How to Make Your Project Management Meetings Zing
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AUGUST 8, 2019
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Team Dynamics Matter More Than You Think… Here’s How to Improve Yours
Teamweek
AUGUST 7, 2019
What are team dynamics? Let me answer that question by telling you what happens when yours are poor or even toxic. I once worked in a department that had an outstanding leader, so it functioned well for the most part. But despite his best efforts, there was one woman- let’s call her Rhonda- who made it impossible to cultivate a positive team dynamic.
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How to Track Percent Complete
Rebel’s Guide to PM
AUGUST 5, 2019
When you are trying to calculate percentage complete in a Gantt chart, you need to take into account various different figures, and get lots of information from other people. Or do you? There are simple ways to track percent complete on your project, so you know what to input into your software. In this article we’ll look at 3 methods to track percent complete.
What You Need for a Great Project Charter
Project Risk Coach
AUGUST 5, 2019
In this article, let's explore what you need for a great project charter. John Maxwell says, “All great leaders possess two things: They know here they are going, and they are able to persuade others to follow.” And, one of the most powerful tools for improving project communication is the project charter. Think about it—in the project charter process, project sponsors and managers have the opportunity to engage key stakeholders for the express purpose of defining the vision of a project.
Understand Digital Debt, Form a Team, Set Goals, and Plan Roadmap for Transformation
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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.
Who said 'hybrid Agile'?
Musings on Project Management
AUGUST 4, 2019
What's the hybrid thing? It's agile coexisting in the same project with a traditional methodology, presumably for the swim lanes that are not software. Some call hybrid agile as: agile in the waterfall Are hybrids practical? After all, the traditional is top down planned, most requirements up front, much system testing at the end, etc. Agile is the not-traditional.
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7 Leadership Styles Examples That You Need to Know
nTask
AUGUST 6, 2019
Leadership has a very broad scope when we talk about leadership styles examples. They are all very different in a sense that there is a wide varirty of these fellows ever since leadersup was incepted. There are over ten different leadership styles, and one style just doesn’t suit a specific organization. Leadership in that sense is complex. Sometimes “leaders” don’t know that they are leading within the capacity of any responsible role.
Input, Output and Outcome
Scrum.org
AUGUST 5, 2019
Many years ago, I questioned myself about what makes a software product successful and what makes it fail. In project management, I observed that even we deliver the project within budget, scope, and time, it still has the jeopardy to be failed when launching into the market. I was keeping to research and observe what is essential to make the product successful.
How to Create a Startup Culture That Fits Your Goals
ProjectManager.com
AUGUST 7, 2019
Company culture ain’t what it used to be. The world of the man in the gray flannel suit has gone the way of the dodo bird. Even such traditionally conservative environments as finance have loosened their ties and got casual on more than just Friday. That isn’t to say that there’s no culture. Put any group of people together and a social setting will develop.
What Is monday.com? Discover The Work Management Software For Teams
The Digital Project Manager
AUGUST 7, 2019
If you want your team to be more productive and motivated to do their best. The post What Is monday.com? Discover The Work Management Software For Teams appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.
Strategic Project Finance Essentials: A Project Manager’s Guide to Financial Metrics
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
How to Use nTask for Waterfall Project Management – A Practical Guide for First Timers
nTask
AUGUST 8, 2019
We did an extensive analysis of various factors that influence waterfall project management. This helped us to simplify how nTask project management software can be used for solving such issues. Waterfall is a popular SDLC project management model. However, it is a complicated one at various points. This write-up details how you can use nTask to get by with maximum productivity concerning all your waterfall oriented business models.
Sprint Planning in Scrum (Part 2): How to plan sprints using the Gantt chart
Inloox
AUGUST 7, 2019
Sprint Planning with InLoox Part 1 How do you plan your sprints ? Are you still working with Post-Its, Excel, or are you even making your own notes? Sprints can also be organized quickly and easily with InLoox. In the second part of our series , you will learn how to roughly plan sprints using the Gantt chart. Sprint Planning with Gantt Based on the Scrum method, you can define several consecutive sprints with a rough phase-milestone schedule.
Accepting “Congratulations” for the Road Less Traveled
LiquidPlanner
AUGUST 6, 2019
A year ago, my wife and I decided to uproot our family and move to Ireland, where we have citizenship through her grandfather. She had bicycled around the island in the 1990s, but I had never even visited. As of this writing, we have no place to live or jobs, just a flight landing in Dublin at the end of this month. Yet, when we tell people our plans, the typical response is “Congratulations.”.
How to Create a Project Budget: A Must-Read Guide for Agencies
Workamajig
AUGUST 6, 2019
Mastering the art of creating a project budget is a crucial skill for any agency. Learn how to create a project budget in our new article. So much of your success as an agency depends on getting the project budget right. Underestimate it and you risk not having enough money to accomplish the project goal. Overestimate it and you risk losing the project altogether.
20 Common Mistakes Made by Inexperienced Project Managers
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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.
