The Digital Project Manager
JUNE 25, 2019
Put your theory and tools aside for a minute: Here’s something that everyone should know about how agile actually works in the real world. The post What Everyone Should Know About Running Agile Projects appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.
Project Bliss
JUNE 27, 2019
The PDCA Cycle is an easy-to-understand, repeatable approach for working toward continuous improvement. Teams and organizations are constantly striving to find better ways of working. Many organizations have to do more with less – whether it be fewer people or less money. And organizations always want to find ways to save money, increase efficiency, and make the work environment better.
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Project Risk Coach
JUNE 24, 2019
"Why am I still having problems with small projects? This plaintive question is one I'm asked from time to time. I'd like to give a few brief reasons why project managers struggle with small projects. "Small things have a way of overmastering the great. This small press can destroy a kingdom." —Sonya Levien. Click to Tweet. Pitfalls of Small Projects 1.
ProjectManager.com
JUNE 27, 2019
The secret to scrum is simplicity, even in the face of complexity. And although scrum is simple at heart, it can be difficult to master. Scrum requires self-organizing teams that can quickly solve problems in unpredictable environments. In order to provide transparency and regular communication in the midst of such environments, scrum ceremonies are held.
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The Digital Project Manager
JUNE 26, 2019
I’ve outlined several change management tools and their features to help you decide what change management software best addresses your business needs. The post 10 Of The Best Change Management Tools of 2019 appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.
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Musings on Project Management
JUNE 25, 2019
To be open Every text and paper I've read describes risk management like many other project processes: open, transparent, available to any on the project team. Risks are identified, evaluated, ranked, made subject to some form of risk reduction paradigm; and everyone is made aware. Oh, but if it only were! Most of us can handle the text book process.
ProjectManager.com
JUNE 25, 2019
The business obsession with the bottom line, making more profits quarter after quarter, often neglects a fundamental aspect of productivity: downtime. Working is like exercise, if you keep working the same muscles nonstop, you’ll be too exhausted to get strong and healthy. Sometimes a change of environment is helpful; it shakes off the doldrums of routine and helps people respond more openly to new ideas.
The Digital Project Manager
JUNE 24, 2019
What is Saviom software, and what does it do? Read on to discover how this. The post What Is Saviom? Detailed EPPM Software Overview & Explanation Of Features appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.
nTask
JUNE 24, 2019
I have read numerous articles on ‘How to Manage a Project’ and ‘How to Become a Project Manager’. There were listicles too, but both of these areas are two separate schools of thought. Career-wise, project management, and a general manager role jobs have intertwined paths. Most of the blog post on this subject matter missed the point. The websites that I went through illicit too many details that are crucial to helping out prospective individuals on the internet.
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
JUNE 27, 2019
The Scrum Framework, visualized by Thea Schukken. How would the people you work with complete the following sentence: “The Scrum Framework exists in order to …”? Sometimes we get bogged down in the rules and mechanics of Scrum while forgetting what we’re trying to achieve in the first place. Or we don’t even know what the point is, and go along because it is hip or what everyone else is doing.
Planview
JUNE 28, 2019
This blog is part of a series on Lean portfolio management. If you haven’t already, we recommend reading part one first, “ What is Lean Portfolio Management ,” which you can find here . In the first installment of this series, we discussed why modern enterprises need Lean portfolio management and the specific elements that make Lean organizations better equipped to compete in a rapidly evolving, unpredictable world.
The Digital Project Manager
JUNE 24, 2019
Learn the types of business intelligence tools for your projects and agency teams. Then, get started with my top BI tools list, overviews, and answers to FAQ. The post The Best Business Intelligence Tools of 2019 To Get Insight From Your Data appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.
LiquidPlanner
JUNE 25, 2019
According to the Standish Group’s 2015 Chaos Report , I have a 64-percent chance of guessing you’ve been on a challenged or failed software project. According to the Chaos Report , only 36 percent of all projects have been successful while others were challenged or failed to meet the business objectives. I’ve seen a lot of projects that were challenged and some that have even failed.
