MPUG
JULY 8, 2019
One of the most frequently asked questions when someone is about to start a new task is likely, “how much time will it take?”. Time is limited. Our lives are limited, and unfortunately, we just cannot wish away time limitations. That is why duration estimation is one of the most important aspects of project management. Sometimes, the above question is not directly asked; however someone still imposes a deadline.
Wrike
JULY 9, 2019
If you’ve ever opened a Sunday paper and headed straight to the comics section, you’ve no doubt enjoyed the sardonic humor of Dilbert. . (Source: Dilbert.com ). And many of us can relate! When collaborating with others, we have to deal with a lot of different personalities. One of the most critical skills we can learn is how to relate to, work with, and leverage the strengths of our team members.
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Project Smart
JULY 7, 2019
There's no one-size-fits all solutions for project management. In fact, project management types vary greatly. Fundera is here to break them with this a helpful visual.
Rebel’s Guide to PM
JULY 12, 2019
You’ve got responsibility for a project. And yet… somehow the organisation doesn’t have the documentation you need to get it started, keep it on track and close it down successfully. So you turn to the internet to find the paperwork you need. Let me make it easier for you. I have researched the best places to get free project management templates for download online.
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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.
Project Risk Coach
JULY 8, 2019
IF. Have you thought about the use of this two-letter conjunction in risk management lately? Let's look at how to use the power of If-Then risk statements. IF is a simple word that can open up new doors to writing clear risk statements. And it can be used to write opportunities as well as threats. If-Then Risk Statements Write Opportunity Statements Opportunities are events and conditions, that if they occur, have a positive impact on your project objectives (e.g., schedule, scope, budget, quali
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Scrum.org
JULY 8, 2019
TL; DR: Agile Leadership. I recently started aggregating my notes, links, and references related to agile leadership to understand better what it — in the context of an agile transition — may look like. In the end, becoming agile is not the goal of a transition; surviving as an organization is. Hence I appreciate whatever appeals to business leaders and their motivation to delve into agile ideas, frameworks, or practices.
Rebel’s Guide to PM
JULY 8, 2019
Backlog (from Nulab) is a project management tool for prioritising and tracking work. This is a review of the product using my laptop and Chrome browser, and my iPad with Safari, in June 2019. General Information. Name: Backlog. Vendor: Nulab. Hosting options: Online and enterprise version which is self-hosted. Cost and plans: There’s a full free trial for 30 days, and a free plan (1 project, 10 users, plenty to give it a test drive).
Project Bliss
JULY 10, 2019
You may not realize it but as a project manager, you are also in sales and marketing. Sure, your primary job may be to plan and execute projects that are delivered on time, and within budget and scope. But if you’ve created a great product and nobody uses it, have you really delivered to value? If you’ve made something but it’s sitting on the shelf not being used, the intended value is never realized.
ProjectManager.com
JULY 11, 2019
In the quest for greater productivity, people have started to think outside the box—that is, the cube. Just as the office space calcified into an open plan that is endlessly partitioned into a maze of cubicles, the walls started to come down. With companies championing team collaboration , the conventional wisdom lead to removing the barriers that blocked people from sharing ideas and brainstorming, in order to come up with greater efficiencies and boost productivity.
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
Scrum.org
JULY 10, 2019
You Are not Doing Scrum. "You are not doing Scrum." How many times have you heard that? Scrum Police are a legion. If you are not doing , you are not doing Scrum. Whether you should be doing Scrum, whether it applies to your environment and context, whether your organizational capacity for change is capable of absorbing the shock Scrum framework will inevitably introduce (notice, that shock, in this case, is not mandatorily a bad thing), is not the focus of this post.
Musings on Project Management
JULY 11, 2019
Everyone has oceans to fly, if they have the heart to do it. Is it reckless? Maybe. But what do dreams know boundaries? Amelia Earhart This month we celebrate the Apollo program and the flight of Apollo 11 specifically, the first man-to-land-on-moon mission completed 50 years ago this month. (*) Surely Apollo was our ocean of the times, 50 years ago.
