Rebel’s Guide to PM
SEPTEMBER 4, 2017
This article, Communications Tools: The Project Banner , first appeared on Girl's Guide to PM. If you’d asked me a month or so ago if I’d ever have used a roller banner for my project comms I would have said I didn’t have budget for that kind of thing. A project banner for the staff canteen? It sounds like a luxury my boss wouldn’t have approved.
Kiron Bondale
SEPTEMBER 4, 2017
When we think of an agile transformation, improving portfolio management might not be high on the organization’s list of priorities. But what happens if your organization doesn’t have an effective and efficient portfolio management capability? There is a greater likelihood of having too many active projects which increases the risk of resource shortages.
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Project Risk Coach
SEPTEMBER 6, 2017
Discover 10 Words to Motivate Your Team Why is that one project team can vastly outperform another team although both teams have similar skills? Motivation. If you want to boost team’s performance, speak encouraging words consistently. Each day presents opportunities for you to breathe life into your teams. Your teams are more than a group of zombies.
Musings on Project Management
SEPTEMBER 6, 2017
"We study natural stupidity rather than artificial intelligence" Amos Tversky Tversky--now deceased--was a partner with Daniel Kahneman, who together wrote some of the most influential papers on the processes of decision making under uncertainty.(*) If you're a project manager or business manager, then you have that task routinely. If you've not read at least the seminal work "Judgment.
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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.
Rebel’s Guide to PM
SEPTEMBER 6, 2017
This article, 7 Must Read Books on Stakeholder Management , first appeared on Girl's Guide to PM. There are thousands of project management books, many of which focus on the difficult issues of managing stakeholders. Here are some of the best. Practical People Engagement: Leading Change Through the Power of Relationships. Patrick Mayfield, Elbereth Publishing, 2013.
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Project Risk Coach
SEPTEMBER 6, 2017
Discover 10 Words to Motivate Your Team Why is that one project team can vastly outperform another team although both teams have similar skills? Motivation. If you want to boost team’s performance, speak encouraging words consistently. Each day presents opportunities for you to breathe life into your teams. Your teams are more than a group of zombies.
LiquidPlanner
SEPTEMBER 7, 2017
When you query a group of second graders about what they want to be when they grow up, they’ll say an astronaut, doctor, firefighter, scientist or some other cool job. By the time they’ve started college, the list has expanded to include engineers, teachers, nurses, and other perfectly reasonable jobs. But no one picks their college because of its top-rated project management program.
The Digital Project Manager
SEPTEMBER 7, 2017
Looking for one agency project management tool to rule them all? Synergist is a uniquely complete agency project management and job costing solution that works. The post Tool Review: Synergist appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.
Susanne Madsen
SEPTEMBER 4, 2017
Project kick offs are often talked about as a single event – or meeting – where the project manager introduces the team to the project, walks them through the project background and ensures that everyone is on the same page regarding expectations, deliverables and responsibilities. But that’s a very limited way of thinking about kick-offs.
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
Project-Management.pm
SEPTEMBER 8, 2017
Leaders set by example and their job is to ensure that team members are working towards successful tasks. A leader can both hated and loved, depending on how they implement certain styles in the work structure. Some leaders are able to encourage and motivate their members and others don’t. What certain qualities does one leader have that receives a high regard and respect?
Paymo App
SEPTEMBER 8, 2017
Project management tools have come a long way in the last few years. We thought it was about time for a detailed article about the modern tools designed to support the ways teams work today. Modern project management tools are a mix of strong functionality, intuitive features and a clear user interface. We scoured the market to come up with the top 8 tools.
Inloox
SEPTEMBER 8, 2017
In part 1 and 2 of our benchmarking series, we’ve already covered benchmarking in general and internal benchmarking in project management. The last part of the series will take a closer look at external benchmarking. External benchmarking helps you identify your strengths and weaknesses compared to your competition. Based on the benchmark, you’ll be able to create an action plan to improve your processes so you can increase your competitive advantage.
TeamGantt
SEPTEMBER 5, 2017
If you’ve been a part of any project, you know that things do not always go as planned. Even if you finished on-time and under budget, there’s a good chance you can always find better ways to run projects. The best way to assess your work is to conduct a post-mortem meeting, also called a […]. The post Post-Mortem Meeting Template and Tips appeared first on TeamGantt.
