not my words but the words of someone on one of our project management courses. It sounds pretty desperate doesn’t it? Well for this person, it was and for the project team and the company. I will not go into the details of this particular project but will use it to highlight the ever growing issues that arise on our courses: poor project communications.
Pawel Brodzinski
OCTOBER 12, 2015
When I’m writing these words I’m on my way home from Lean Agile Scotland. While summarizing the event Chris McDermott mentioned a few themes, two of them being organizational culture and experimentation. Experimentation is definitely my thing. I am into organizational culture too. I should be happy when Chris righteously pointed both as the themes of the event.
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Wrike
OCTOBER 28, 2015
Every project is unique in its objectives, as well as its challenges. So to improve the way projects are managed, we break them up into phases. This makes it easier for teams to evaluate and, if necessary, correct the course on the scope of a project — sometimes even pivoting away from the original plan. The Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge officially recognizes five project management phases or process groups.
SensiblePM
OCTOBER 8, 2015
Setting personal goals to become a project manager is an important step to realizing your aspiration to enter into the project management field. During this episode, Naomi Caietti and the Sensible Project Manager helps Jared Coffin, the Aspiring Project Manager, work on his goals to do just that…become a project manager. During the Podcast. I believe that setting personal goals are important to successfully accomplishing our life’s vision.
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Fix my Project Chaos
OCTOBER 12, 2015
About This Podcast: Successful organisational change has a rhythm and a pace that needs to be embraced. Instead of fighting change and forcing it into a corner, learn to harness the beauty and rhythm of organisational change. In this podcast, Gillian Klette, a very experienced Organisational Change Manager,shares her expertise on how to embrace the rhythm and […].
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Troubled and Failing Project
OCTOBER 21, 2015
After nearly 30 years of project work, I struggle to understand the role of a project management office (PMO). Even though, I have written of the pros and cons , and read a plethora of articles, opinions, and how-to guides little has been done to convince me that the PMO is reducing project failure. It seems to be nothing more than a tool to fill a void in leadership?
Stepping Into Project Management
OCTOBER 29, 2015
My mix bag of links that I have been browsing and reading and found it quite interesting. The bags has from life style to agile to career paths to blogging tools are all linked here. Career: [link] [link] [link] Agile [link] [link] Lifestyle [link] (Great way to add pictures to your blog and its free) [link] [link] benefits of meditation, found via [link].
Wrike
OCTOBER 8, 2015
You see a calendar alert for a meeting with your boss to review client deliverables. It’s 1 P.M. and the meeting is scheduled for 2 P.M. The deliverables aren’t ready yet. You search rapidly through your email looking for the latest version of the deliverable. You start pinging other teammates asking who made the latest edits. You spend the next 45 minutes looking for the file, editing the file, trying to request immediate feedback until… …your boss pushes the meeting to
Moira Alexander
OCTOBER 13, 2015
“ Do you have what it takes to be a project manager? ” looked at the pros and cons of project management as a career choice. This field is fast-paced, hectic, filled with ambiguity and challenging, yet highly rewarding at the same time. If you’ve decided this is the right career choice for you, the next step is determining which project management certification will work best and offer you not only practical and real-world utilitarianism, but promising job prospects to boot.
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
Fix my Project Chaos
OCTOBER 23, 2015
Here are the blog posts and articles that caught my attention this week; The post Fresh Friday 23 October 2015 – What Caught My Attention this Week appeared first on Fix My Project Chaos.
Function Point
OCTOBER 23, 2015
If you type something along the lines of “percentage of software implementations that fail” into a search engine, you may be surprised by the numbers out there – 65%, 68%, 72% and even 75% according to some research. And if you dig a little deeper as to why these numbers are so high, you’ll see results such as “unrealistic expectations,” “lack of an executive champion,” “resistance to change,” and “staff involved too late in the process.”.
EarthPM
OCTOBER 3, 2015
I have blogged several times on the subject of how assumptions are the larval form of risk (particularly threats). Whatever judgements you make about the scenario of your project (or for that matter, your business) are actually pre-statements of risk identification. For example, if you are managing a project that involves a lot of business between the USA and France, and you assume the value of the Euro to the dollar is stable, that is an assumption.
PM by PM
OCTOBER 15, 2015
Do you use Project Risk Response Strategies to avail Opportunities? Let us be frank here. Most of us never think about Project Risk Response Strategies for Opportunities. We usually ignore the Opportunities and think only about threats. Many of you would vociferously disagree with me. Well, I am not talking about Life Opportunities. In the […].
