Moira Alexander

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Many challenges confront today's project managers -- new technologies, remote workforces and a global market to name a few. To take a project from inception to finish can be grueling and you've got to have great dedication and skills if you're going to be successful. But what sets apart good project managers (PMs) from the truly great ones? What does it take to go from being the manager of projects to a game-changing leader?

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Project Risk Coach

DECEMBER 19, 2016

The Problems with Crashing, Fast Tracking, and other Schedule Compression Techniques How do project managers unintentionally create schedule risks? As a result, perhaps you feel a cloud of uncertainty about your schedule. Image courtesy of Adobe Stock. Many times, it starts with pressure from a sponsor to deliver the goods early. For sure, project managers have a responsibility to work with their sponsors to understand the requirements and to complete the projects within the sponsor-imposed dead

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 19, 2016

As the holidays approach it’s hard to find time to do any reading. I haven’t even been using my commuting time to read because I’ve been crocheting Christmas tree stocking decorations instead. My NCT group from when Jack was born has had two new babies this year and it’s a bit of a tradition that I make them a little red stocking for the tree. The pattern I use works up quickly and small projects like that are good for the train.

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LiquidPlanner

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Are you grappling with a stubborn project management work issue? Ask Elizabeth! Email your question to: marketingteam@liquidplanner.com. Anonymity included. Dear Elizabeth: I’m currently running a large project that’s a mess. We’ve lost team members, the customer has asked for more features and now we’re scheduled to go well over our deadline. I’ve had endless conversations with my manager about the need to add more people to the project—I’ve even shown her my resource workload report.

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Binfire

DECEMBER 19, 2016

As many of my readers know, I have been a project manager for longer than I care to admit. In my career, I have mentored many young project managers at the start of their careers. I hope that I have helped steer them in the right direction. At the same time, I have seen project managers burn out mid-career for multiple reasons (perhaps the topic of a future blog).

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TeamGantt

DECEMBER 20, 2016

How we made online gantt charts better in 2016, and ways to improve your project management tool set in 2017!

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Herding Cats

DECEMBER 18, 2016

Most people know nothing bout learning; many despise it. Dummies reject as too hard whatever is not dumb - Thomas More , Utopia. The Fallacy - We can't know much of anything about the FuterThe future is always knowable with some degree of precision and accuracy unless it is truly Unknowable. Software developers and the IT managers they work for operating in the future.

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The Digital Project Manager

DECEMBER 19, 2016

If you work as a remote project manager, this one’s for you! Earlier this year, Galen Low wrote a brilliant article on how to manage. The post How-to: Stay sane as a remote project manager appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.

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Hydra

DECEMBER 21, 2016

{socialbuttons}. A large part of the successful delivery of any project is the ability to reduce, eliminate and account for the unknowns, otherwise known as 'risks'.

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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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Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 21, 2016

It’s been an incredible year, and with 2017 shaping up to be another 12 months of political and social change, I want to wish you the best of the season for what is traditionally a very tolerant and forgiving time. Enjoy the mental and logical break that the end of the year brings, and your personal celebrations. I hope you get to spend the next few weeks with the people who matter most to you.

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Herding Cats

DECEMBER 23, 2016

20 Logical Fallacy Found in Agile and related topics. Appeal to ignorance – Thinking a claim is true (or false) because it can’t be proven true (or false). Ad hominem – Making a personal attack against the person saying the argument, rather than directly addressing the issue. Strawman fallacy – Misrepresenting or exaggerating another person’s argument to make it easier to attack.

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Stepping Into Project Management

DECEMBER 18, 2016

I have failed a lot. That made me afraid of being a failure. And there have been quite a few times when I have been called one. I have recently realized that my journey in life have been paved through my failures and because I have failed I am doing what I do now. Suddenly I have realized that failure shouldn’t be negative and depressing. It’s part of rethinking and making better decision.

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Musings on Project Management

DECEMBER 17, 2016

In the Harvard Business Review, there is an interview with Admiral Thad Allen, the retired Coast Guard commandant and the "National Incident Commander" for the Gulf oil spill some years ago. Entitled "You have to lead from everywhere", it's a good read for those interested in how an experienced manager with a proven track record approaches different situations under different degrees of.

