Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 5, 2022

PMI has released its Global Megatrends 2022 report, which is an analysis of the global forces significantly impacting society and the project management profession today. The report helps project professionals understand the world’s rapid transformation and the global context in which they work so they can use projects to solve complex problems. “The world continues to see ongoing change and uncertainty, impacting our daily lives at home and work,” said Michael DePrisco, Interim President &

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Inloox

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

In order to implement projects in China or in other emerging markets, knowledge of how things work in these cultures is crucial. The choice of project manager for such projects is considered highly crucial. Non-Chinese project managers will face some challenges during the project. They will be managing an international team in a foreign market without direct staffing authority.

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Project Risk Coach

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Unfortunately, many Project Management Offices (PMOs) become nothing more than a watchdog, one that ensures compliance to a strict set of rules. In this article, we will explore why this happens and what it takes for PMOs to become strategic enablers. PMOs Have Gone to the Dogs PMOs are started with the best of intentions. Management sees it as a way to give oversight to all the programs and projects.

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Collaboration is already hard enough. Now imagine collaborating with colleagues that aren’t in the same department as yours. Or maybe even a different location! Well, people do it every day and it’s called cross-team collaboration. As these hybrid teams become more standard, cross-team collaboration is the key to connecting these different groups and increasing their productivity.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

I wanted to share some tips from the fabulous women in project management whom I have interviewed on this blog. Looking back through the discussions we had, there is so much wisdom and what struck me was the total willingness to share. Here are 15 practical tips from our community of amazing women, all tested and proven by the women themselves. Can you make these work in your projects and career?

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Kiron Bondale

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

When we consider the benefits of non-solo working approaches such as pair programming or mobbing, the ones which normally come to mind are related to improvements in the speed or quality of delivery. The old adage “two heads are better than one” applies as we are usually able to get more work completed faster and with fewer defects. And by injecting variety by having participants alternate between different roles frequently, we also reduce the likelihood of fatigue.

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Information technology (IT) is the backbone of the modern enterprise. Without functioning IT systems, companies of all sizes would not be able to function effectively and progress would slow to a crawl. Let’s examine the emerging information technology trends and challenges as well as the modern IT project management solutions designed to overcome them.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Projects are the future, a good portfolio office can influence and shape strategy and project management is the only way to holistically deliver improvements. If you have sat through any project management conference presentations or talked to someone evangelizing about the role of the PMO then you will have heard this stuff before. At the roundtable discussion about project management in the collaborative age way back in 2012, the talk turned to how project managers could shape strategy.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 5, 2022

Since it’s the beginning of the year, it makes sense to talk about setting great goals. As you know, Product and Sprint Goals aren’t optional in Scrum. However, many teams are struggling with it. Btw, stay tuned for an upcoming video on that topic to uncover why setting goals is so hard. It’s not a Scrum Master accountability to set up goals. Instead you need to help your Scrum Team, and especially the Product Owner, to do so.

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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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Musings on Project Management

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

"In carrying out the task assigned. you will be governed by the principle of calculated risk. which you shall interpret as avoidance of [risk] exposure. without good prospect. as a result of such exposure. of greater [benefit]" (*)Admiral Chester Nimitz to his subordinate admirals, Battle of Midway, June, 1942"You will be governed by the principle of calculated risk"What does.

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

ProjectManager’s latest release is here, and it’s designed to make managing your hybrid team’s workflow much faster and easier. This release includes Automation and gives all Business and Enterprise users more customization when using Custom Workflows and Approvals. Streamline Manual Processes & Reduce Repetitive Work. Automation will take your experience with ProjectManager to the next level.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

This is a guest article by Isidora Roskic. Learning to successfully manage agile projects requires you to first familiarize yourself with the concept of Agile. What is the agile methodology? Where did it start? What does it truly encompass? If you know all of the answers then you’re off to a good start! If not then the following will help. Where it all began.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

In Kürze: Der NPS ®-Wert von SAFe ® als Skalierungsframework ist -56. SAFe® war schon immer ein kontroverses Thema innerhalb der agilen Gemeinschaft. Deshalb habe ich bereits 2017 eine erste Umfrage zum Net Promoter Score® des Scaled Agile Framework SAFe ® durchgeführt. Das Ergebnis war damals -52. Viereinhalb Jahre später habe ich diese Umfrage nun wiederholt: SAFe® hat zwischenzeitlich mehrere Iterationen durchlaufen und mehr agile Praktiker haben Erfahrungen mit diesem Framework gesammelt.