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Wrike
OCTOBER 21, 2015
Good sponsorship is the #1 driver of project success.[1] Yet fewer than 2 in 3 projects have actively engaged project sponsors.[2] With fewer than 40% of all projects successfully being completed on time, within budget, and to specification/requirements,[3] good project sponsors are needed more than ever. How to Get Effective Project Sponsor Support. 1.
PM for the Masses
OCTOBER 18, 2015
I have always wanted to know more about the Certified ScrumMaster Program (CSM) and the PMI Agile Certified Practitioner program. Many of my listeners also write me asking questions about these certifications, more specifically on how to get them, what the requirements are, and whether they need a lot of experience in Agile or Scrum […]. The post All You Want to Know About the Certified ScrumMaster Program and PMI ACP appeared first on Project Management for the Masses.
Zen Project Management
OCTOBER 13, 2015
I'm at the Orlando airport, departing from this year's PMI North America Global Congress. I've attended at least part of every North America congress since 1999, and even a few of the ones in Europe. While I did enjoy it, this year's was definitely not among my favorites. I missed the first day's activities due to a personal commitment. I heard mixed/negative reviews of the opening keynote, Drew and Jonathan Scott, HGTV's Property Brothers.
Pawel Brodzinski
OCTOBER 26, 2015
I’m a long-time fan of visual management. Visualizing work helps to gather low-hanging fruits: it makes the biggest obstacles instantly visible and thus helps to facilitate the improvements. By the way, these early improvements are typically fairly easy to apply and have big impact. That’s why we almost universally propose visualization as a practice to start with.
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Gina Abudi PM
OCTOBER 6, 2015
While it is important for project managers to recognize the efforts of the project team as a whole, there are times when they should also acknowledge the efforts of individuals on the team. When an individual team member stands out in some way – whether by pitching in to help another team member, managing a [.]. The post Acknowledge Members of the Project Team appeared first on Gina Abudi.
PM by PM
OCTOBER 25, 2015
Is it Important to understand Correct Definition of Project Risk? Yes! It is extremely important to understand correct definition of Project Risk. It is not only important to understand correct definition of Project Risk but also to use it in the correct manner. In fact, let me go a step forward – it is important […]. The post What is Project Risk?
Fix my Project Chaos
OCTOBER 5, 2015
About This Podcast: Do you overthink things? Feel like you are trapped in a vortex of negativity? Is overthinking every decision leading to analysis paralysis? If thinking about the answers to these questions is making you break out in cold sweat of despair, then you are probably stressed. In this podcast, Dr John Hinwood from […]. The post Podcast 62 – Stop Overthinking Your Life and Reduce Your Stress appeared first on Fix My Project Chaos.
PMStudent
OCTOBER 20, 2015
Have you ever heard someone say something and think, “I could not have said it better myself?” Well those were my thoughts when I read the story below. It is my honor to share with you the thoughts of Janet DiVincenzo when it comes to slack. Enjoy! -Margaret Got Slack? By Janet DiVincenzo I’m lucky […].
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Zen Project Management
OCTOBER 6, 2015
I conducted a user story mapping session with my client last week and it proved to be a very effective way to help them see the big picture. The idea came from Jeff Patton. You can find more about it here. If you're not familiar with user story mapping, it is something like this: first you think about the high-level functions and features you're going to be delivering and you prioritize that horizontally from left to right.
Brett Harned
OCTOBER 10, 2015
If you've attended my Digital PM Workshop, you might be looking for the resources that were discussed. Well, you've found the right place, as I moved them when the site was redesigned. Here they are: Stakeholder Decision Matrix Sample Stakeholder Questions New Stakeholder Onboarding Get in touch if you have any questions about these!
EarthPM
OCTOBER 23, 2015
In our new book, Driving Project, Program, and Portfolio Success (and in our writings on sustainability in PM for years and years) we have insisted that greater long-term benefits are derived when a project has a solid connection – a ‘golden thread ’ to the mission, vision, and values of the organization for which the project is being conducted. Now, out comes the latest PMI “Pulse of the Profession” report, entitled “Capturing the Value of Project Management Through Decision Making”.
PM by PM
OCTOBER 18, 2015
What is your Project Risk Management Strategy? “Duh! We will deal with the problem when it comes. Is there any other Project Risk Management Strategy?” In my experience “deal with the problem when it comes” is the most frequently used Project Risk Management Strategy (also called Project Risk Response Strategy). Most Project Managers (and other […].
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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