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The Tao of Project Management

DECEMBER 23, 2016

All is quiet at the rugby club this weekend, no rugby, because it's Christmas! I was going to do a post on something quite profound but I decided against it so here's a quick run down on where things are: The extension to the viewing area and wooden safety fence are completed and are looking good. On the walking rugby front we have a group of eight people so far who are keen to give it a go, so we are going to continue the indoor taster/training sessions on Fridays in the new year.

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Herding Cats

DECEMBER 19, 2016

The Due Date doesn't mean the Do Date. If you have a Due date, you need the plan to show up on that date, with what is Due for the cost of that Due Item and have that Due Item be compliant with the attributes (effectiveness and performance) needed by those paying you. I was asked to look at a corrective action plan this year, that had a list of deliverables that were supposed correct the root causes of the problems identified as the reason the project was not performing as planned.

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Stepping Into Project Management

DECEMBER 21, 2016

If you have been with me reading the blog or checking tweets and watching the occasional pop ups in Instagram, you will know that I read for work and pleasure. This year has seen me get back to it more than the last two years. So, if you like to red or looking for a last minute gift idea, you can check out these 3 books which I think have had the most impact on me.

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TeamGantt

DECEMBER 18, 2016

Do you feel your personality can impact your ability to lead? We outline the advantages and disadvantages of introverted and extroverted managers.

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Guerrilla Project Management

DECEMBER 21, 2016

By James Sudakow Every industry has its own unique language. The corporate world is no different. We hurl around some strange and unique buzzwords on a regular basis that confounds those outside of the business environment – and ironically many who work within the corporate world.

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Fix my Project Chaos

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Communication Skills: A Modern Art Communication skills in the workplace are about much more than sending emails and talking over PowerPoint slides. It’s about communicating information in a way that engages the heart and mind of your listeners. Telling a compelling story about the situation is crucial to achieving that all important engagement.

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TimeCamp

DECEMBER 21, 2016

When it comes to numbers, well, not everyone likes them. Even if you do, you probably like to solve math puzzles or sudokus. Accounting, on the other hand, is a completely different universe. It requires not only great mind for figures but also a vast knowledge of tax law, and company’s policy. Even budgeting and invoicing […].

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TeamGantt

DECEMBER 21, 2016

As 2016 is winding to a close, we figured now was a great time to let you in on a few things that have been going on under the hood of teamgantt this year! We’ve invested a lot this year into bring in more team members to improve your experience while using TeamGantt. We’ve doubled […]. The post End-Year Updates: Making Gantt Charts Even Better, for YOU!

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Guerrilla Project Management

DECEMBER 21, 2016

By James Sudakow Every industry has its own unique language. The corporate world is no different. We hurl around some strange and unique buzzwords on a regular basis that confounds those outside of the business environment – and ironically many who work within the corporate world.

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Fix my Project Chaos

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Communication Skills: A Modern Art Communication skills in the workplace are about much more than sending emails and talking over PowerPoint slides. It’s about communicating information in a way that engages the heart and mind of your listeners. Telling a compelling story about the situation is crucial to achieving that all important engagement.

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TimeCamp

DECEMBER 19, 2016

If we were to ask like 100 people what do they think is the most important value in life, the answers will vary. Some would say that love and family, others would suggest career, self-satisfaction, success. There will be those who will put money as their number one in life. However, not many of us […].

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Kiron Bondale

DECEMBER 18, 2016

A good practice with agile delivery is to keep team sizes small to reduce the number of communication channels. But when planning a product release which cannot be delivered by a single pod within a reasonable amount of time, we need to structure the work across multiple pods of five to a dozen team members working in parallel but also orchestrating release cadence and work item priority based on the dependencies between work streams.

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Speaker: Ketan Jahagirdar - Sopheon’s Director of Product Management

70% of most digital transformation projects fail. Learn how you can quickly improve that success rate. To be successful, digital transformation involves the strategic application of digitalization to improve a business’ entire system of production, procurement, sales, operations, human resources, and financial management. In short, to basically transform the way a company makes money and delivers value to customers.

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