ProjectManager.com
MARCH 16, 2020
Project management planning is made up of many parts. There’s the schedule, the stakeholder matrix, the managing of resources. Speaking of the latter, there’s the matter of how you’re going to procure resources that require vendors of goods and services. That’s procurement management. The procurement management plan is part of the overall project management plan.
ProProfs Project Management
MARCH 18, 2020
Project Management is the art of coordinating resources and directing working groups to execute components of work so that each group delivers components that can be tied together into a wholesome deliverable (contracted scope of work) within schedule and budget. — Project Management Institute. In simple terms, the Project Management process is the art of managing all components of a project from starting to closure using a structured scientific methodology.
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Trello
MARCH 19, 2020
Technology has changed (read: it's gotten a lot better!). As a result of streamlined technology, remote work is now not just feasible but often preferable and in some cases, necessary. Remote employees often agree that a determining factor of success comes from leveraging the right tools—and no, the microwave does not count.
Inloox
MARCH 18, 2020
Working remotely from home is gaining a lot of popularity. Flexible working hours, no traffic in the morning and much better coffee than in the office. Find out which common mistakes you really should avoid to stay productive. PROS and CONS of working from home A 2018 study from OWLLabs found out that 68% of global workers worked remotely at least once a month.
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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.
ProjectManager.com
MARCH 20, 2020
First, don’t panic. Yes, we are in the midst of a pandemic, and the coronavirus or COVID-19 is nothing to take lightly. Elderly people, and those with underlying conditions, must be extra cautious. Everyone should be washing their hands with soapy water throughout the day and practicing social distancing. In an attempt to contain the virus, countries like China, Italy, Spain and more have closed borders and curtailed travel.
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Kiron Bondale
MARCH 15, 2020
The product owner role is extremely challenging for most organizations to fill. It is also the role which has the greatest impact on achieving expected delivery outcomes. An average delivery team might still be able to successfully launch a product or service even if it is late, over budget or not at the highest level of quality. But if the product or service itself is lacking key requirements which stakeholders need, it will never succeed.
Scrum.org
MARCH 17, 2020
. Interesting times have come. Due to danger of coronavirus spread many organizations decided to switch to the remote work model. Besides the influence on Scrum implementation, this might be a new situation for you personally. At first working from home might seem easy, but without a good approach, it might be difficult to get things done. I have worked many times from home and as Agile Consultants, in QAgile we are all part of a virtual team.
LiquidPlanner
MARCH 18, 2020
Not every project manager is an entrepreneur, but all entrepreneurs need to be project managers if they want their business to succeed. Whether it’s developing a new product or securing investment, where the process involves a series of steps, it should be managed like any other project. Although many elements of project management apply to startups and large corporations alike, in a small business, the approach is distinctly different to large scale organizations.
Inloox
MARCH 18, 2020
Home office can solve many problems, but also create new ones. But if you are aware of the challenge and know how to deal with it, you can really take the benefits of remote work. Avoid typical mistakes and use all the possibilities and tools that Inloox offers to make working from home easier. Mistakes you really should avoid to stay productive: #5: Blurred boundaries between job and private life Private calls, WhatsApp messages and the latest posts on Instagram play a minor roll during your wo
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
Musings on Project Management
MARCH 16, 2020
"It is not given to human beings -- happily for them, for otherwise life would be intolerable -- to foresee or predict to any large extent the unfolding course of events" Winston Churchill Of course, project management can modify such a bit to tolerate some of the intolerable: Simulations can add to the extent of foresight of unfolding events Systems tests can reveal unforeseen hazards in.
Scrum.org
MARCH 17, 2020
TL; DR: Remote Agile, Part 1: Practices & Tools for Scrum Masters, Agile Coaches, and Product Owners. Agile has always been about colocation, about direct communication, physical boards, and all the other haptic and analog moments to create value in the digital realm. As a Professional Scrum Trainer, I strive to provide training classes without using PowerPoint or digital devices.
LiquidPlanner
MARCH 16, 2020
Today more than ever, digital tools, innovations, and workflows play a vital role in an organization’s work methods. Although new technology pathways can help prevent employee burnout, decrease the frequency of human error, and inform your decisions with data-driven results, the journey to full digital integrations is often not an easy one. As the need for proper implementation has become more apparent, digital transformation (DX), or the process of translating your out-of-date work processes wi
Planio
MARCH 20, 2020
What’s the number one factor that influences whether your project is a success or a dud? While we’d love to say it’s the project management tool you use the truth is it’s something else: Communication. That’s why having an effective communication plan is so important. You wouldn’t just dive into a project without clearly defining your scope, resources, and timeline.