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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.
Project-Management.pm
SEPTEMBER 5, 2017
Whether you are a freelancer or work for an organization, achieving desired productivity isn’t easy and becomes an issue sooner or later. And, the worst part no one knows the reason why. It seems that there are a lot of factors. Sometimes, it is related to your personal life, another time it is a situation at work, and in some cases, the reason for staying behind the work schedule can be buried deep inside us.
Digite
SEPTEMBER 8, 2017
SwiftALM 2.2 is here! This release is packed with feature updates to our Mobile App , many UI/UX enhancements and MS Project and Excel 2016 support you have been waiting for. It also has the BETA version of our new Program Dependency Board that will enable Program Managers to visually keep track of dependencies between important work items across projects for program delivery as per plan.
Inloox
SEPTEMBER 5, 2017
A vacation or just a break from work can help you regenerate and replenish your energy levels. But many go into a vacation with mixed feelings: They are happy and look forward to a well-earned break, but they are also dreading the huge of work that will surely await them at their return. It doesn’t have to be like this, because with the right preparation you’ll be able to go on vacation stress-free. 1.
LiquidPlanner
SEPTEMBER 8, 2017
I had a hallway conversation with my colleague about the best way to manage a project schedule. My colleague admitted to developing a pretty Gantt chart at the beginning of the project because executives like pictures. He also admitted that he wasn’t sure how accurate or up-to-date the schedule was with reality. When I asked how does he know whether the project is on track, he replied, “I manage with my gut.”.
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Hydra
SEPTEMBER 4, 2017
4 signs a project is in trouble. Recognising the warning signs that a project is in trouble and knowing when to pull the plug is a valuable skill for project managers when mitigating risk and losses.
ActiveCollab
SEPTEMBER 5, 2017
Extreme Programming (XP) is an agile project management framework used in software development. It prescribes everything, from how to organize projects and develop software, to how to increase developers’ productivity and what’s the best way to collaborate on code. Extreme Programming is an agile framework, which means it advocates frequent releases, iterative development, and high level of customer involvement.
Velociteach
SEPTEMBER 7, 2017
A big thank you to one of our very own Velociteach Instructors, Alan Zucker, for creating the content for this blog. You can subscribe to his blog and see the sources of this content by following this link: [link] Stakeholder Management: A Key to Project Success Projects with involved stakeholders are far more likely to […] The post Stakeholder Management: A Key to Project Success appeared first on PMP Certification Exam Prep & Training - Velociteach.
Lynne Cazaly
SEPTEMBER 5, 2017
How to get ready for the stuff that hasn't even happened yet. So many articles and predictions can worry us wild about how jobs are changing, workplaces need to adapt and plenty of roles that are there now. won’t be soon. You don't need to be a futurist to work out that things keep changing and if you stay where and what you are… yes, the future could indeed get more tricky for you.
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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.
Herding Cats
SEPTEMBER 5, 2017
There is a column in the August 24th issue of Nature speaking about have bad ideas that turn into good ideas. The column was directed to the scientist, and how science is all about sorting the wheat from the chaff. . The column starts with Pauling's principle of electroneutrality stating each atom in a stable substance has a charge close to zero.
ActiveCollab
SEPTEMBER 4, 2017
Feature driven development is a process that provides businesses with feature-rich systems that should help them control their ever-evolving nature. As the name suggests, features are an important aspect of the entire Feature Driven Development (FDD) process. FDD blends a number of best industry-recognized practices which contribute to the business by complementing and reinforcing each other.
Celoxis
SEPTEMBER 4, 2017
In general, project management includes starting, planning, preparing, carrying out, managing, and getting done the targeted task within a stipulated time. It is a well-planned process of putting in order the means that changes are carried out proficiently in an organization. The main objective of project management is to attain specific objectives and meet a specific target set by a team in the company.
TimeCamp
SEPTEMBER 6, 2017
Overspending is one of the main problems that companies have to address effectively if they are to optimize their operating services and start seeing positive outcomes. To stop overspending, you need to use a multifaceted strategy that includes improving productivity, time-tracking and time management. Read on and find out how these factors will help you stop overspending and give you a better outlook of your finances!
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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