Extreme Programming in Agile – A Practical Guide for Project Managers and nTaskers
nTask
AUGUST 8, 2019
We have received an awful lot of requests about extreme programming in waterfall – and that how one could benefit from it as a project manager. Just in case you didn’t know what extreme programming is, it is a form of agile framework where PMs get the best out of available resources in a software development environment. This write-up details how you can benefit from XP as an Agile worker.
Sprint Planning in Scrum (Part 2): How to plan sprints using the Gantt chart
Inloox
AUGUST 7, 2019
Sprint Planning with InLoox Part 1 How do you plan your sprints ? Are you still working with Post-Its, Excel, or are you even making your own notes? Sprints can also be organized quickly and easily with InLoox. In the second part of our series , you will learn how to roughly plan sprints using the Gantt chart. Sprint Planning with Gantt Based on the Scrum method, you can define several consecutive sprints with a rough phase-milestone schedule.
Race day! - passing your Professional Scrum Master level III
Scrum.org
AUGUST 8, 2019
You have read every book referenced in the PSM training and on the Scrum.org website. You have read every single blog post on Scrum.org. You have watched hours of webcasts and videos by and with Professional Scrum Trainers. You have followed both the PSM and PSM II training. And more. You have passed with ease the PSM levels I and II. You have years of experience as a Scrum Master.
Project Management Trends in Manufacturing in 2019
Epicflow Blog
AUGUST 6, 2019
The Fourth Industrial Revolution revolves around technology, smart sensors that collect real-time data, artificial intelligence that increases production efficiency, and better manufacturing quality, security, and transparency. Developments in computing ensure seamless connectivity and large-volume data processing. Acting as a powerful economic driver, Industry 4.0 is expected to add between $500 billion and $1.5 trillion to the global economy between 2018 and 2022.
The Big Payoff of Application Analytics
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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.
7 Tips on How to Manage a Remote Team
nTask
AUGUST 4, 2019
Productivity embodies a lot of things. Most of which come from self-motivation and dedication. If you want to know how to manage a remote team and increase productivity, this post might help you to become a better version of yourself. A lot of times, it is not so easy to work at optimal levels. Especially, if that sort of “productivity” involves working remotely.
5 More Advanced Training Options for the PMO
Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives
AUGUST 8, 2019
Back in 2015, we took a look at the five advanced training options for people working in PMO. Four years on and a few things have changed in the PMO field. There is now another PMO certification option available alongside P3O from AXELOS and the PPSO ones from BCS, both of which feature in the last article. Now there is the AIPMO – the Association for International PMOs – which offers three levels of certification – Foundation, Practitioner and Expert.
Strategy Knotworking: turning ideas and ambitions into reality
Scrum.org
AUGUST 6, 2019
Organizations use Scrum because they hope it can help them become more Agile. Think of delivering value to customers sooner by releasing early & often, decreasing cycle time and lead time, improving team morale, lowering the number of defects, optimizing return on investment and increasing innovation rate. Working effectively with Scrum requires strategy.
4 Reasons to Have a Professional Services Management Template
Wrike
AUGUST 7, 2019
A recent GoSkills article spotlighted a critical gap professional services businesses need to be aware of if they want to achieve hypergrowth. In their article, they reference the Project Management Institute’s (PMI) 2016 Pulse of the Profession report, which states that out of every $1 billion invested in projects, $122 million is wasted due to poor execution.
Acclaim Projects Helps Deliver Innovation Projects on Time and on Budget
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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.
Is Your Agile Project Healthy?
Velociteach
AUGUST 5, 2019
Experienced agile coaches and practitioners develop a sixth-sense. They can quickly assess the health of an agile project or team just as doctors do with their patients. In 2013, Mike Cohn coined the term scrum smells to describe the signs that a scrum team is in trouble. In my agile training and consulting practice, I […] The post Is Your Agile Project Healthy?
Top Startups Tips from Jeff Bezos, Amazon Founder
Proofhub
AUGUST 6, 2019
5 Lessons Millennial Startups Can Learn from Jeff Bezos Who would have thought that we will have an E-commerce venture like Amazon.com? The brain behind Amazon, its CEO, and Founder Jeff Bezos is one of the charismatic entrepreneurs presently. So, in 1994, he quit D.E. Shaws to start his own online book store. A computer science graduate from Princeton University, Jeff started his career as a banker on The Waw and began his own virtual bookstore.
Showcase Recap: Easily Capture and Manage Ideas/Demands with MS Project Online Integration
MPUG
AUGUST 8, 2019
Please find below a transcription of the audio portion of Prosperi’s Easily Capture and Manage Ideas/Demands with MS Project Online Integration showcase session being provided by MPUG for the convenience of our members. You may wish to use this transcript for the purposes of self-paced learning, searching for specific information, and/or performing a quick review of webinar content.
Why Everyone Is Talking About Customer Experience & What It Means for Your Business
Wrike
AUGUST 8, 2019
Customer experience will overtake price and product as the key brand differentiator by the year 2020. And for good reason. It improves long-term relationships, defines your brand, solidifies your reputation as an industry leader, and creates more opportunities for new business. . Unfortunately, up until now, customer experience has often been overlooked.
From Concepts to Actionable Insights: Powering Digital Transformation Success
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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