Planio

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Talk to enough project managers and you’ll start to realize that there’s really just one thing that differentiates the great from the good: Good project managers are masters of planning, gathering requirements, sticking to schedules, and hitting milestones…. While great project managers do all that while also keeping their team motivated and happy. As we’ve written over and over, project management is as much about people as it is about projects.

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Kiron Bondale

DECEMBER 13, 2020

The final stage in the three-step model for building psychological safety within your team is to champion it. A champion is not afraid of taking on all challengers and you might face plenty of those. You may have some team members who are used to getting their way by ridiculing or bullying others. You could have a mix of managers and their direct reports within your team.

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Project Risk Coach

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Successful companies know a little secret – making your dreams a reality requires alignment between your strategies and your projects. It's not a matter of just working harder; success requires doing the right things at the right time with the right people. Let's look at ways to boost your bottom line through projects. Strategic Planning Improving your organization's bottom line starts with answering these strategic questions : Where are you today?

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 14, 2020

TL; DR: Scrum Master Trends Report 2019. Back in 2017, we started the Scrum Master Salary Report 2017 —the first industry report that covered in-depth the educational background, working experience, industries, and organizational details of the companies Scrum Masters or agile coaches work for. In 2019, we partnered with Scrum.org —to create the 2019 edition.

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Online PM Courses

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Project management books are a great way to learn - for new project managers and for those of us with experience under our belts. The post Best Project Management Books: Your Step-stones to Success appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.

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Project Risk Coach

DECEMBER 14, 2020

LAST UPDATED ON DECEMBER 14, 2020, BY HARRY HALL THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS AFFILIATE LINKS. WE MAY EARN A COMMISSION IF YOU CLICK A LINK AND MAKE A PURCHASE. IT DOES NOT COST YOU EXTRA. THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT! Are you confused about the PMI-RMP exam? Not sure what to study? Let's look at frequently asked questions about the PMI-RMP. In this article: 1 What is the PMI-RMP?

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 16, 2020

While working with students in my classes or at my customers' teams I have experienced one thing over and over: the power of stories. In my work with Scrum Teams the important moments are usually not the ones where I explain some practice or tool, or we discuss one aspect of Scrum; the important moments are usually when someone tells a story that they experienced in the past that highlights an important learning.

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Proofhub

DECEMBER 15, 2020

As more people are working from home nowadays, online meetings have started to become the norm. But conducting online meetings is very different from in-person meetings. The lack of physical presence can make it difficult to engage and inspire your audience. Fortunately for you, we have gathered here some great tips to help you succeed and make a great impact on your next online meeting.

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Henny Portman

DECEMBER 12, 2020

The book Engaging stakeholders on projects – How to harness people power , written by Elizabeth Harrin is the starting point if you want to get a better understanding of stakeholder engagement and it gives you a lot of practical advice, tips for improving practice key takeaways and action steps for successful stakeholder engagement. The book starts with an introduction of the topic by explaining that you can’t manage your stakeholders, you can’t manage stakeholder’s behaviour and actions, but y

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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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TeamGantt

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Save time on project management and planning with these easy-to-use gantt chart examples for a variety of different industries and project types.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 14, 2020

For organizations in the midst of an agile transformation, the question “how do we know if/when we’re agile?” is pressing. When quizzed about why they want to be agile, they respond that they “want to go faster”, or maybe even that they “want to be more responsive.” But what does this mean, and how can an organization know whether they are good enough?

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Gunther Verheyen

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Scrum has been around for a while, they say. The Scrum Guide holds the definition of Scrum, they say. The first, official version of the Scrum Guide was released in February 2010. So, how was Scrum defined before 2010 then? How did its definition evolve before and after 2010 and become the framework that we know today? What else happened along the road to the way that Scrum is defined and represented?

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Henny Portman

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Two weeks ago, I received a blurb request. “I saw on your blog that you reviewed Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard, and I’d like to ask whether you’d be willing to consider giving a blurb to a similar book”. The book ‘ Intention: Building Capabilities To Transform Your Story’ is written by Dr. Ian D. Brooks. This book provides direction for leveraging our greatest ability to realize change by expanding our personal awareness and taking specific action.

