Project Risk Coach
JUNE 7, 2021
Every project manager wants to be successful, right? We start each project with intentions of delivering value for our organizations. So, how do projects fall into troubled waters? One day at a time. It's a gradual process, one that's often unnoticed. Slowly, but surely, troubled projects lose momentum. Team members become distracted and fail to complete their activities.
The Digital Project Manager
JUNE 8, 2021
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Trello
JUNE 8, 2021
As the pandemic took the world by storm, many companies were forced to quickly transition to remote work and integrate into the digital workspace. As we begin to embrace our new post-pandemic ‘normal’, many businesses are finding their employees struggling to leave the newfound comfort of the work-from-home life behind.
Rebel’s Guide to PM
JUNE 8, 2021
Alexis Dondic has over 15 years of experience in the auto industry and more recently she has worked in a strategic communications role on projects. She also works as a trader and a coach. She splits her time between Germany (where she is from originally) and Mexico, where she dialed in for this discussion about project management communications at the Project Management Club on Clubhouse.
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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.
ProjectManager.com
JUNE 10, 2021
The most important resource you’ll employ to deliver the project is people. They have to fit into the schedule and maintain the project budget. Defining what their roles and responsibilities are when executing tasks and delivering on the project goals is an important part of controlling the project. How can you coordinate all the people who are involved in a project so they know what they’re doing and don’t block others from doing what they are assigned?
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nTask
JUNE 8, 2021
Estimating projects is part and parcel of project management for any project. However, estimating projects with accuracy is not always so successful. In fact, many of the issues in project management can be traced back to failed attempts at estimating projects. Whether that be projects that run overtime or budget, are short in resources, or a load of other issues.
Rebel’s Guide to PM
JUNE 5, 2021
Managing lots of projects at the same time is tough. Here’s how 6 project managers stay on top of multiple projects – and keep their sanity. It was fun to talk to them to find out more about their tactics – the tip from Christine about diary management is definitely going to change the way I plan my week. Helen Curel. Get organized, if you’ve got a good system for keeping all your project documentation in one place, use it and block out time either at the end or the beginning of each week to giv
Leading Agile
JUNE 7, 2021
Try It: An Experiment in Equalizing Knowledge and Eliminating Hierarchy. In our Try It Series, we will explain a common Agile or company problem, and provide solutions that have worked for us in the past. We include entire job aides and coaching materials for our readers to experiment with at their teams. We do this to help others and solicit feedback.
Scrum.org
JUNE 7, 2021
TL; DR: Essential Agile Failure Patterns — When Noise Interferes with Signal. There are plenty of failure possibilities with Scrum. Given that Scrum is a framework with a reasonable yet short “manual,” this effect should not surprise anyone. When Scrum becomes an element of an agile transformation, the following three common essential agile failure patterns prove to be an exceptionally tough nut to crack for any Scrum Master.
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
nTask
JUNE 8, 2021
Your boss or direct manager has a big hand to play in your job satisfaction. Whether that’s interpreted as how you feel about your job, your productivity, or the chances of you climbing up the corporate ladder – there’s always room for improvement. Many individuals feel that there is difficulty working with their boss. And this is not always due to the boss or manager being someone who is difficult per se but is a result of employees not taking the time or giving due importance to creating that
Proofhub
JUNE 8, 2021
You can’t control everything that happens each day of your life. However, it is possible to manage most of your daily activities effectively. To achieve the same, you must be adept at time management ?—?something many people struggle with. As a result, they don’t enjoy the benefits and freedom attached to proper time management. If you’ve been struggling to manage your time and plan your day, you’re in the right place as we’ll be exploring just how to do that.
Leading Agile
JUNE 9, 2021
Making any meaningful change requires people to think, feel, and/or do something differently. Another way of saying this is getting people to move. Getting them to move from where they are currently to somewhere new. The challenge is the status quo provides a sense of familiarity, comfort and certainty. Change from that means entering into the unknown, the uncomfortable, and the uncertain which can be scary.
Scrum.org
JUNE 8, 2021
What does a Scrum Master do? Scrum is an agile project management framework that enables teams to deliver value in 30 days or less. Arguably the most famous role in Scrum is the Scrum Master. But for those new to Scrum, it’s a bit of a mystery what a Scrum Master does day to day – here are five things that Scrum Masters do. Facilitation. Scrum has a strong focus on collaboration through high value conversations.
