Taskque
JUNE 4, 2018
As you climb the steps of early developmental stages in life, how many times were you shown a picture of a cat or you literally encountered one, only to realize that the thing lurking around the edge of your balcony is nothing more but a cat? It took time for your memory to register that a specific being that has a bushy tail, sharp claws, and a lot of furs is known as a CAT.
Kiron Bondale
JUNE 3, 2018
When we think of the characteristics of a good team player, we tend to come up with attributes such as demonstrating selflessness, possessing empathy, or being a good communicator. While these are all critical to creating a high performing team, one trait of effective project managers and team members is the ability to do things which take them outside of their comfort zone.
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The Digital Project Manager
JUNE 5, 2018
Scrum ceremonies are important elements of the agile software delivery process. They are not just. The post The 4 Scrum Ceremonies Made Simple. A Quick Guide To Scrum Meetings appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.
LiquidPlanner
JUNE 5, 2018
One of the biggest challenges of project management is dealing with risks and opportunities. How do I build a work breakdown structure if I don’t know what’s going to be a problem down the road? How do I build my team if the challenges are unknown? How do I effectively leverage good news? The difference between success and failure can come down to proper management of your risks and opportunities.
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Trello
JUNE 4, 2018
Has this scenario ever happened to you? You’ve spent weeks working on a big project. It’s almost near completion and frankly, you’re quite proud of it. You did a ton of research and you fussed over every detail to make sure it’s perfect. Your big presentation is just a few days away and you’re putting on the final touches.
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Rebel’s Guide to PM
JUNE 4, 2018
Once the weather starts to change and temperatures start to heat up, project managers from all industries start to have something in common: it’s hard to stay motivated on your project when you’d rather be outside! I am not an ‘outside’ person. But I still find it difficult to stay focused on project board minutes or tracking risks when it’s nice out.
ProjectManager.com
JUNE 7, 2018
With an ever expanding global workforce and a recent emphasis on bigger checks for upper management, raises for reliable employees can be hard to come by, but that doesn’t mean people aren’t getting them. They’re just not handed out as freely. But the cost of living continues to rise, and if your salary isn’t following in kind, then you’re losing money.
Project Bliss
JUNE 5, 2018
If you’re an entrepreneur or consultant who feels overwhelmed and wants to have more control over your work, project management can be a big help to your startup or consulting work. “But isn’t that just more work to do?” you ask. Not necessarily. Using some smart approaches can save you time and money if you can work more efficiently.
Project Risk Coach
JUNE 4, 2018
Are you a better project manager today than you were a year ago? In what ways do you want to grow in the next year? Schedule management. Cost management. Requirements management. Leadership. In his book Talent Is Overrated , Geoffrey Colvin says simply doing an activity is no guarantee that you’ll do it well, much less get better at it. In a significant number of cases, people get worse at their jobs over time.
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
Planio
JUNE 6, 2018
What happens when a new user signs up for your product? If you’re like most companies, you might send out a few half-hearted emails or give a quick ‘tip tour’ the first time they log in. But other than that, you think the tool speaks for itself. They obviously found you for a reason and should be motivated enough to figure out how to use your product on their own.
ProjectManager.com
JUNE 6, 2018
Lazy coworkers — there’s at least one in every office. They’re the ones who come in late, take a long lunch and leave early. They always have an excuse to explain their behavior and can even be apologetic. But what good is saying sorry if the actions remain the same? These actions can be annoying, but if the lazy coworker doesn’t impact your work, then simply avoid them.
LiquidPlanner
JUNE 7, 2018
Any project manager worth their salary will tell you that order and teamwork doesn’t just happen on a project. To get either one requires hard work. That works starts in the initiation stage and continues all the way through close out. It is never a once-and-done action. Instead, it’s an evolutionary activity requiring the project manager to read the internal and external environment and apply their emotional intelligence skills.
Planview
JUNE 7, 2018
Thus far in this blog series based on the Ventana Research whitepaper, “ Five Ways to Increase Efficiency and Innovate Faster ,” we have defined work and resource management (WRM), reviewed how your organization can overcome possible hurdles, identified how to assess your current capabilities, and looked into some specific advantages of WRM applications.
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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.
