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Struggling to implement PM software? You’re not alone
Rebel’s Guide to PM
JULY 20, 2021
GetApp’s survey of over 1,000 managers, decision-makers and SME owners has revealed that despite the proven benefits project management software brings to businesses, more than half of employees opposed their managers’ suggestion to implement PM software. A whopping 55% of employees were against the implementation of project management software in their company. 25% of employees believed that PM software would give them too much work and would therefore not be worth it 14% didn’t see the value o
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Best MS Project Alternatives 2021 for Project Managers
ProjectManager.com
JULY 22, 2021
As projects grow in complexity and workforces expand globally, the need for online project management tools is no luxury. There is no lack of products to choose from, with varying degrees of usefulness. Microsoft has thrown its considerable weight into the ring with Microsoft Project. While MS Project has become an industry-standard in project management, it comes with problems.
The only two things you need to know about statistics
Musings on Project Management
JULY 23, 2021
Number One: It's a bell, unless it's not For nearly all of us when approaching something statistical, we imagine the bell-shape distribution right away. And, we know the average outcome is the value at the peak of the curve. Why is it so useful that it's the default go-to? Because many, if not. most, natural phenomenon with a bit of randomness tend to have a "central tendency" or preferred.
Understand Digital Debt, Form a Team, Set Goals, and Plan Roadmap for Transformation
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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.
Making Measurement Meaningful with Evidence-Based Management
Scrum.org
JULY 21, 2021
More than ever, organizations must focus on their investments and efforts. The ability for organizations to be agile is what will help them pivot and sustain. However, defining success of an organization’s agility by output metrics like “number of agile coaches”, “number of people trained in Agile”, or “velocity” often results in what agilists refer to as Zombie Scrum (superficial agile transformation) because there is no real invitation for improvement, or even a notion of what improvement woul
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What is Level of Effort (LOE)? Plus, 5 Tips for Effort Estimation
ProjectManager.com
JULY 21, 2021
Level of effort (LOE) is a project management term that refers to a specific type of project activity called support activities. Support activities do not yield deliverables, but rather fuel tasks that do. Therefore, the level of effort is how much work these tasks will take to complete. This work can take many forms, such as updating project documents, maintaining equipment, submitting expenses, etc.
If minutes are produced from your daily standups, your delivery process may be fragile
Kiron Bondale
JULY 18, 2021
The latest version of the Scrum Guide states “ The Developers can select whatever structure and techniques they want, as long as their Daily Scrum focuses on progress toward the Sprint Goal and produces an actionable plan for the next day of work. This creates focus and improves self-management. “ Depending on how one interprets that second quote, taking minutes from the standup might seem to be an acceptable technique.
Time to Market - It’s Not Just About Speed
Scrum.org
JULY 21, 2021
I remember when I got a brand-new racing game for the Xbox a few years ago. My sons and I unwrapped it, popped it in, and marveled at the amazing graphics. The cars and scenery looked so real, so amazing! In our first race, we all excitedly chose supercars.and struggled mightily to control their enormous power just to get around the racetrack. We wrecked often and hilariously.
Is Hybrid Really a Popular Project Approach?
Rebel’s Guide to PM
JULY 21, 2021
What is hybrid project management? Hybrid project management is a trending topic at the moment. It refers to the tailoring of the project management approach in use to deliver work. Instead of rigidly adhering to a waterfall (predictive) or Agile (iterative) method, project teams pick and choose elements from the range of approaches to choose a way of working that suits them.
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
Top 5 Best Data Management Software Of 2021
nTask
JULY 20, 2021
We live in a digital age with new technologies emerging every second of the day. As of January 2021, the internet penetration rate has reached an all-time high of 59%. With the increase in online traffic and internet businesses taking the world by storm, digital data has also reached a record high. Unlike olden times, digital data is no longer limited to megabytes or gigabytes, around 2.5 quintillion bytes of data is created every day.
How to Monitor Remote Employees Without Damaging Team Morale
Proofhub
JULY 20, 2021
Source: [link] Employee monitoring is a contentious topic. On the one hand, monitoring your employees’ workflows helps ensure that teams are working appropriately when on the clock. However, employee monitoring can also be construed as a symptom of managerial distrust. When done correctly, employee monitoring can be highly effective. And it doesn’t have to break everyone’s spirits.
Introducing the PAL-EBM Training Class
Scrum.org
JULY 21, 2021
Today, Scrum.org launches the new Professional Agile Leadership - Evidence Based Management ™ (EBM) training course. The ideas of EBM came from a simple idea that Ken Schwaber had when looking at the medical profession and the similarly named Evidence-Based-Medicine :-). An article in BMJ describes Evidence-Based Medicine as “ the conscientious, explicit and judicious use of current based evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients ” Ken pondered how that would apply to a
What are Epics, User Stories, and Story Points? | Video
Online PM Courses
JULY 21, 2021
Epics, User Stories, and Story Points are three terms that are widely used in Agile Project Management and some of its methodologies. The post What are Epics, User Stories, and Story Points? | Video appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.
