Project Risk Coach

JUNE 11, 2018

Be careful about how you respond. Let's talk about the challenges of schedule estimates and three estimating techniques that can help us do a better job with our estimates. Lastly, we'll look at how to respond to future requests for estimates. Challenges With Schedule Estimates. unique risks).Use

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Growing Agile

MAY 12, 2022

Anyone who knows me knows I’m not a fan of estimation. Asking a team how big something is when they know the least about the item seems like a bad idea, but I do understand the need to know how long something will take. Instead of that we should be listing what features we want in a backlog that is not estimated.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Need to know how to plan an event? If you’re planning a big event like a conference, we can help you successfully plan, structure and lay it out. This blog will go over everything you need to consider when planning an event, including an easy-to-use checklist. Planning an Event. Event Planning Checklist.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Although it's easy to drift into sorting out how we will deliver each PBI during these discussions, planning at this stage is a mistake. . Creating the complete delivery plan (the how) for each PBI happens in Sprint Planning, not during refinement. . Planning the how in refinement is wasteful. Let’s unpack why. .

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 17, 2024

Throw in some start-to-finish dependencies , make a Gantt chart , and that’s a pretty good plan. However, project managers should know about their project’s critical path, especially if there are lots of dependent tasks and the dates are a challenge. Critical path method (CPM) has its roots in the US Navy back in the 1950s.

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WorkOtter

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Resource estimation is an integral part of project management that often gets overlooked. Here’s your guide to resource estimation in project management and other factors, such as resource costs. What Is Resource Estimation in Project Management? Do we have staff members who know how to estimate resources for a project?

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Agilemania

DECEMBER 13, 2022

If firms who use Agile grasp the spirit of it, they can readily adjust it to meet their own needs and assure optimal production. Agile estimation is one of the greatest instances of this. These estimating strategies are used to set the complete product, making it easier for the team to get through the product.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

So our best course of action is to prepare a risk mitigation plan so that we can manage those risks that are the most dangerous to our organization effectively before they have the opportunity to negatively impact us. We outline the five steps to this process below for planning against the unexpected in your project.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

A previous article already covered Eight Things to do During the Sprint Review , this time I want to dive into Sprint Planning. Sprint Planning is the first event of the Sprint. The outcome of this event is the Sprint Goal and a plan for the Scrum Team to achieve it. Use feedback coming out of the Sprint Review.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 22, 2023

First of all, what is meant by release planning? ( What is “release planning”? What people mean by “release planning” is trying to forecast when we will deliver certain things when certain releases might happen, and we might not know for sure what’s on those releases. Estimates are just estimates.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 24, 2023

What is a ROM estimate? A rough order of magnitude estimate is used to give you a very high level view of potential project costs. Ideally, you’d be able to provide a definitive estimate, carefully created from loads of input from subject matter experts and plenty of research on past projects and their budgets.

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LiquidPlanner

DECEMBER 1, 2021

New Year, New Projects, New Directions = a New Plan. You are very likely in the process of planning where your company is headed next year. Done well, you will deliver the best utilization, prioritization, and budget plan your team has experienced. Your job is to keep the team focused on the plan and delivering on objectives.

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Epicflow Blog

MAY 25, 2021

pe’ve gathered the questions that our users most frequently ask about Epicflow. Read further to find out how the system works, learn more about Epicflow’s features, find answers to the questions coming from the experience of working with Epicflow, and other important information about our product. . How Does Epicflow Work .

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 10, 2021

Many organisations wrestle with the seeming incompatibility between agile and release management, and they struggle with release planning and predictable delivery. Release planning and predictable delivery. Figure: Diminishing returns from Agile Estimating – Estimation Approaches. Updated to reflect the 2020 Scrum Guide!

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MPUG

JANUARY 8, 2024

When planning a new project, your boss, your client, or your project sponsor will want to know… “How long is this going to take?” The solution, of course, is estimating. There is a whole science to estimation, and it would be possible to go very deeply into this. We need simple techniques that get us close enough.

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LiquidPlanner

AUGUST 17, 2022

New thinking prompted action, a plan was approved,, budgets authorized, and training developed. The method was flawed, the financial group was only worried about cutting costs, management did not make a full commitment, there was not enough training. Why didn’t anyone speak up sooner to plan using the what-if scenario planning method?

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Scrum.org

APRIL 25, 2022

The Sprint Planning is a core event that defines how your customers’ lives will improve with the following Product Increment. Learn more on how to improve its effectiveness by avoiding 20 common Sprint Planning anti-patterns. ???? Zur deutschsprachigen Version des Artikels: 20 Sprint Planning Anti-Patterns. ??