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Leading Agile

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Webinars Learn the Physics of Agility Sign Up. Transformation is really about forming teams, building backlogs, and producing working, tested product. At scale, it’s about defining structure, and creating governance, metrics, and tooling strategies that support Agility. Anything that gets in the way of doing any of these things is an impediment to Transformation.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Scrum has been around for a while, they say. The Scrum Guide holds the definition of Scrum, they say. The first, official version of the Scrum Guide was released in February 2010. So, how was Scrum defined before 2010 then? How did its definition evolve before and after 2010 and become the framework that we know today? What else happened along the road to the way that Scrum is defined and represented?

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Leading Answers

DECEMBER 15, 2020

A theme for the 2019 World Economic Forum’s (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland was the “Fourth Industrial Revolution.” It was concerned with how a combination of technologies are changing the way we live, work and interact. Few people in attendance could imagine how quickly the ideas would transition from an emerging trend to thrust upon us.

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Agilemania

DECEMBER 16, 2020

If you want to build a product, you have to make a product backlog with all the essential requirements. Next, you have to start working on the high priority requirements to build the product. You can start working on the product requirement within Sprint. Now, what is a sprint? Well, when you start building a product, the entire product may… The post What Is Sprint Planning: Definition, Advantages, and 10 Pro Tips appeared first on Agilemania.

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Techno-PM

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Change Management How many times have you seen this happening? You put new software in, prepare plenty of guidance, issue a newsletter about the new system every month, provide extensive training to everyone involved, and yet…no one is using it. Download Change Management Pack Change Curve The thing is organizations don’t just change because of new systems or structures – they change because people change.

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Wrike

DECEMBER 15, 2020

The primary output of a schedule management plan is the project schedule , an essential component of a comprehensive project plan. A thorough schedule management plan is essential for project progress and success. . As a project manager, smart planning can be the difference between achieving your project goals and missing deadlines or delivering poor results.

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Bridge the Gap Consulting

DECEMBER 15, 2020

The dumpster fire of 2020 is slowly being extinguished. Project management, like many professions, has undergone a transformation in the past 12 months. Project managers (PM’s) have experienced disruption and needed to adapt. The way they, and their teams, have worked shifted. Businesses had to pivot, causing projects and the way they executed them to also change.

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Agilemania

DECEMBER 15, 2020

The scrum framework incorporates multiple management characteristics that determine its high project benefits. Retrospectives being one such example. Traditionally, a retrospective is a meeting organized right after a sprint to grasp the positive and negative happenings during the process. It allows the team members to project their feedback on the previous sprint.

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MindGenius

DECEMBER 16, 2020

It’s so important to keep up-to-date with trends in today’s modern world. One of the most recent trends we’ve seen is companies using infographics to provide information on their product or organisation. Infographics are a fantastic and intuitive way of grabbing your customer’s attention and pointing out key facts of the subject you’re focusing on. They make your information stand out and are particularly useful for those who enjoy visual learning, something we know a bit about.

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Wrike

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Marketing teams face numerous challenges. These can include things like constant interruptions, missed or overly-ambitious deadlines, endless meetings, and even unrealistic client demands. Marketing workflow management can address some of these challenges and optimize outdated or inefficient processes. . What is workflow management? Workflow management is the series of steps that an organization follows to manage a project or formulate a marketing campaign.

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Admation

DECEMBER 15, 2020

2020 has been a tough year for businesses globally. The Covid-19 pandemic and the lockdowns and economic downturn that followed has wreaked havoc in many markets with some businesses struggling to survive. For instance, in the US alone, nearly 163,700 businesses closed since 1 March, with over 90,000 closed permanently. This means that now, more than ever, effective marketing is paramount if businesses want to be successful.

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Agilemania

DECEMBER 15, 2020

The most prominent way to resolve conflict in agile teams is first to normalize it. Conflicts are often wrongly looked upon as threats to the product. It should be discouraged by the agile project leader and the other team members. Extra effort is needed to address the conflict in the right manner. The process of resolving should stay constructive throughout,… The post Who Resolves Conflict In Agile And How To Resolve It appeared first on Agilemania.

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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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