ProjectManager.com
MARCH 7, 2022
Agile principles are the foundations of agile. Agile is a project management methodology that allows development teams to set up a dynamic work management framework. This method is based on 12 guiding principles, known as agile principles. In addition, there are also core values, techniques, ceremonies and tools that make up the agile project management approach.
Kiron Bondale
MARCH 6, 2022
This article was originally supposed to have been based on a poll I conducted this week on schedule compression techniques. However, a discussion from a project management fundamentals course I taught was too compelling to not share! While teaching the basics of the critical path method, I asked the learners whether it was possible to have more than one critical path in a project’s activity network diagram.
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Scrum.org
MARCH 7, 2022
TL; DR: Scrum Master Success — My Top-Nine Indicators. How would you know that your Scrum Master is competent? What are indicators for Scrum Master success? Is the regular use of the Confluence retrospective template one of the desired signals? Or is the quest to understand contributing factors futile, as success reasons are so diverse? Probably, there is no direct connection between a Scrum Master, not having authority anyway, and the overall Scrum team’s performance.
Rebel’s Guide to PM
MARCH 10, 2022
Do your stakeholders ask you questions like these? Now we’ve approved the budget and the project has started, how much will it really cost? We had a big delay last month. What has that done to the budget? How much will we have spent on this work by the time this project is finished? Given that plenty of studies show cost overruns, some finding that 9 out of 10 projects go over budget (averaging 28% overspent), it’s not surprising that project sponsors want to keep a tight grip on costs.
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ProjectManager.com
MARCH 9, 2022
Stakeholders are important to every project. They are impacted by the project, be they investor or customer. But what is a stakeholder? There’s more than one answer to that question. Let’s take some time to define what a stakeholder is, examples of stakeholders and free stakeholder templates that can help with stakeholder management. What Is a Stakeholder?
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Scrum.org
MARCH 7, 2022
We all have strengths and weaknesses with the preferred stances of a Scrum Master. Like many of the teams we work with, being ‘key-shaped’ comes to mind – cross-skilled and competent at many things but having a deeper knowledge of certain stances more so than others. Personally, I feel more effective as a teacher and facilitator than when I’m coaching.
Rebel’s Guide to PM
MARCH 10, 2022
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
ProjectManager.com
MARCH 8, 2022
Resource management is one of the most important aspects of project management. That’s because projects need resources and those resources must be managed. Project resources are all the raw materials, equipment and human resources necessary to execute project tasks. What Is Resource Management? Resource management is the process of planning, scheduling and allocating resources to complete a project.
TrustRadius Project Management
MARCH 11, 2022
As technology has rooted its way into our day-to-day existence, education has been changed. Long gone are the times of thumbing through an Encyclopedia. With information at the tips of our fingers, learning is now boundless. Improving education is a huge issue for our society. Test scores, our perceived performance against different nations, and different elements have pushed education to the bleeding edge of national legislative issues, directly behind healthcare reform.
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
MARCH 7, 2022
We all have strengths and weaknesses with the preferred stances of a Scrum Master. Like many of the teams we work with, being ‘key-shaped’ comes to mind – cross-skilled and competent at many things but having a deeper knowledge of certain stances more so than others. Personally, I feel more effective as a teacher and facilitator than when I’m coaching.
Rebel’s Guide to PM
MARCH 11, 2022
When was the last time you hit a significant milestone at work and did something to celebrate? Or simply celebrated the fact that you’d made it through another day on a difficult project? I don’t think we do that enough, so here are 20 ways that you can celebrate success at work with your team, including a range of virtual ways to celebrate success.
ProjectManager.com
MARCH 9, 2022
A key goal in manufacturing is to get products to market faster while keeping costs down. That’s why many manufacturing companies embrace just-in-time manufacturing. Just-in-time manufacturing is popular for a reason. It helps manufacturers reduce flow times in their production systems response times from suppliers to customers. It’s a no-brainer, but is your organization set up to take advantage of it?
Proofhub
MARCH 9, 2022
Going Back to Office Post-Pandemic: How to Make It Less Stressful Coronavirus in 2020 caused many changes in our working situations; many people lost their jobs, and most of the companies embraced the work from home idea. While turning our living space into a great place to work, there were many challenges. Image Source: Pexels Now the offices are reopening again as the cases of Covid-19 are finally dropping after the third wave.
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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.
Scrum.org
MARCH 9, 2022
Welcome to Scrum Sutra — a series where I shall share a 2-min overview of each element of Scrum and how it connects with the other elements in the bead to form Scrum Sutra. Today, I shall talk about Sprint Backlog. The Sprint Backlog is one of the three Scrum Artifacts. The other 2 being Product Backlog and Increment. The Sprint Backlog is composed of the.