20 Common Mistakes Made by Inexperienced Project Managers
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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.
Top 6 Safety Management Applications to Use in 2021
nTask
JULY 20, 2021
Health and safety are some of the biggest concerns in any industry these days. It is so because there are a lot of different factors involved in administering proper health and safety procedures that aren’t accounted for, subject to gross negligence or never monitored on time. In the 21 st century where companies are enormous, you can’t compromise on safety management protocols without the use of a proper application.
12 Morale-Building Moves That Cost Next to Nothing
Proofhub
JULY 22, 2021
Source: [link] Research has shown that profits and morale are inextricably linked. But costly morale boosters can reduce that extra profit, even turning it into a net loss. It’s even worse for small businesses, who can’t afford morale-boosting programs or events because of narrow margins, even at the best of times. The good news is there are plenty of morale-boosting options that won’t break the bank.
Agile Leadership: How to Close the Knowing-Doing Gap
Scrum.org
JULY 18, 2021
Agile Leadership: How to Close the Knowing-Doing Gap. Almost all organisations we help are looking for faster, smarter ways to deliver their mission critical programmes and/or recovering programmes that have stalled or even failed to deliver. The majority of these firms have used classical approaches to delivery which we know don’t work well in a complex working environment.
Top 10 Management Skills That Help You Succeed as a Project Manager
Epicflow Blog
JULY 22, 2021
A project manager’s expertise is one of the essential prerequisites that determine success of a project delivery. Their responsibilities involve such activities as conducting meetings (e.g. project planning sessions), managing diverse teams, building and maintaining relationships with stakeholders and customers, making decisions, initiating new projects, etc.
The Big Payoff of Application Analytics
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5 Reasons Why the Top Teams Choose Float for Their Resource Management
PM Times
JULY 20, 2021
For my next “5 Reasons Why…” installment, I am presenting to you Float – the #1 rated tool for resource management on G2. With Float, you can directly integrate with your project management tools like Jira, Asana, WorkflowMax, Trello, QuickBooks, and more. Let’s consider my 5 reasons why… 1.It’s easy-to-use with powerful scheduling capabilities Scheduling […].
Six steps to managing risks collaboratively
Susanne Madsen
JULY 22, 2021
The importance of risk management cannot be overemphasised. When you are proactive in identifying and mitigating potential threats for your project it means that fewer issues are likely to arise. Project managers who want to make a difference don’t sit back and assume that the road to project delivery will be straightforward. They regularly take time out with the team to assess everything that could impede the success of the project and actively take steps to manage the situation. &
When the Management Ignores Self-Management— Making Your Scrum Work #16
Scrum.org
JULY 19, 2021
TL; DR: Ignoring Self-Management — Undermining Scrum from the Start. 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. One of Scrum’s first principles is self-management. It is based on the idea that the people closest to a problem are best suited to find a solution.
7 Best IT Management Softwares to Use in 2021
nTask
JULY 19, 2021
It’s the 21 st century and technology is everywhere. If you are a common reader, then the knowledge of IT software for you would revolve around all of the things that you use on a daily basis. But when it comes to companies and businesses, IT software or specifically IT management software is a big deal. This information management software is the lifelines of tech businesses nowadays.
Acclaim Projects Helps Deliver Innovation Projects on Time and on Budget
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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.
Best Practice Program Design
PM Times
JULY 21, 2021
When managing major organizational change and improvement, programmes remain the most effective framework for achieving success. The level of complexity and risk involved in shifting an enterprise into a new phase of development and operation – and the associated investment – means the process has to be managed properly and improvement measured. However, programmes remain […].
Top 43 Podcasts for Project Managers for Focus and Inspiration
Proggio
JULY 22, 2021
Podcasts are Not Just for Learning . At Proggio, we love podcasts. Sometimes for learning, and sometimes not. And since we know that it can be easy to get lost in the sea of podcasts when you want to find something new, we figured that we’d scour the net looking for relevant podcasts for project managers and project portfolio leaders. The list includes a curation of Spotify podcasts that are interesting, helpful, and fun to listen to on the go, or while you’re being productive.
Beware of the Unintended Consequences of Incentive Plans.
Scrum.org
JULY 21, 2021
In industries ranging from financial services to consulting and defense, we can find countless examples of how organizations employed incentive plans that produced behavior not aligned to the organization's desired strategic goals. The items that we measure should be based on our goals. We want these measures to drive people's actions and behaviors.
2021 Best Guide to Resource Allocation in Project Management
nTask
JULY 19, 2021
The success or failure of a project is largely dependent on the resources allocated to it. For resource allocation in project management, PMs have to keep an eye on all the aspects of the project. Resources in project management include employees, equipment, budget facilities , etc. Optimizing the use of these resources is the first and foremost important step in project management.
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.
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