Workamajig
JUNE 7, 2018
Every project has some risk of failure. Identifying and planning ahead to avoid these points of failure is one of your top responsibilities. This guide on project risk management will help you understand and manage risks better. If there is one thing you can be certain about in project management, it's this: Every project carries some risk. A critical resource might drop out.
Leading Agile
JUNE 8, 2018
If you’re working at an organization that is applying Agile practices across the enterprise, chances are, somewhere early on in the Transformation a tool was selected to help the teams manage their work. And, hopefully provide management with some kind of visibility into the work being done. One of the unfortunate truths about the tools is that while they are capable of doing a lot of things, most companies do not invest the time in setting the tool up to work for them.
PM Basics
JUNE 5, 2018
Agile Project Management is common for Software Development and Telecommunication industries. Nowadays, it is a prerequisite for a PM role. But! There is no standardized agile project management approach. It is different in different companies. However, I would like to share my framework that described a possible application of Agile Project Management.
Teamweek
JUNE 5, 2018
Project managers have unique skills and responsibilities that can be reinforced when using effective project management software. There are many options out there for those seeking a good project management app. Sites like Asana, Basecamp, and Trello are popular choices, but if you’ve never looked further than those three project management apps, you’re missing out.
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Gunther Verheyen
JUNE 4, 2018
While developing my book “ Scrum – A Pocket Guide ” (2013) I described how there is value in the Scrum Values. In 2016 the Scrum Values were added to the Scrum Guide. I am gratified for sharing that: Konstantin Razumovsky from Proscrum.by (Belarus) created a Russian version of the Scrum Values. Find Konstantin’s full text below. .
Leading Agile
JUNE 8, 2018
This is the final instalment in a series of posts that walks you through test-driving a microservice and setting up a working continuous delivery pipeline to deploy it to the cloud automatically. Hail to you who have survived Parts 1 through 3! In Part 1 we set the stage for our project and you received a homework assignment to sign up for several online services.
PM That Works
JUNE 8, 2018
This post is dedicated to personal development and a commitment to training. In my experience, I watch organization after organization remove or shorten the length of their projects by two categories: Testing and Training. Why? They are generally at the end of the project and get squeezed in between a date that is arbitrary and project overruns. For example, after purchasing a system, a company finds out that managing a long project plan can be harder because they do not understand the new syste
Teamweek
JUNE 3, 2018
What’s your official job title? Receptionist? Graphic designer? Data analyst? No matter it says on your business card, the chances are that at any given time, you’re juggling multiple tasks. If you’re Skyping with an overseas client while sending out meeting invitations and emailing your latest report to the boss, it’s probably a typical workday. Multi-tasking is more than a buzzword- it’s practically the key to success.
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Velociteach
JUNE 7, 2018
Many organizations struggle with project portfolio management (PPM). On the face of it, portfolio management should be easy. We want to align our fiunding decisions to the organization’s strategic objectives. Since budgets are limited, this becomes a constrained optimization problem, which most easily performed in the classroom. Investment portfolio management is often used as an […] The post Project Portfolio Management: Simplify the Selection Process appeared first on PMP Certificatio
Leading Agile
JUNE 5, 2018
Welcome back! In Part 1, we summarized the goals of the exercise: To develop a microservice and set up a CI/CD pipeline in the cloud without using any locally-installed development tools. We’re going to walk through it step by step in a gentle and friendly way. In Part 2, we’ll start to configure our delivery pipeline. We’ll cover version control, dependency management, and run management.
Tony Adams
JUNE 7, 2018
Planning. Ugh…it’s so painful. Why, why, why do we bother? Why do we spend hours and hours poring over our charts, our spreadsheets, our resource profiles and our budgets, trying to get them just right? Why do we tie ourselves in knots, working the plans backwards and forwards to make them as clean and…realistic…as possible? Because the truth is that at any point in time, we don’t know what will happen next.
ActiveCollab
JUNE 7, 2018
“You know what we need?” Tony turned to face them, his synthesized voice broadcast loud for the entire team to hear. Even through all the audio filters and layers of paper-thin circuitry, Steve could discern the lack of usual playboy swagger. “ We need a system. ” Tony concluded before anyone else could speak up. “Tony, sweetie, you are our system.” Natasha chimed in.
Speaker: Ketan Jahagirdar - Sopheon’s Director of Product Management
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