Kiron Bondale
JULY 7, 2019
Harvard Business Review published an article this week covering six causes of burnout and how we can reduce these. Let’s consider these through the lens of agility. Having an excessive workload over a prolonged period of time is one of the most common causes of burnout. The eighth principle of the Manifesto argues against this: “ Agile processes promote sustainable development.
nTask
JULY 10, 2019
We often hear people throw in a famous catchphrase, ‘the bigger the better’ during a conversation, wherever they can. Now unless we’re talking about food here, the statement doesn’t really fit with everything – especially if it is modern productivity techniques. “If you’re an advocate of productivity in bigger teams, don’t judge too quickly – hear me out!
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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.
Scrum.org
JULY 9, 2019
Scrum Masters lead by serving others; It sounds paradoxical, but it works. This is a blog about leadership: leadership in Scrum teams, communities, and businesses. It is also a blog about personal growth and offers a complimentary “action approach” to Scrum Masters, inspired by the book The Serving Leader. The book covers five principles you need to know to implement servant leadership in your Scrum team and your organization.
MPUG
JULY 7, 2019
Turning Project Financial Analyses into a Painless Exercise. Introduction. “No Pain, No Gain” is a popular exercise slogan that promises greater rewards for the price of hard work to achieve physical excellence. In the field of information technology (IT), most people think that performing financial analyses on new projects is hard work, but it doesn’t have to be if you know what you are doing.
Planview
JULY 9, 2019
This blog is part of a series on Lean portfolio management for the enterprise. If you haven’t already, we recommend reading: Part 1: What is Lean Portfolio Management? Part 2: Lean Portfolio Management: Lean Budgets and Investment Funding. If you’ve read the first two parts in this series, you understand that traditional approaches to portfolio management may no longer be able to keep up with the blistering pace of the global economy or of digital disruption.
Proofhub
JULY 11, 2019
8 Best organizational tools to Get organized and sorted out In today’s world where being chaotic is more common than being poetic, nurturing the habit of being an organized person can be a golden thing. Neatly arranged work desks, bags, even computer, and mobile screens can boost your productivity without you realizing it. When your surroundings are well-organized, you spend less time searching for things, which means you can get to work quicker and in a better mood.
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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.
Scrum.org
JULY 11, 2019
Who wouldn't want to achieve awesomeness at work? Great Scrum Masters help make this a reality. The world is changing more rapidly than ever, bringing with it more unknowns than known. And without strong leaders to guide our teams through this time of complexity and uncertainty, we won't fare very well at all. But I can let you all in on a little secret: The key to enduring success in leadership is the ability to stay nimble and to "Leadershift," as John C.
Henny Portman
JULY 12, 2019
On request of several of my followers I created a mini webinar of the PRINCE2 Agile Agilometer. According to the official PRINCE2 Agile manual, the Agilometer is a tool that assesses the level of risk associated with using agile in combination with PRINCE2. This allows PRINCE2 to be tailored in such a way that best mitigated the level of risk. The Agilometer should evolve to suit the needs of each organization.
GoSkills
JULY 12, 2019
Want to ace the interview for an agile scrum position? Check out these top agile scrum interview questions and answers.
Epicflow Blog
JULY 12, 2019
Effective and actionable feedback is vital for successful projects. However, a recent research by Leadership IQ reveals that fewer than half of employees know if they’re performing well. Trying to improve with no direction is a challenge regardless of the percentage of employees who know if they’re performing well. Even if you’re aware of the importance of regular feedback sessions, you still need to be open to working on your feedback delivery skills to be a better leader.
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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.
Scrum.org
JULY 7, 2019
“Can the Scrum Master also be the Product Owner?”. This is a common question in my Professional Scrum classes. The topic of combining Scrum roles often comes up early when we are still learning the basics of the Scrum framework. It comes up because people are already wearing two hats or are being told that they will be. The short answer is: Scrum does not have a rule against sharing roles.
Online PM Courses
JULY 10, 2019
When you are planning and scheduling your project, there will be sequences of activities that you need to respect. They are generated by task dependencies. The post What are Task Dependencies in Project Management? | Video appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.
TeamGantt
JULY 7, 2019
Save time on project planning with easy-to-use online gantt chart templates for marketing, event planning, construction, software development, & other projects.
Epicflow Blog
JULY 10, 2019
Stress is the health epidemic of the twenty-first century, according to the World Health Organization. It leads to psychological burnout and chronic workplace problems. Gallup conducted a study of 7,500 full-time employees and found that as many as two-thirds suffered from burnout at work. Stress-releasing activities are crucial for your mental well-being, productivity, and job satisfaction.
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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