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Ooops! Can failure be an option?

Musings on Project Management

In the midst of the Apollo 13 flight to the moon, flight director Gene Kranz famously said of the rescue mission to return the damaged spacecraft "Failure is not an option" (and he wrote a book about it with that same title)With lives at stake, Kranz was spot on.

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15 Project Management Tips for Beginners

PM Times

Project managers have to juggle multiple tasks every day, while coordinating with various teams. They are accountable for a project’s output, analyzing its goals, creating workflows, facilitating team collaboration, and ensuring that stakeholders and team members are on the same page. This article explains some of the best project management tips that can help beginners […] The post 15 Project Management Tips for Beginners appeared first on Project Management Articles, Webinars, Templates

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Project Management Predictions for 2024

The IIL Blog

By Harold Kerzner, Ph.D. The landscape for project management changes almost every year. Some changes are relatively small or incremental, whereas other changes can be significant. Historically, most of the changes appeared in the methodology, processes, tools, and techniques. Now, many of the changes are behavioral changes. There are also changes taking place where project teams are being given choices on what is the best approach to manage the projects.

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Project Scope: Base for Successful Project Delivery

ActiveCollab

One of the main responsibilities of a project manager is to define the project scope, and they lean on it throughout the project lifecycle. Project scope helps project managers stay on the right track, keeps them going, and ensures project success. Everything starts with project scope, and no matter how many similar projects you have behind you, don't ignore the basics.

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Understand Digital Debt, Form a Team, Set Goals, and Plan Roadmap for Transformation

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.

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Every Project Management Risk Response Strategy: Are there 6, 7 or more?

Online PM Courses

Risk response strategies are the basic ways to handle project risks. This article examines all the risk strategies, what they mean, and when to use them. The post Every Project Management Risk Response Strategy: Are there 6, 7 or more? appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.

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Escape the Rinse and Repeat Cycle with 5 Sprint Retrospective Ideas

Scrum.org

Retrospectives are a crucial component of the Scrum framework, providing teams with a dedicated space to reflect on their performance and identify opportunities for growth. However, the effectiveness of Retrospectives heavily relies on the team’s ability to keep them fresh, engaging, and tailored to the team's needs. Unfortunately, some Scrum Masters fall into the trap of using the same Retrospective agenda repeatedly, stifling the team's creativity and hindering their ability to generate innova

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6 Key Elements of a Stellar Candidate Experience

Teamweek

Did you know that 49% of people who are seeking a job declined the job offer because of a poor candidate experience ? A good candidate experience is more than a great salary, benefits, and perks. It ensures you attract the best people and excites them about working for you. Starting with your job ad right the way through to delivering a supportive and seamless onboarding , candidate experience really matters.

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Unlocking Potential: How Small Changes Empower Neurodiverse Talent

The IIL Blog

By Brandon Fargis Have you ever wondered how you can create an environment that more fully embraces neurodiversity? It’s a question I hear often from leaders who are eager to make a positive impact. In this article, we’re diving into small changes that can bring big results. Let’s explore how you can transform your workplace to better accommodate neurodiverse talent and unleash their incredible potential!

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Why Project Desktop is Here to Stay

MPUG

The capabilities and versatility of Project Desktop are indisputably extensive. An integral part of the Microsoft ecosystem, this tool offers an impressive array of functions that have continued to evolve since it made its transition from DOS to Windows. Despite the advent of SharePoint, Office 365, or more comprehensive enterprise project management environments, Project Desktop has remained a mainstay.

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Strategic Project Finance Essentials: A Project Manager’s Guide to Financial Metrics

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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What Are Construction Submittals and Why Are They So Important?

ProjectManager.com

Planning for construction projects isn’t enough. It’s essential to verify that the right products were included in the installation. These construction submittals primarily involve architects and engineers who oversee that process. Construction submittals are an integral part of construction project management. We’ll define the term and explain its importance.

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The GPM P5 Standard Makes International Development Projects Sustainable

Green Project Management

International development projects (ID) aim to improve people’s lives in developing countries. However, these projects often need more resources, complex stakeholder networks, and high levels of uncertainty. Effective project management is critical to overcoming these obstacles, and the P5 standard can be a valuable tool for organizations managing international development projects.

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Why Employing Agile Coaches next to Scrum Masters Is Unnecessary

Scrum.org

TL; DR: Employing Agile Coaches next to Scrum Masters? Often, when organizations employ agile coaches and Scrum Masters, we can observe that agile coaches work at an organizational level. In contrast, Scrum Masters work in a tactical role at the team level in a “delivery manager capacity,” which defies the Scrum Guide’s concept of accountabilities. However, if you take Scrum seriously, this approach has no upside.

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Threat modeling -- multiple methods

Musings on Project Management

Concerned for threats to your project's intellectual property (IP)?Tasked with a project to shore up the threat resistance of your business, or your client's businesses, to operational denials?If the above, then you may benefit from one of the many modelling methods for addressing threats.SEI at Carnegie Mellon has been looking at this for a number of years.