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LiquidPlanner

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Do you have a plan for Valentine’s Day? If not, it is time to get on it, so you are ready with a demonstration of your love for that special person in your life. Speaking of planning, how about your project plans? Do you love them? Are you investing sufficiently to ensure they receive the attention they deserve and will be healthy into the long term?

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Leading Agile

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

In our industry, we notice there are typically two ways people want to approach Agile Transformation. Either they want to add in practices like Scrum of SAFe and go from there, or try to shift the culture through beliefs and mindsets first. The trouble is, neither of these really works. . Inserting Agile Culture First. It’s a very commonly held belief that if we can change the beliefs and the mindsets of the organization, people will adopt the practices.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

A couple of times people have said to me that sharing the project budget with their team members is Not A Good Idea. I don’t know why that is the case – they are stakeholders too. I think it is essential to be transparent about the budget, how it was created and how you, as a team, are doing with spending it. It helps the project team come together with a common objective, and it helps build trust in the way in which things are being done.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Since I first started working with Scrum in 2005, I have wondered what would eventually come along to replace it. Scrum has now been around for over 25 years, so surely something else would emerge? Approaches including Lean, Kanban, DevOps have appeared and grown popular, but they have not displaced Scrum as the most widely used approach to increase agility.

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Proofhub

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Image Source: ProofHub I was just going through an article that stated?—?half of the workers feel like they have a career, the other half feel like they just have a job. Such stats give an indication of how uninspired the current generation of employees. As a leader, the need to constantly give your employees a motivational boost is more than ever. And, the best way to achieve this is to help them find a purpose in their job.

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nTask

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

We know how troubling it can be to keep track of your budget. Managing your personal expenses is already a stretch, but the budget of an entire business can be a bit too overwhelming. Thankfully, many project budget management apps can make your work much easier and more fun. A project budget management app allows you to keep your finances in check at all times.

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Online PM Courses

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

When PMI articulated 12 Project Management Principles in PMBOK 7, it was a new idea for PMI. But the idea itself was not a new one. The post Your Top 5 Questions Answered about Project Management Principles appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

You must have observed a Music Director inside a recording studio with a big keyboard who is busy tunning different button. Haven’t you! Long back, I used to wonder - Shouldn’t they have done all that tunning beforehand rather than doing it while a singer is recording his or her voice? Out of curiosity, I asked my musician friend and what he said had a lasting impression on me - no matter how expert we are, no matter how much logic we apply, everything will be just a prediction of how it will al

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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.

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Agilemania

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

If you aim to make your organization more customer-oriented, the focus should be on building a good persona. Your organization’s persona is highly crucial no matter what industry you belong to. . The reason? . For starters, personas collect and define essential information about your consumers. Personas also visualize your consumers’ use habits and interests.

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nTask

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Event management is one of the most common and effective ways of branding your product, sharing new information or inventions. However, it is a complex field and event management for beginners can be hard. According to research: 98% of the customers are more prone to buy a product or service after attending a relevant event. Moreover, over the past four years, 54% of companies have increased their event spending.” Thus, if you are a beginner and planning to organize an event for your compa

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Resource Guru

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

We do capacity planning all day, every day. Ever kept an eye on how much of your bank balance you’ve spent? Considered how many extracurricular activities you can fit in, based on your time and budget? Packed in sightseeing trips depending on interest, expense, and distance? We may not call it that, but we engage in capacity planning on a daily basis.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

TL; DR: The SAFe ® NPS ® Score as a Scaling Framework Is -56. SAFe® has always been a controversial topic within the agile community. Therefore, back in 2017, I ran a first survey on the Net Promoter Score® of the Scaled Agile Framework SAFe®. The result back then was -52. Four and a half years later, I reran the poll: SAFe® has been through several iterations, and many more agile practitioners have experienced working with it.

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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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