Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 4, 2017

I have one word for you today: Transitions. How am I only realising this now? I need time to transition between activities in order to keep my work/life balance from imploding. You might have worked this out a long time ago, but it’s only been a few months since I realised this applied to me as well as my pre-schoolers. I manage their transitions well: “We can play for 10/5/3/1 more minute and then we are going home.”.

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Kiron Bondale

JANUARY 1, 2017

People and not policies, processes, practices or platforms are required to achieve successful projects. This is why the following principle from the Agile Manifesto needs to be careful considered whenever an agile transformation is underway: Build projects around motivated individuals. Give them the environment and support they need, and trust them to get the job done. .

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Project Risk Coach

JANUARY 2, 2017

Wow! It’s been a great year. So much so, I’ve decided to leave the corporate world to help more project managers than ever. Thank you for making this possible. Approximately 42,000 visitors came to The Project Risk Coach in 2016, up from 33,000 visitors in 2015. Also up from 21,000 in 2014. As you can see, the visitors have doubled in two years.

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Ron Rosenhead

JANUARY 6, 2017

It is an interesting situation. It is also disturbing. Why? Project managers and project team members are not able to articulate why they are doing the project (what problem are they trying to address), nor what they are doing. Let me explain what I mean in more detail. When running a project management course , I prefer participants to work on an actual company projects rather than a case study.

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LiquidPlanner

JANUARY 3, 2017

Productivity is on the rise in manufacturing, and employment is down. This trend points to a rise in automation, as well as the need for product teams to leverage the latest technology more than ever. There’s no doubt about it: We’re entering a new world of industry. The upcoming Fourth Industrial Revolution , also called Industry 4.0 is about a future with self-driving cars, 3D printers, and customized automation.

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Green Project Management

JANUARY 2, 2017

Sustainable Development Goal #10 and Project Management, Reducing Inequalities within and among countries. In this installment of our series on the SDGs, we look at #10 of 17. This goal encompasses seven targets of sustainable development however for the purpose of this post we are going to focus on three. 10.2) By 2030 empower […]. The post SDG #10 of 17 and Project Management, Reducing Inequality. appeared first on Delivering a better world, one project at a time.

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Digite

JANUARY 2, 2017

Since the arrival of Scaled Agile Framework in the world market, there have been comparisons ad nauseum between the Scrum and SAFe frameworks. Many industry experts have come out and pointed possible flaws in the Scaled Agile Framework. For instance, Ron Jeffries has expressed reservation over SAFe’s approach to resolve inter-team dependencies by holding a multi-team meeting comprising of over 250 people ( [link] ).

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Celoxis

JANUARY 6, 2017

INFOGRAPHIC: How to Keep Your Virtual Team on Track.

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Herding Cats

JANUARY 3, 2017

I received a book over the Holidays - Managing Project Risk and Uncertainty: A Constructively Simple Approach to Decision Making , Chris Chapman and Stephen Ward. This is a seminal work on risk management in the presence of uncertainty. The introduction has this. Uncertainty in the plan English sens is lack of certaimnty has imporatant impleciation for what can be acheived by organizations.

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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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TimeCamp

JANUARY 3, 2017

It is not so easy to convince people to try time tracking software. Many still consider this software as a tool for invigilation. This article should provide some arguments for giving time tracking tools a try. We hope that after you get more familiar with our reasoning, you will be able to start treating time […].

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Musings on Project Management

JANUARY 2, 2017

EXCEPT FOR DoD (there's always an exception for DoD) In the U.S. federal agencies, project management is now the law: You can read a summary of the bill, Program Management Improvement Accountability Act at this link (Sec. 2) This bill establishes as additional functions of the Deputy Director for Management of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) requirements to: adopt and oversee.