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20 Common Mistakes Made by Inexperienced Project Managers

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.

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Best Gantt Chart Software of 2023

ProjectManager.com

Most project managers can’t imagine running a project without Gantt charts. This tool has been in the project management toolbox for so long that it predates computers. But once it joined the digital revolution, it became that much more powerful. We’re looking at the best Gantt chart software out there so you can make an informed decision when in the market to purchase one.

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Building a Career in IT Project Management – with Andreanna Marshall

Online PM Courses

Let's talk about building an IT Project Management career, and Scrum, with Scrum Master, Andreanna Marshall. The post Building a Career in IT Project Management – with Andreanna Marshall appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.

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Product Owners - The Messy Reality of Environment

Scrum.org

A big thanks to Chris Lukassen for help with this blog. One of the biggest challenges that Product Owners face may be one of the hardest to overcome. I have talked to many different Product Owners over the last few years. And many of these Product Owners either had different job titles or had very different experiences. I spoke to some Product Owners: executives, business analysts, project managers, and product managers.

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Review Deming’s journey to profound knowledge

Henny Portman

Deming’s journey to profound knowledge – How Deming helped win a war, altered the face of industry, and holds the key to our future by John “Botchagalupe” Willis may look like a biography of Deming, but it’s the story behind the story of his masterwork, which he shared with the world when he was ninety-three years old. Just after he passed away in 1993, Deming’s book The New Economics was published.

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The Big Payoff of Application Analytics

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.

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10 Best To-Do List Apps and Software In 2023 (Mobile & Desktop)

ProjectManager.com

Productivity begins with a to-do list. It’s the first step toward organizing your work and getting it done. To-do lists are essentially a repository of tasks, but they can be much more than that, especially if you’re using a to-do list for project management. To-do list apps can describe the work, prioritize it and more. Using a to-do list app to manage projects keeps you focused and limits distractions so you and your team can complete work in a timely manner.

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Episode 179 – Love Project Management – Come as You Are! 

Velociteach

The podcast by project managers for project managers. Ren Love is the newest member of our Velociteach team and the Manager of Curriculum Development. Hear about her unique management experiences as she talks about leadership, interviewing, the PMP exam, and coping with testing anxiety. Table of Contents 02:19 … Meet Ren 02:53 … Ren’s Project Management Journey 06:20 … Memorable Success at Projects 10:16 … Mammals and COVID 11:34 … Preparing for Leadership 14:08 … Routes to Project Management 16

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Scrum, Kanban, Agile Practices-Is Guided Learning Right For You?

Scrum.org

A Comparison of Traditional, Guided, Immersive, and Flipped Learning Approaches The field of professional development is constantly changing, and new approaches to learning and training can make a significant difference. It's essential to understand that learning is not a one-size-fits-all process. Individuals have unique learning styles, preferences, and paces that can greatly influence their training outcomes.

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Top 4 Communication Barriers at Workplace (How to Overcome Them)

Proofhub

Communication Barriers at Workplace Communication barriers have been there in companies for decades and eliminating them must come on to your top priority list in this technology-driven world today. In recent years, we have seen a great change as workplaces have shifted from the office to virtual spaces. We usually get our work done and communicate in cloud technology.

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Acclaim Projects Helps Deliver Innovation Projects on Time and on Budget

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.

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The 4 leadership Behaviours that foster inclusion

Susanne Madsen

​Inclusion is the action or state of being included or including others in groups, decisions and structures. Inclusive managers and leaders are highly sought after because they have the ability to make others feel safe and accepted, which in turn means that they are more likely to innovate, be a team player and contribute to high performance. Inclusion isn’t just a nice idea.

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Exploring the Potential of Software Solutions for Improved Mental Health Practice

Productivity Land

In recent years, the field of mental health practice has witnessed the emergence of innovative software solutions that aim to enhance the delivery of care and support to individuals struggling with mental health issues. These technological advancements have opened up new avenues for treatment, monitoring, and support, offering promising opportunities for improved mental health outcomes.

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Warum die Kombination von Agile Coach und Scrum Master unnötig ist ??

Scrum.org

In Kürze: Agile Coach neben dem Scrum Master? Wenn Organisationen einen agile Coach und Scrum Master beschäftigen, können wir oft beobachten, dass der agile Coach auf organisatorischer Ebene arbeiten. Im Gegensatz dazu arbeiten Scrum Master oftmals in einer taktischen Rolle als „Delivery Manager“-Funktion auf Teamebene, was dem Konzept der Verantwortlichkeiten des Scrum Guide widerspricht.

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Navigating External Factors in Small Business Risk Management

Proofhub

Small Business Risk Management If you’re thinking of starting a new business, learning how to start a t-shirt business or a marketing business is not going to be enough. You can perfect your business plan and have an up-to-date marketing strategy, yet there could be an event or situation that may loom on your business as an uncalled risk. Internal risk factors are those that are under a company’s control, while external risk variables are those that are beyond its control.

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From Concepts to Actionable Insights: Powering Digital Transformation Success

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.