Agilemania
MARCH 10, 2022
Scaled Agile Framework is rising in popularity. Around 1,000,000 people in 20,000 organizations around the world have used the SAFe. . The reason SAFe has caught the eye of large organizations is no longer a mystery. Large organizations who implemented SAFe reported the following benefits- . 30-75% Faster Time to market . 20-50% Increase in productivity . 25-75% Improvements in Quality. 10-50% Happier and motivated employees .
nTask
MARCH 10, 2022
No one likes working in a mismanaged, confused, unfocused and unorganized environment. True, right? Planning is the core principle of a project. So, are you confused about what a project plan is in business? Well then, you’ve come to the right spot. As tempting as it might sound to be overly spontaneous and impromptu with your project execution, going ahead without a plan can lead to various dangers.
Resource Guru
MARCH 11, 2022
When you hear “overallocation,” your mind probably jumps to overworked team members. But project managers can burn out just as fast. Wellingtone’s 2021 State of Project Management report found that project management offices can offer as many as 16 core services – and 57% of PMs believe their responsibilities will only increase in the future. Not only is that a lot to juggle, but that volume and variety of work forces PMs to constantly pivot to address time-sensitive demands that can change on a
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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.
Scrum.org
MARCH 10, 2022
In Kürze: Scrum Master Erfolg — Meine neun Erfolgsmuster. Woran würden Sie erkennen, dass Ihr Scrum Master kompetent ist? Was sind Indikatoren für den Erfolg eines Scrum Masters? Ist die regelmäßige Verwendung der Confluence-Retrospektiven-Vorlage das gewünschte Signal? Oder ist die Suche nach den Faktoren, die zum Erfolg beitragen, vergeblich, da die Gründe für den Erfolg eines Scrum Teams so vielfältig sind?
Agilemania
MARCH 11, 2022
People keep discussing and writing on TDD vs. BDD and their differences in software development. Despite tons of blog posts trying to settle the debate once and for all, they stand with little to no success. . For this reason, we have put together a blog post on TDD vs. BDD explaining it comprehensively. We shall reach the answer in a series of steps.
nTask
MARCH 9, 2022
Scrum Master role, like the one heading daily standup meetings , is not to be trifled with. In fact, the part pushes a lot of weight on the individual, especially since he is responsible for many things and has to manage everything on his own. Scrum master is the person who ensures that all Scrum guidelines are followed during the implementation of the framework.
Resource Guru
MARCH 10, 2022
The World Health Organization added “burnout” to the International Classification of Diseases in 2019. Categorized as an “occupational phenomena,” burnout significantly impacts employee wellbeing and the financial health of businesses, costing organizations between $120 to $190 billion annually. Like any other problem affecting mental health, burnout requires a treatment plan to address it and stop it from happening again.
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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.
Scrum.org
MARCH 8, 2022
Dies ist die deutsche Übersetzung unseres Blog Posts " Scrum Guide 2020 and 2017: A Side-by-Side Comparison " vom 18. November 2020: Mit dem Scrum Guide Update im November 2020 haben Ken Schwaber und Jeff Sutherland das Ziel verfolgt, „Scrum wieder zu einem minimal ausreichenden Rahmenwerk zu machen“1. Um diese Änderungen besser zu verstehen, haben wir diese Zusammenfassung und einen direkten Vergleich zwischen dem Scrum Guide 2020 und dem Scrum Guide 2017 erstellt. .
Proofhub
MARCH 7, 2022
Source: [link] When you choose business software for your company, you need to pick one that meets the most important needs of your company. This can help you save money and maximize your ROI. Businesses of all shapes and sizes can benefit from implementing a management system. The truth is that businesses use different systems to run different parts of their business, like payroll, CRM, project management, and so on.
nTask
MARCH 9, 2022
Newton is the SI unit of force, the current is measured in amperes, and the temperature has three measurements; Fahrenheit, Celsius, and Kelvin. Don’t worry, we won’t teach you Physics today, but think about it, we have standard units to measure almost everything on this planet, so what about our efforts? Are our efforts measurable? If yes, what metrics do we use to measure our work?
Planio
MARCH 7, 2022
Creating a product strategy is one of those nebulous skills that separate great project managers from good ones. Unfortunately, too many PMs think a ‘strategy’ is the same as a product plan, roadmap, or even just prioritizing features. ‘ Well, we’re building feature X next, which should make us boatloads more money!’ is a great thought. But it’s not a strategy.
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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