Resource Guru
JUNE 27, 2023
The world is changing a lot right now—and it’s happening faster than ever. No industry or discipline has escaped the emergence of generative AI, but we’re still in the early stages of knowing exactly what it means and how to use it (fully) to our advantage. But one thing we do know: Using ChatGPT for project management comes with plenty of benefits.
MPUG
JUNE 26, 2023
Introduction Continuing to develop a failing project is a BIG challenge for any PM taking over. Initial questions include what the root causes are, how many previous PMs have worked on this, how many times has the plan been rebaselined, can we reduce scope, and if the project is still relevant to the company’s strategy. The objective here is to discuss the techniques that would be useful in turning failure into success.
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Online PM Courses
JUNE 25, 2023
You’ve planned your project, but what if things go wrong? And they will. So, here is our ultimate guide to project replanning. The post How to Restore Order: Your Ultimate Guide to Project Replanning appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.
Scrum.org
JUNE 26, 2023
TL; DR: Useless Agile Metrics Ideally, a metric is a leading indicator for a pattern change, allowing your Scrum team to analyze the cause in time and take countermeasures. However, what if you picked the wrong metrics? What if these useless agile metrics lead you in the wrong direction while providing you with the illusion that you know where your team is heading?
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Epicflow Blog
JUNE 28, 2023
More and more business organizations are becoming data-driven – they are leveraging technology and data to gain actionable insights, improve operations and decision-making, and as a result achieve better outcomes. Project management is no exception – data is becoming increasingly important for analyzing project and resource performance, making effective decisions, and driving projects toward their successful completion.
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Musings on Project Management
JUNE 27, 2023
It's a familiar refrain: "Think strategically; act tactically"Sounds goodWhat does it mean day-to-day?
Resource Guru
JUNE 27, 2023
Does thinking about the health of your agency keep you up at night? We don’t blame you. Running an agency is no easy feat during the best of times. In 2023—it’s a different kind of beast. As consumer habits, cancel culture, and economic uncertainty all challenge the livelihood of brands and agencies worldwide, it’s time to rethink agency efficiency—for good.
Tactical Project Management
JUNE 27, 2023
For organizations to succeed in today's fast-paced, competitive business environment, effective project management is crucial. Leadership is a crucial aspect of every manager’s professional capacity and potential. Aspiring project managers must possess outstanding leadership skills in addition to excellent technical abilities. In addition to managing tasks and resources, a project manager's duties also include inspiring and leading a team to accomplish project objectives.
MPUG
JUNE 26, 2023
As a project manager, you have a demanding role. With multiple tasks, deadlines, steering committee demands, and team members to oversee, there is a lot on your plate at any given moment, and it is natural to feel overwhelmed. If you’re among the 85% of project managers juggling multiple projects simultaneously, it’s too easy for the work to pile up.
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
Rebel’s Guide to PM
JUNE 27, 2023
Are you considering the LearnQuest Scrum Master Certification ? I’ve done a lot of project management training in my 20+ years as a project manager. Continuous development is so important, and learning new skills helps you stay current in the job market. However, I’m not and never have been, an agile expert. I’ve worked with Scrum teams and Agile development teams, I used Kanban during lockdown to help plan our days and the homeschooling, but I can’t say that I’m experienced in Agile ways.
ProjectManager.com
JUNE 28, 2023
Projects are divided into phases to make them more manageable. All are important, especially project monitoring. Project monitoring and control is how a project manager ensures the plan they’re implementing with the project team goes off without a hitch. Project controlling involves a lot of steps to thoroughly monitor the project schedule, resources and costs.
Scrum.org
JUNE 28, 2023
In Kürze: Nutzlose Agile Metriken In der Regel ist eine Metrik ein Frühindikator für eine Musteränderung, der es Ihrem Scrum-Team ermöglicht, die Ursache rechtzeitig zu analysieren und Gegenmaßnahmen zu ergreifen. Was aber, wenn Sie die falschen Metriken ausgewählt haben? Was, wenn nutzlose agile Metriken Sie in die falsche Richtung führen, während sie Ihnen die Illusion vermitteln, dass Sie wissen, wohin sich Ihr Team bewegt?
The IIL Blog
JUNE 28, 2023
By Alan Zucker Agile seems like a mystery to many. It has an unfamiliar vocabulary and practices. To outsiders, it feels like an exclusive club. However, when we step back and inspect agile, we see that it follows common, recognizable patterns from our daily lives. Imagine it is Thursday evening. Your family is planning the upcoming weekend. There is a fixed amount of time and many things to do.