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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.
nTask
JUNE 25, 2019
Project management often reflects tangible results that managers crave. However, a lot of that success factor is riding on proper planning and execution. No matter how dynamic “project management” itself is, some of the changes to the core organization structure can be scary. We think that we are integrating a new style of management or something innovative that’s going on in the industry just because it is working for some of the popular competitors.
Leading Agile
JUNE 24, 2019
Subdividing the work into tasks is the wrong way to go about it when you’re trying to provide iterative and incremental value to your organization and/or the user. Watch this video to learn about the impact this could have on your Product Strategy. Video Transcript. When I start with the Epic. What I’m talking about is an investment vehicle, a justification for doing something.
The Digital Project Manager
JUNE 26, 2019
The post What Is FunctionFox? Overview Of The Project Management Software For Creatives appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.
Meisterplan
JUNE 26, 2019
“Agile” has been a buzzword for quite a while. Teams work Agile. Modern management is Agile. Using an Agile framework to reorganize classic production processes is a big initiative at a lot of companies these days. Somehow, everything is Agile – and, as always, when a trend reaches its peak, we have to ask ourselves: How much of this is hype and how much of it is substance?
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MPUG
JUNE 24, 2019
“What’s your afternoon look like?” my coworker asked through Slack. “Spending hours feeling overwhelmed with my to-do list and not getting much else done!” I responded, only half-joking. As project managers (PMs), we all know that our jobs require a vast array of professional and personal skills. Everything from relationship management, planning and maintaining a project budget, monitoring employee performance, setting up and leading meetings, to ensuring you meet the project’s goals on time req
ProProfs Project Management
JUNE 25, 2019
What factors are really essential for successful project implementation for an IT team? Is it: Creating the perfect project plan? Communicating with teams seamlessly? Managing risks as and when they are encountered? Well, these are some good aspects to consider, but a case study conducted by The British Computer Society explains there are seven critical success factors that every IT project needs to keep in mind.
The Digital Project Manager
JUNE 24, 2019
The post DPM Podcast: Switching from Waterfall to Duration & Price Contracts (Tucker Sauer-Pivonka) appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.
EasyProjects
JUNE 26, 2019
Toronto,ON (June 26th, 2019) — Easy Projects, an enterprise work and project management software platform is featured on G2’s Summer 2019 Grid Report as best in class Project Management Software, topping multiple categories. Easy Projects earned a similar honour in Spring 2019, making the Summer season the second consecutive season this year for which the solutions were ranked best in class by G2 Crowd’s Sales & Marketing Intelligence Reports.
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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.
Henny Portman
JUNE 26, 2019
Introduction. At the moment, many organizations are in the middle, or on the brink of, a radical change to more business agility. I receive quite often the question how to cope with both an agile portfolio as well as a more traditional portfolio with temporary projects and programs. Existing frameworks supports either an agile IT portfolio or a more traditional portfolio, but I haven’t seen frameworks which supports both.
Teamweek
JUNE 24, 2019
Are difficult problems part of your daily life at the office? If so, stand up and wave your hand because I think we work at the same place! I manage projects at a creative agency, and it seems like every time I log into my email, there’s yet another large problem to deal with. For me, these issues are along the lines of: Jason the photographer left his camera in the Uber and no one at the company has returned his texts yet.
MindGenius
JUNE 26, 2019
5 Uses of Mind Mapping in Project Planning. Wouldn’t it be great if all projects achieved everything that you set out to do? In reality, getting to this endpoint requires organisation, planning and communication among other things. This article will give you the 5 benefits of mind mapping when planning and executing a project. Brainstorming The first stage of any project is the initial idea.
PM by PM
JUNE 23, 2019
Do you want to develop your own personalized PMP study plan? In this post, you will find a process to create your own study plan to pass the PMP exam. A plan has three main ingredients – Scope, Time (Schedule), and Cost (Budget). You will find details of all the three things in this post. […]. The post How To Create Your Own PMP Study Plan To Pass The Exam?
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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