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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 9, 2021
Good teamwork forms the backbone of a successful business. No matter whether you are working from home or on-site, chances are that you are part of a team. The team in question is generally a set of individuals working together to achieve a common goal. In this article, we will walk you through some of the most common types of teams found in an organization.
Inloox
JUNE 10, 2021
As the field of project management becomes more complex and our tasks more demanding, we may lose sight of basic principles. By following these 8 simple guiding principles, it is possible to improve project performance, provide more value to the organization, and hopefully make the project manager 's job a little easier. Having introduced you to the laws of Lakein, Murphy, Constantines and Augustines in the last blog post in this series, here are four more guiding principles for your everyday pr
Epicflow Blog
JUNE 11, 2021
Live and learn – this proverb has never been so relevant as in the 21st century. Your education isn’t over when you graduate from a university: being a highly skilled specialist and a healthy personality requires lifelong learning that in turn involves courses, training sessions, seminars, educational projects, etc. So, one of the main objectives of the educational sector is to be in line with the increasing demands for educational services.
Scrum.org
JUNE 10, 2021
TL; DR: When Scrum Masters Fail — Making Your Scrum Work #13. There are plenty of failure possibilities with Scrum. Given that Scrum is a framework with a reasonable yet short “manual,” this effect should not surprise anyone. Scrum thrives when the Scrum teams are self-managing while Scrum Masters embrace their role as servant-leaders. However, this also implies that Scrum Masters fail when they are overly protective. ??
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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.
nTask
JUNE 10, 2021
Greetings from nTask! What do months of incredible development, effective collaboration, and heroic development result in? To put it simply; we are excited to bring a revamped Risk register with a bunch of exciting new features dedicated to acing Risk mitigation like a pro. It’s an empowered approach to identifying & resolving project criticality that would otherwise slow down your deliverable at the end!
EasyProjects
JUNE 10, 2021
Professional services firms operate in a dynamic environment with almost constant change. This ongoing evolution can be attributed to new business models, changing client expectations and rapid developments in technology. Keeping up with these changes can be difficult, especially for businesses that rely on labor-intensive work methodologies and dated technology to deliver their services.
Epicflow Blog
JUNE 10, 2021
Any project is vulnerable to risks and uncertainties that sometimes can’t be predicted and avoided. But there are things that negatively affect the project success but can be neither controlled nor prevented. We’re talking about the human side of project management. The heart of any project is people: they create an idea, then someone supports it, then someone implements it, and there should be someone who controls the process.
Scrum.org
JUNE 10, 2021
Adaptability Is Key. Adaptability is Key in Prioritizing and Addressing Complex Cybersecurity Risks “It is not the strongest or the most intelligent who will survive but those who can best manage change.” ? Leon C. Megginson, author of Small Business Management Though these words are often misattributed to Charles Darwin, Megginson’s concept of “survival of the fittest” is most.
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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.
nTask
JUNE 10, 2021
Meetings are an essential part of any work culture and organization. To that effect, an important part of meetings is the meeting agenda which is often overlooked. However, to ensure that your meeting is as beneficial as it can be it is best to create an effective meeting agenda to be available for all your attendees and participants. That is why we have put together some tips and tricks as well as meeting agenda templates to help you make the most of your meeting.
Proofhub
JUNE 6, 2021
The COVID pandemic has forced many businesses to work virtually. And many believe that the virtual work environment is here to stay. As such, managers must figure out how to keep their virtual employees as productive as possible. One way to do this is to build strong relationships with them. So, how do you accomplish this? Read on to find out. The Many Problems Faced By Virtual Teams To begin, let’s discuss some of the problems that team members face when working remotely.
MPUG
JUNE 7, 2021
Employees are the foundation of your organization. They add value with the skills and knowledge that they bring to the team. They also convey a tiny element of the company culture. A new person hired into a team causes a shift in the overall personality and focus of the group. Even though the standard projects and daily work may remain the same, employees become a working part of the DNA of the team and also of the organization.
Scoro
JUNE 11, 2021
Bringing together the requisite skills, knowledge, tools, and business processes to achieve the outcome is the core of project management. And there is a long list of skills that enable project managers to accomplish all that. This article will list 14 of the most important project management skills in 2021. According to industry predictions , by 2027, businesses will require 87.7 million employees to work in roles associated with project management.
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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