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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.
Rebel’s Guide to PM
JUNE 30, 2023
Recently we sent out a 5-day productivity challenge to our newsletter subscribers, and it was very well received. People wrote to us asking us to send them the days they missed or to send them on to their colleagues. We decided to round them all up in an article so that everyone can access them on their own time. Want to make sure you receive future challenges?
ProjectManager.com
JUNE 27, 2023
A lien is the legal right to hold onto property that belongs to another person until that person pays off their debt. It’s a form of collateral to ensure a debt is satisfied. This could be a sticky point in construction, which is why a lien waiver is used in that industry. A lien waiver form between the payer and counterparty, which is just a fancy way of saying the seller, is commonly used in the construction industry.
Scrum.org
JUNE 26, 2023
How does a Scrum Master add value to a team and organization? It can be a little tricky. Do you focus on the team only? What if the Product Owner needs some extra attention? And what about the company itself, who helps its overall agility? In this video, Professional Scrum Trainers Jason Malmstadt , Robert Pieper and I will explore the qualities that make a Scrum Master a true leader and provide examples of how they can effectively serve all three.
The IIL Blog
JUNE 28, 2023
By IIL’s Learning Solutions Team Project management helps every part of an organization run more efficiently and effectively. Project managers with the right career skill sets can support organizations by improving productivity, building scale, launching new products and services, and elevating customer experiences. And with the growth imperative of organizations today, project work will take on greater challenges and importance.
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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.
Online PM Courses
JUNE 26, 2023
I recently attended APM’s 2023 annual conference, ‘Change Changes’, in Birmingham. I want to share some of the highlights with you. The post 10 Valuable Insights from the APM Change Changes Conference | Video appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.
Productivity Land
JUNE 26, 2023
If you’re considering starting a business in Michigan, a limited liability company (LLC) is a great business entity choice, and Michigan is also a great state to do business in general. Here we’ll cover why Michigan is good for business and the benefits offered by an LLC. Business Environment in Michigan Doing business in Michigan comes with many benefits, including a skilled workforce.
Scrum.org
JUNE 28, 2023
Business Leaders face a key challenge when scaling their organisations effectively while maintaining the distinctiveness that made us successful in the first place. Many frameworks and methodologies, such as Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) or the Spotify Model, promise a structured approach to scaling, but do they genuinely fit our unique needs? In this post, I aim to highlight the importance of creating our own scaling practices, highlighting that successful commercial software organizations have
Green Project Management
JUNE 26, 2023
The decision of where to develop a project can significantly impact the local economy. Considering the local economic impacts before initiating any development project is essential since it can have far-reaching consequences. The prosperity category of the GPM P5 Standard focuses on maximizing positive returns for as many stakeholders as possible. Therefore, it is critical […] The post The Local Economic Impact of Projects as a Core Component of Sustainable Project Management appeared firs
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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.
Binfire
JUNE 26, 2023
Understanding what your customers want is crucial to the success of any business. It is essential to know what their needs and desires are to provide them with the products or services they are looking for. By understanding your customer’s needs, you can tailor your offerings to meet their needs, which can lead to increased customer satisfaction and loyalty.
Productivity Land
JUNE 30, 2023
Today’s customer experience is more sophisticated, engaging, and personalized than ever before. As a business, staying competitive in this rapidly changing landscape requires cutting-edge contact center solutions that can help deliver exceptional service and experiences to customers every time they interact with your brand. Modern contact center technologies provide you with the tools needed to build relationships with current customers while continually acquiring new ones – ultimat
Scrum.org
JUNE 25, 2023
What would you change about Scrum if you could? Scrum is nearing the end of its third decade. The Scrum Guide has been inspected and adapted many times, yet we often get questions asking what we would change about this intentionally incomplete framework. As Agile trainers who have worked with a variety of teams and organizations, we most find that misunderstandings can occur due to verbiage and regional differences.
PM Times
JUNE 28, 2023
Conflict in and of itself is not bad. It can drive innovative solutions as organizations tackle tough, challenging, and complex problems. While some conflict is healthy, too much is not. Conflict, if not managed correctly, can quickly spiral from something healthy, to something toxic resulting in destroyed relationships. How we manage conflict matters, in leadership, […] The post BREATHE Your Way Through Conflict appeared first on Project Management Articles, Webinars, Templates and Jobs.
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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