Rebel’s Guide to PM
DECEMBER 5, 2023
Did you know that in the US an employee individual typically works overtime in a year equating to not being paid until 14 February ? That’s 233 hours of ‘free’ work we give our employers because overtime is unpaid. For me, working from home for a portion of the week has given me back a balance that I didn’t have when I was in the office everyday.
ActiveCollab
DECEMBER 7, 2023
Success in project management is more than just having a detailed plan and a talented team. It's about being able to tackle the various challenges and constraints that inevitably arise along the way. These constraints can come in the form of tight deadlines, limited budgets, changing requirements, or unexpected obstacles. Understanding and effectively managing these constraints is critical to achieving project success.
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The IIL Blog
DECEMBER 6, 2023
By Jordan Lewis Nurturing a high-performing team is the cornerstone of success, specifically on project management teams. A well-supported team not only delivers results, but they also thrive on collaboration and continuous improvement. In this article, we’ll dive into the art of supporting team performance within the framework of project management, and we will explore strategies for recognizing hard work, fostering growth, and providing effective feedback.
The Strategic Project Manager
DECEMBER 5, 2023
This post provides an overview of the “Meta City” phenomenon – a fascinating evolution of society and geography. It then provides examples of three large organizations and how they are moving in new directions strategically and operationally, in line with Meta Cities. Finally, the post discusses several impacts to consider in the practices of strategy and project management.
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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.
The IIL Blog
DECEMBER 6, 2023
By Jodie Hurst It’s common knowledge that the 4th quarter, known as “Q4,” is the make-or-break period for any organization. As we approach the last months of a fiscal year, leaders and project managers are aware of whether their yearly goals are complete, and if they aren’t, last-moment chaos is inevitable. To avoid such mishaps, it’s a no-brainer that you must plan, and by planning, you need to do much more than just task allocation.
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Teamweek
DECEMBER 6, 2023
1. Toggl Track Price: Starts at $10/month Toggl Track is a simple yet powerful time-tracking tool that you can use to track time, manage projects, and organize tasks. Toggl Track also helps you measure profitability and productivity in a user-friendly way that needs no training. What we like Toggl Insights feature lets you easily see how profitable projects and employees are.
Planio
DECEMBER 4, 2023
In the era of hybrid work, managing your productivity and mental well-being has never been more important. But while many people believe they get more work done away from the office, a recent study by the National Bureau of Economic Research found workers could actually be up to 18% less productive when working from home. Now, this isn’t another of the many calls to return to the office.
Online PM Courses
DECEMBER 6, 2023
Project Manager and Product Manager roles are different. Yet they are also similar. So, many people are keen to understand the comparison. The post Product Manager and Project Manager: What’s the Difference? appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.
Rebel’s Guide to PM
DECEMBER 7, 2023
I have negotiated going part-time twice in my career: once successfully and once not successfully. In this article I’ll share some tips on how to request part-time hours based on my experience of changing from full-time to part-time work. Looking for advice on how to ask to work remotely? I’ve got you covered. Read my guide to asking your boss to let you work from home.
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
ProjectManager.com
DECEMBER 5, 2023
Excel project budget templates are one of the most popular tools to create a project budget. However, Excel isn’t the best tool for project budgeting as it doesn’t allow project team members to collaborate online, sharing files among team members it’s a time-consuming process, among other productivity drawbacks. Because of the hurdles of using Excel for project budgeting, many project teams are now using Google Sheets to create their project budgets and collaborate online.
Scrum.org
DECEMBER 4, 2023
TL; DR: Missing Sprint Goals Do you excel in the art of setting unattainable, imposed, or plain non-existing Sprint Goals? In other words, are you good at missing Sprint Goals with regularity? If not, don’t worry; help is on the way! In this article, we’ll explore how to consistently miss the mark. For example, enjoy the thrill of cherry-picking unrelated backlog items and defining success by sheer output, not outcome.
Musings on Project Management
DECEMBER 8, 2023
Well, talk about cratering a schedule and resource plan!Layoffs in the middle of a project will do it for you.But wait!There may be a silver lining here:Communication complexity in and among project participants decreases as the square of participants. That could be a winnerYou may be able to select the departees.
Rebel’s Guide to PM
DECEMBER 7, 2023
Helena Liu Earning a project management certification is the top career goal for project managers — over 1 in 5 PMs want to get a certification. Once you leave education and enter the workforce, trying to learn new things can be a challenge. Although you have good intentions, life often gets in the way since you have many more items competing for your attention.
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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.