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Ganttic

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Here we’ll provide a few tips on creating a better resource management plan. Join us as we explore the key elements, challenges, and strategies to help you craft a strong resource management plan. Let’s ensure your projects not only meet their goals but do so efficiently and sustainably with smart resource plan.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 29, 2023

Everything you need to know about project management terms is here in one list! Contact the editors via Twitter @ProjectTips with hashtag #PMGlossary and let us know! Devin Deen explains how to use Activity on the Arrow diagramming to chart the critical path in this video. It includes the plans to fulfill these goals.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 22, 2024

Mostly, people want to chat about other people. Resource management is difficult because work is unpredictable and people aren’t very good at estimating! Here’s another from my work that’s not really poor management, but it did cause us some problems. Use resource leveling to manage.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Because we don’t exactly know the challenges that lie ahead, we need some planning to occur in order to pave the first steps. The Sprint Planning event is an excellent example of this. As with the other events in Scrum, Sprint Planning serves to create transparency and provide opportunities to inspect and adapt Scrum artifacts.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 22, 2023

ProjectManager is award-winning project management software that empowers teams to plan, manage and track projects in real time. Use Gantt charts to accurately plan, real-time dashboards to analyze live data and other features to manage tasks, risk, resources and more. Get started with ProjectManager today for free.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

We have a ton of project management methods – some you probably don’t spend much time thinking about at all. You just use them because you’ve always done it that way. Project management uses lots of methods. The output of using these approaches generally ends up being talked about in meetings or included in reports.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

In the dynamic business environment, companies need accurate estimations for timely decision-making and futureproofing workforce availability against market volatilities. Let us begin with the basics. It is a step-by-step process that project managers can implement to estimate and allocate resources effectively.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 4, 2024

Initially intended as a tool for simplifying estimation, story points have become a source of confusion and dysfunction within teams. The inception of story points was meant to move teams away from the absolute estimation of tasks, such as the number of hours, to a more relative and flexible system.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 15, 2023

Making accurate estimates of construction costs requires an understanding of job costing, knowing what a costing sheet is and what needs to be included in that costing sheet. We’ll go over all, plus explain when to use job costing and provide an example of job costing to make sure the definition is clear.

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LiquidPlanner

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Do you have a plan for Valentine’s Day? Speaking of planning, how about your project plans? When I asked my wife about the theme for this article, she rolled her eyes with wonder on how I could geek out so much on project management. The solution and path to true love can be found by planning effectively.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 11, 2021

I caught up with Lloyd Skinner, CEO at Greyfly , a consultancy specializing in improving project outcomes through the application of AI tools and experienced professionals, to talk about how AI is changing the way we lead projects. This is about augmenting the stakeholders in projects,” explains Lloyd. Every company is different.”.

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Planio

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Despite our best intentions, human beings are terrible at estimating how long a project or task will take to complete. But as a project manager, it’s your job to properly estimate a project’s time and cost so that your team knows what they’re working towards (and you know when you’re going off the rails!). Poor estimating.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 27, 2020

Sprint Planning is a core event, defining how your customers’ lives will improve with the next Product Increment. Learn more on how to improve its effectiveness by avoiding 20 common Sprint Planning anti-patterns. The Purpose of the Sprint Planning. The Purpose of the Sprint Planning. Sprint Planning Anti-Patterns.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 31, 2024

Everyone wants their projects to be “quality” but I often get asked about how to manage project quality in real life. You probably already know that you need a quality management plan , and that management, assurance and control are the pillars of doing it right. What does it mean to “do” project quality? The options are: Once (i.e.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 8, 2021

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. Use a project management communication plan that talks about how to communicate with each stakeholder.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

Over my 15 years of experience with Scrum, I’ve observed velocity-driven and capacity-driven sprint planning as our ways of working when we figure out the amount of work the development team can take during a sprint. Please note I am not talking about the number of story points per unit of time.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 9, 2019

By planning for risks, you begin the process of knowing how to identify, monitor and close out risks when they show up in your project. It’s up to managers and their teams to identify risks, prioritize their impact, and create mitigation plans where appropriate in case those risks become real issues. Activity duration estimates.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 1, 2021

Shall I notify you about articles like this one? Join more us on July 6, 2021, for the Hands-on Agile #32: How to Win with Agile Resistant Teams—Scott Weiner. Should the Product Owner attend the whole Sprint Planning? The presence of the Product Owner during this part of the Sprint Planning is essential.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 14, 2023

It has to be designed by an architect and planned by a general contractor. A construction superintendent is a professional who helps to manage projects and makes sure that they’re running as planned. Another aspect of the construction superintendent’s job is to make estimates on how much the work will cost. Many things.

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nTask

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Resource Planning in project management has been gaining traction for a while now. Moreover, since the concept of resource planning is generating so much noise, the project management has responded in kind and that’s why the qualifications regarding the people that are considered experts in the field have evolved and become more complex.

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