PM Times
NOVEMBER 16, 2021
By Andrea Brockmeier, Jason Cassidy, Susan Heidorn, Jose Marcial Portilla, and Mike Stuedemann While 2021 has been better in many ways than 2020, it doesn’t feel much more predictable. Yet, at Educate 360 we have identified some the biggest trends we are seeing and expect organizations to continue experiencing in Project Management, Business Analysis, Agile, […].
Susanne Madsen
NOVEMBER 15, 2021
Consider the most successful team you have been part of or that you know of, and what the characteristics were of that team. How many members did it have? How did the team members communicate with one another? How did they make decisions, and what was the feeling you had when you interacted with the team? Many of us know instinctively what it feels like to be part of a great team.
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Rebel’s Guide to PM
NOVEMBER 16, 2021
What if you could reduce your meeting time, avoid spending hours putting together reports or typing up minutes, and truly work smarter? What if creating a pack of status reports went from 5 days of effort to 10 seconds? (Yes, that’s what happened to one of Fluid’s real customers.). Fluid is award-winning PPM software that influences your whole business for the better.
ProjectManager.com
NOVEMBER 17, 2021
Planning a project, setting up a schedule and assembling a skilled team only sets the stage for productive work. To make sure everyone works at capacity and keeps things moving forward, you need to implement workflow management. If you want to manage work effectively and efficiently, you need to understand workflow tools, such as workflow management software , and set up a workflow system that lets you continue improving the workflow process.
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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.
Scrum.org
NOVEMBER 14, 2021
According to the 15th annual State of Agile Report , released in July 2021 at digital.ai , there has been a tremendous increase in the adoption of agile frameworks over the past year. Within software teams, agile adoption grew from 37% in 2020 to 86% in 2021. This rapid growth undoubtedly means many individuals working within agile frameworks have not undertaken formal training in it.
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Rebel’s Guide to PM
NOVEMBER 15, 2021
You’re here because you’re looking for the best way to get CAPM certification (Certified Associate in Project Management – CAPM ®) without having to invest in a load of study guides. Well, you’re in the right place. We’ve reviewed a range of the best CAPM exam prep materials on the market and you can read our assessments below. If you’re short on time, here are our recommendations: Best CAPM prep course: The PM PrepCast for CAPM.
ProjectManager.com
NOVEMBER 19, 2021
Projects are complicated. There are a thousand things that constantly impact the project and require you to reallocate resources to stay on track. To keep to your schedule and manage costs, you need to gather and process project data throughout the five PMBOK project management groups. What Are the 5 PMBOK Project Management Process Groups? To begin, let’s look at the five project management process groups defined in the Project Management Book of Knowledge (PMBOK), published by the Project Mana
Kiron Bondale
NOVEMBER 14, 2021
The concept of tailoring has been referenced in all editions of the PMBOK® Guide but the topic starting receiving more coverage in the Sixth Edition and finally was given a full section in the most recent edition. But before we can start tailoring we need to answer the question of what context needs to be addressed. External. Outside the performing and receiving organizations, the environment within which the project is being executed needs to be considered.
Scrum.org
NOVEMBER 17, 2021
Want fabulous teams that build great products? Great teams don’t happen by accident. And they don’t have to take a long time to build. Learn more from Richard Kasperowski on employing core protocols for psychological safety and emotional intelligence from this Hands-on Agile session. ?? Watch the video with Richard Kasperowski now: Hands-on Agile #34: Core Protocols for Psychological Safety. ??
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
Inloox
NOVEMBER 16, 2021
New blog series on risk management in projects In the coming weeks, we will focus on a very relevant topic in project management: Risk management. This area of project management is very important, as projects are confronted with permanent changes and thus constantly with new risks. In our first post we will give a short overview and a basic introduction to this topic.
ProjectManager.com
NOVEMBER 18, 2021
Manufacturing is an all-encompassing industry that touches everything, from food production to biotechnology to building materials. From the moment you wake up from the moment you go to bed, you interact with the manufacturing industry. At the core of all manufacturing innovations are research and development (R&D) teams. These teams drive economic growth by producing strategies, designs, process improvements and products that bring value to both consumers and companies—as well as create com
Project Bliss
NOVEMBER 16, 2021
With remote work here to stay, virtual leadership skills are critical for productive teams. Photo by Karolina Grabowska from Pexels. The trend towards remote work is rising. This means a huge transformation to the way businesses work in distributed workplaces where every member works from a separate location. As per Gartner’s research, about 47% of the respondents intend to allow employees full-time remote working opportunities.
Proofhub
NOVEMBER 15, 2021
Source: [link] While remote work has always been appealing to the professionals who have never had the opportunity to try it out, some quickly learned that it’s not all sunshine and rainbows. During the COVID-19 crisis, millions of employees worldwide had the opportunity to give remote work a try. While some felt instantly at home (pun intended), others found it quite challenging to maintain the same level of focus and productivity.