ProjectManager.com
DECEMBER 7, 2023
Projects aren’t executed in a vacuum. It’s easy to get lost in the planning and execution as these are foundational processes that help deliver successful projects. However, you can’t forget the context of the project, which is what enterprise environmental factors (EEF) cover. Enterprise environmental factors help a project maneuver through the often knotty threads of the cultural, political, legal and environments in which a project is being done.
Scrum.org
DECEMBER 6, 2023
TL; DR: Das Verfehlen von Sprint-Zielen Sind Sie ein Experte in der Kunst, unerreichbare, aufgezwungene oder schlichtweg nicht existierende Sprint-Ziele zu setzen? Mit anderen Worten, sind Sie gut darin, das Verfehlen von Sprint-Ziele zur Regel zu machen? Wenn nicht, machen Sie sich keine Sorgen; Hilfe ist auf dem Weg! In diesem Artikel gehen wir der Frage nach, wie Sie regelmäßig dieses Ziel verfehlen können.
Binfire
DECEMBER 5, 2023
As the modern world becomes increasingly tech-driven, innovation and digital agility are rapidly becoming critical determinants of business success. As a founder or stakeholder in a tech startup, you’re likely no stranger to the rapid pace at which technology evolves. But having a groundbreaking product or solution is only half the battle. How do you ensure that your tech startup stands out in the crowded digital realm?
Velociteach
DECEMBER 4, 2023
The podcast by project managers for project managers. Constance Dierickx lays out a new paradigm for leadership that offers a way to synthesize thinking, emotion, and behavior. Meta-leadership goes beyond conventional leadership attributes, emphasizing not only the possession of knowledge and skills but also a keen sense of observation and discernment.
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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.
The IIL Blog
DECEMBER 6, 2023
By Stephen Plante “A human being is no thing.” 1 No longer shackled by the constraints of the Industrial Age, people worldwide are being liberated by the digital age to be human again. Digital capabilities enable ubiquitous human interaction. They are the gateway to the future, enabling next-level systemic human interaction, collaboration, and accomplishment at scale.
Scrum.org
DECEMBER 4, 2023
Let's face it: Any successful digital transformation journey begins with a clear vision. But what moves it forward? The answer lies in evidence. The Evidence-Based Management (EBM) method ensures your journey doesn't stall at the vision stage but progresses forward, fueled by hard data and tangible insights. What Is Digital Transformation? Digital transformation refers to integrating digital technologies into all business areas, resulting in fundamental changes to operations and delivering value
Binfire
DECEMBER 2, 2023
In an era replete with technological advancements, businesses are constantly seeking ways to streamline their operations and boost productivity. One such avenue is the adoption of guided selling software. This tool has shown immense promise in transforming and simplifying sales processes, driving increased revenue and customer satisfaction. In this article, we delve deeper into the world of guided selling software and explore its advantages.
NimbleWork
DECEMBER 4, 2023
Does your company struggle with setting objectives and keeping employees engaged and aligned? You are not alone. From the tiniest 3-person startup to the behemoth 20 thousand people enterprise, organizations of all sizes suffer with this challenge. Lucky for them—and you—the OKR framework is of great help in this exact scenario. Many people, though, wonder whether OKRs work for startups, and why businesses, in general, use them.
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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.
Wrike
DECEMBER 7, 2023
When it’s Wrike Collaborate season, our team gets excited to nerd out about our product announcements and hands-on training. But what we really love are the sessions that allow our customers to share how they use Wrike to achieve impressive results. This year, we had the pleasure of welcoming Kasey Schmidt, Marketing Technology Lead for Visa Acceptance Solutions , who spoke with Wrike’s Global Customer Experience Lead, Jessica Wooding, about her team’s experience adopting the Wrike platform — a
Scrum.org
DECEMBER 4, 2023
Scrum is a framework, not a set of work instructions. The Scrum framework guides the way individuals interact and work together to deliver complex products. The flexibility of Scrum is its strength. The true power of Scrum lies in its simplicity and flexibility. Scrum relies upon the intelligence of those using it to figure out the best way to apply Scrum in their unique environment.
Teamweek
DECEMBER 8, 2023
According to the 2023 ManpowerGroup Talent Shortage survey , 77% of employers report difficulties in filling roles — a 17-year high that’s over twice what it was a decade ago. The issue? The skills shortage is partly to blame, with McKinsey reporting that 87% of organizations “know they have a skills gap or will have one within the next few years.” However, even when businesses are able to find highly skilled employees, they don’t always hire for the right skills.
International Institute for Learning
DECEMBER 5, 2023
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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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