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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.
ProProfs Project Management
MARCH 20, 2020
Project management has always been tough because you encounter a throng of problems. The most cited reason for this is the hidden risks, which come out at different stages of the project to get it off the track. You can even say that they pose a great challenge to project managers during their work. It begs the question: What’s the key to cope with project-related problems?
Scrum.org
MARCH 16, 2020
The Old Farmer’s Almanac is the oldest continuously published periodical in North America. It was first published in 1792 by Robert B. Thomas who wanted an almanac “to be useful with a pleasant degree of humor. Many long-time Almanac followers claim that its forecasts are 80% to 85% accurate. . This claim was seriously tested in 1816 when Thomas made a mistake in his Almanac.
Proggio
MARCH 18, 2020
Coronavirus is here, that is a fact! Companies should get use to it and change the way they work. With tens of thousands of people around the world getting isolated to prevent further spread of the virus, productivity can be a challenge. Practically speaking, it’s 2020 and we should have already been prepared for a different way of working. Productivity is required for other reasons, and people are working remotely anyway, virus or no virus.
Scoro
MARCH 20, 2020
Working remotely is not just for the privileged few anymore. It has continued to gain popularity over the years but never has it been as important for companies as today. With the COVID-19 virus forcing many businesses to adopt, or at least explore, remote work, those who are yet to embrace remote working culture are faced with chaos and uncertainty.
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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.
MPUG
MARCH 16, 2020
Most people hear “project risk” and they think of an adverse event or threat that may occur. Regardless, the term carries a negative connotation, but this common belief means you may be missing out on positive risks or opportunities that potentially have a beneficial effect on your project’s deliverables and goals. When you are presented with a risk (and most projects have inherent positive risks), don’t try to avoid it.
Scrum.org
MARCH 18, 2020
We have redesigned our Scrum Framework poster and have made some changes. . . . Here is an explanation of the elements we have presented differently compared to the Scrum.org poster [1] and the reasons why: . Scrum Events . The Sprint . “The heart of Scrum is a Sprint, a time-box of one month or less” [2]. To emphasize, that in Scrum everything happens within a Sprint, we visualized the Sprint as a gray dotted line surrounding the other Scrum elements.
Gunther Verheyen
MARCH 18, 2020
The United Nations’ World Health Organization (“WHO”) correctly describes “Covid-19” as a new variant within the Corona family of viruses. A Covid-19 infection typically shows through symptoms of fever combined with respiratory problems — a dry cough, shortness of breath, and (severe) breathing difficulties. As we speak, Covid-19 is exponentially spreading across large parts of the world, infecting frightening numbers of individuals.
GanttPRO Project Management
MARCH 20, 2020
Category: Gantt chart-based software for project planning and management. Offer for remote teams: free account till August 15, 2020, for hospitals and non-profit organizations.
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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.
Henny Portman
MARCH 17, 2020
During training classes I often notice that students mix these words together. After reading this article I hope you understand the relationship between incremental and iterative development. I will start with a comparison of a waterfall and an agile approach by delivering a payment app. In the second part of this article, I position waterfall and agile in an incremental versus iterative cross or matrix and shows what happens in the other two quadrants too (will be part of a next blog post).
Scrum.org
MARCH 18, 2020
. Lean Coffee Poster The premise of Lean Coffee is relatively straight forwarded. Like-minded people that want to create or discuss something they care about use this tool to organize their conversations. Lean Coffee increases the engagement level significantly among the participants. In the early days of Lean Coffee, the choice of beverage was often coffee and the tool itself is also referent to Personal Kanban.
Proofhub
MARCH 17, 2020
How to Use Your Project Management Tool to Manage Your Social Media Marketing Social media marketing is a complex process with myriad moving parts. Ninety percent of businesses use social media to increase brand awareness, and while many businesses have just one or two team members dedicated to social media management, nearly half of organizations with 1,000 or more employees (45%) have 10 or more people dedicated to managing social media marketing activities.
Teamweek
MARCH 19, 2020
The beginning of 2020 has been busy for us– we’ve gone through a comprehensive rebrand, taking on the new name and identity of Toggl Plan. We’re nowhere near to calling this a closed project, but we passed an important milestone when we made our new brand public in the beginning of February. The thing is, the changes to the name, appearance, and the way we talk are the main things the outer world will notice.
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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