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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.
Inloox
NOVEMBER 16, 2021
Martin has been working for InLoox since October 2007 and is therefore the oldest employee in our company. Today, he supports our development team as a software architect with his many years of experience. To celebrate InLoox's 20th anniversary, we asked him three interesting questions about his time at InLoox in addition to our classic "Get to know InLoox" questions.
Scrum.org
NOVEMBER 18, 2021
The Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSPO) course has evolved over the years and the PSPO I assessment has become even more difficult! I consider this assessment the most difficult of all the Scrum.org entry level assessments and it pays to be prepared. Here then, is my updated guide on how to pass the PSPO I assessment. Who is this article for? Whether you have attended a Product Owne r course or have taught yourself product management or product ownership, you may wish to earn recognition of
Leading Agile
NOVEMBER 18, 2021
Is an Agile Transformation Coach any different than being an Agile Coach? The answer is both yes and no. When most people think about Agile Coaches, they tend to think about a person who comes in and assists the teams with things like: Learning Scrum, SAFe, LeSS. Setting Up Team Spaces. Storyboarding. Sprint Planning. Release Planning. Backlog Creation & Refinement.
Agilemania
NOVEMBER 18, 2021
The 15th State of Agile Survey is out. The results have revealed some surprising findings but one thing has been the same. Any guesses? And, the winner is Scrum. The survey revealed 66% of the organizations voted Scrum as the most sought-after Agile framework. Source: 15th State of Agile Report. Now, the question arises as to what Scrum is and why it is so popular, that it is an all-time favorite agile framework.
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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.
Inloox
NOVEMBER 16, 2021
Introduction: The risk catalog The risk catalog - also called risk inventory - can serve as a basis for a risk analysis or the FMEA method. This method also offers many advantages when used on its own. A risk catalog represents a structured compilation of potential project risk events. In addition, you can also enter preventative or reactive measures for risk avoidance in the risk catalog.
Scrum.org
NOVEMBER 18, 2021
Remember that Scrum is founded on empirical process control, and that adaptation is the third pillar, following transparency and inspection. . During each of the Scrum Events, and throughout the Sprint itself, the Scrum Team and the stakeholders adapt what they deem necessary in order to minimise any deviations to acceptable limits which they have identified during inspection. .
Leading Agile
NOVEMBER 16, 2021
Agile necessitates that we measure progress a certain way. But before we can measure any progress, the first thing we need to understand is our goals for the Transformation. What do we want out of Agility? Once we have that answer, we use those goals to measure and ensure the leading and lagging indicators we selected are all rolling up to that goal.
The Strategic Project Manager
NOVEMBER 17, 2021
Gap analysis is something that we do naturally when we identify that we want vs what we have. On an organizational level, this natural process requires a more proactive approach that is much more formal, disciplined, and detailed. This post examines what gap analysis is, where it is applied, and its challenges and benefits. Basic Gap Analysis Diagram Overview.
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This large intercity transportation company for people and freight employs 100+ IT employees and contractors across North America and Europe and spends $10MM annually for approximately 50 inflight projects. The company needed the right financial tools to budget for innovation initiatives and real-time information on spending and forecasting. This transportation company turned to Acclaim Projects by Sopheon to help deliver projects on time and within budget.
Leading Answers
NOVEMBER 19, 2021
Now that my Beyond Agile book has been published, I would like to thank people who helped shape its content and ideas. David Anderson has done much to popularize and explain lean and the Theory of Constraints thinking. The Kanban Method can teach agile practitioners many useful ideas about incremental improvement, successful organizational change, and improved team performance.
Scrum.org
NOVEMBER 15, 2021
Eine bewährte Anleitung, wie Du als angehender Product Owner ein Sprint Planning in Jira durchführst. Du bist neu als Product Owner und bald steht das erste Sprint Planning Deines Scrum Teams an? Da Jira das weitverbreitetste Product-Backlog-Management-Werkzeug ist, ist die Wahrscheinlichkeit groß, dass auch dein Team die Sprint-Planung in Jira durchführt.
nTask
NOVEMBER 17, 2021
We all know how important time is, once lost it can never be turned back. Similarly, we are all familiar with how time management can play an important role in any person’s, company’s, or project’s success. The concept of lead time in inventory management revolves around the same concept. Let’s look into what lead time actually is, how you can calculate lead time, and its applications and importance.
Planio
NOVEMBER 16, 2021
Metrics and data can be a touchy subject for Agile teams. In the best-case scenario, Agile metrics like sprint burndown charts, velocity, and cumulative flow diagrams are used to reduce confusion and show team progress (or bottlenecks). However, data can also just as easily be misused to justify scope increases, mandatory weekend work, or reduced resources in the wrong hands.
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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