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EarthPM

JANUARY 3, 2017

Is 2017 your “PMP year”? A lot of people make New Years’ Resolutions – and for many of us PM folk, that includes getting through that PMP® Exam. This may be especially, ESPECIALLY true in 2017, since a new exam is coming based on a new PMBOK® Guide due out in the third quarter of this year. We’ve done our fair share of prep training ourselves.

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Herding Cats

JANUARY 1, 2017

For projects at scale , meaning the success or failure of the outcome impacts the firm in ways that cannot be corrected if it fails - loss of business, non-recoverable sunk cost, or other unfavorable impacts, there is usually a formal governance process for managing the project, the funding, and the outcomes in a manner that provide visibility to the project progress to plan to the highest levels of the organization.

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Stepping Into Project Management

JANUARY 4, 2017

2016 has been a tough year for me, it has tested me in every possible way and yet I am thankful that I have survived. The journey taught me a lot and I thought I will share with you some of my favorite things I have discovered last year that I intend to carry forward with me to 2017. I have realized being organized helps me declutter and empty up my head space and it's a big relief.

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Musings on Project Management

JANUARY 5, 2017

The playing field is not level; there are asymmetries all around. Life is not fair, etc The news, if it is news, is how asymmetry has crept into the project office or project management generally Not an efficient environment, meaning everyone does not have all the same information to make decisions.

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Susanne Madsen

JANUARY 6, 2017

​Are you working with a project sponsor who is far too busy with their day-job to be actively engaged on your project? And have you ever had the experience that when your sponsor finally does get around to providing some long awaited direction, she changes her mind afterwards? Needless to say, the situation is frustrating and disruptive and hard to deal with because your sponsor has a more senior position than you.

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Fix my Project Chaos

JANUARY 5, 2017

“Understanding that people are irrational has made my life a lot better.” – Scott Adams, the creative genius behind Dilbert In the world of managing projects, I have found this to be especially true when it comes to irrational project stakeholders. As project managers we are expected to build productive relationships with all stakeholders, in all […].

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TeamGantt

JANUARY 1, 2017

Inefficient team meetings are expensive and unproductive for any sized business. Here are five easy ways to save that time back.

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TimeCamp

JANUARY 2, 2017

The beginning on 2017 is the perfect time to stop struggling with keeping on track. That’s why today we present an extended list of people who don’t experience any problems with managing their time. These productivity experts will teach you how to get things done effortlessly, so sit down, make yourself comfortable and start following them […].

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Fear No Project PM

JANUARY 3, 2017

Think about the jobs you’ve held. If you are like most people, you have had your share of “bad bosses.” My first manager would warmly encourage us to come to her when problems arose. But the first time I did so, she screamed and threw a trash can across her glass office while I watched, […].

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Leadership 66

Fix my Project Chaos

JANUARY 5, 2017

“Understanding that people are irrational has made my life a lot better.” – Scott Adams, the creative genius behind Dilbert In the world of managing projects, I have found this to be especially true when it comes to irrational project stakeholders. As project managers we are expected to build productive relationships with all stakeholders, in all […].

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Binfire

JANUARY 2, 2017

You manage projects at a small business. Budgets are tight. Teams are overstretched. Even though online project management software is necessary, you get push-back that Microsoft Excel is good enough for most project management tasks. Based on our experience with lightweight tools, it is a mistake to re-purpose a spreadsheet and rename it project management tool.

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TimeCamp

JANUARY 6, 2017

The War Room Concept or the War Room Approach is an expression that appears every once in a while in the field of project management. But what exactly is the War Room Concept? Well, this article shall provide an explanation =] Imagine that your team is working on a massive project. Something that requires a […].

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Herding Cats

DECEMBER 31, 2016

- Chuck Close.

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Wrike

JANUARY 2, 2017

Project management is a highly complex and complicated job. Because there are so many factors that come into play during every single project , project managers must be extremely versatile and skilled. Unlike developers, engineers, or architects that work on the technical side of projects, project managers, in addition to being familiar with all the technical details, also need to deal with the social and corporate aspects.

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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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