ProjectManager.com
APRIL 30, 2024
Choosing the best kanban software for your organization can be challenging due to the variety of options available, which offer different feature sets and price plans. One basic, simple-to-use kanban software that can help your team get started with the kanban methodology is Notion. That’s why we’ve reviewed Notion’s kanban tool to help you better understand its key features, pros and cons.
Scrum.org
APRIL 30, 2024
In my experience, understanding how we measure success as a Scrum Master can be challenging. And of course, it’s something Scrum Masters have a strong desire to understand. This is also what the trends show us from the thousands of people in over 100 countries who are using the free Scrum Master Improvement Self-Assessment. We have a survey item that specifically speaks to this question: how do I measure success as a Scrum Master?
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Susanne Madsen
APRIL 30, 2024
In this post I’ll talk about one of the most prevalent leadership styles I see in project management – the hero project manager. Why are we so drawn to this style of management? How can it be a trap that leads to poor performance and burnout? What would a more effective and empowering leadership style look like? Essentially, the hero project manager is someone who flies in and saves the day, moving the project forward based on their personal involvement and telling others what to do.
The IIL Blog
MAY 1, 2024
By Jennifer Lapin My PfMP journey was not typical. I believe that all my effort and time invested alongside my unique journey of exam preparation were worthwhile and paid off in greater satisfaction and better result achieved at the end. People ask me if it is necessary to take a preparatory course. It is not strictly necessary but based on my experience I strongly recommend taking one to significantly increase your success chances.
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Generative AI is upending the way product developers & end-users alike are interacting with data. Despite the potential of AI, many are left with questions about the future of product development: How will AI impact my business and contribute to its success? What can product managers and developers expect in the future with the widespread adoption of AI?
Online PM Courses
APRIL 28, 2024
If you need to constantly deliver change, you need a culture to support it. A stakeholder engagement culture can set the stage for change. The post How a Stakeholder Engagement Culture can Create Champions of Change appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.
Project Management Update brings together the best content for project management professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
MPUG
APRIL 29, 2024
Erik van Hurck is a Microsoft MVP and respected voice in the project management space. He’s a Senior PPM Consultant at Projectum, a Microsoft MVP, a prolific blogger at TheProjectCornerBlog.com, and a longtime expert instructor and contributor for MPUG. With over 15 years of experience, Erik has become a go-to resource for enterprises looking to leverage the latest Microsoft technologies like Power Platform and Copilot Studio to drive PMO transformation.
The IIL Blog
MAY 1, 2024
By Nagaraja Gundappa First things first – let’s define business agility: Business agility, alternatively called enterprise agility and organizational agility, is the ability of an organization to rapidly adapt to market and environmental changes in productive and cost-effective ways according to PMI’s Disciplined Agile. So, business agility is not just many projects across the business adopting agile software development.
Project Pulse Journal
APRIL 29, 2024
By: Meredith G. Malinawan, PMP Are you a project manager struggling to deal with an ever-growing list of stakeholders, each with demands that seem equally urgent and important? Prioritizing these demands could stress out your team and complicate your strategic management strategies. It would be nice to have stakeholder management skills that will help you recognize your stakeholders and understand their profound impact on your organization's dynamics and outcomes.
Scrum.org
APRIL 28, 2024
Was unterscheidet Scrum von Zombie-Scrum? Die Mitglieder des Teams sitzen nicht wie Zombies in den Scrum Meetings und hoffen auf ein schnelles Ende. Die Meetings erzeugen als Resultate nicht nur weitere Meetings. Sondern die Mitglieder im Team entwickeln die Ergebnisse und sich kontinuierlich weiter. Indem sie frühzeitiger funktionierende Software liefern.
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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.
The Strategic Project Manager
APRIL 30, 2024
There are well-established ways to evaluate investments – and potential projects – for an organization. However, the speed of change has made these methods less reliable – and ushered in a more lean-agile approach to metrics. This post examines the difference between ROI and Lean-Agile metrics, It identifies the key metrics of each, and the drivers behind those metrics.
ProjectManager.com
MAY 1, 2024
Kanban is all the rage in project management. In fact, kanban has grown so much in popularity, there are now countless project management tools to help people plan and prioritize tasks on kanban boards, which are visual panels with virtual cards that can be moved around by the user to arrange orders of tasks or to-do items. If you’re not familiar with this methodology, there’s a high chance you’re asking yourself “what is kanban” or “what does kanban mean?
Project Pulse Journal
MAY 1, 2024
By: Hajime Estanislao, PMP, CSM Are you a project manager facing the relentless pressures of deadlines, unforeseen issues, and changing project scopes? Imagine possessing skills that transform every challenge into an opportunity, enabling you to manage and lead projects efficiently. A problem-solving strategy is your most powerful tool, and it will help define how a project manager supports and leads the way in removing roadblocks.
Scrum.org
APRIL 29, 2024
The Development Approach and Life Cycle Performance Domain is pivotal for project managers transitioning to Scrum Masters. This domain covers the methodologies and life cycle phases of project management, offering a perspective that's crucial when moving to the iterative and incremental world of Scrum. Understanding how to adapt these principles to the Scrum framework can significantly impact your effectiveness in your new role.
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
International Institute for Learning
APRIL 29, 2024
International Institute for Learning, Inc. IIL is a global leader in training, consulting, coaching and customized course development, and is proud to be the educational provider of choice for thousands of for many top global companies. IIL's core competencies include Project, Program and Portfolio Management, Business Analysis, Microsoft® Project and Project Server, Lean Six Sigma, PRINCE2®, ITIL®, Agile, Leadership and Interpersonal Skills, Corporate Consciousness and Sustainability.
MindGenius
APRIL 30, 2024
Project management is a dynamic and multifaceted discipline that requires meticulous planning, effective communication, and strategic decision-making. However, despite the best efforts of project managers and teams, challenges inevitably arise throughout the project lifecycle. From resource constraints to shifting priorities, navigating these obstacles can be daunting.
ProjectManager.com
MAY 1, 2024
The better a business’ warehouse operations, the more successful the business is. Warehouse management ensures that stock matches customer demand. Warehouse operations take into account the supply chain and work towards being cost-effective and efficient. To understand effective warehouse operations, you must first be clear on the warehouse operations process and how it plays into the larger warehouse operations management.
Scrum.org
APRIL 28, 2024
En el mundo de la gestión de proyectos y la optimización de procesos, existe la creencia generalizada de que tener unas metodologias ágiles con nombre como Agile, Six Sigma o Scrum es el billete de oro hacia el éxito. Pero, ¿qué pasaría si dijeramos que estos procesos nombrados, si bien son efectivos por derecho propio, a veces podrían obstaculizar en lugar de ayudar a su organización?
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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.
Musings on Project Management
APRIL 29, 2024
Most projects apply non-compete agreements when key project people leave with competitive-sensitive and proprietary information that could help the competition. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has issued a rule to prohibit such agreements.The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has sued to have the rule nullified.
The IIL Blog
MAY 1, 2024
By Mark Cruth Over a decade of working with all kinds of teams, I’ve found the best of the best possess these “team alchemical elements”. Alchemy is the magical process of transforming something ordinary (lead) into something coveted (gold). Interpersonal alchemy is how I like to think of turning an ordinary team into a high-performing team – one that nurtures connection, belonging, trust, speed, and momentum.
Admation
APRIL 29, 2024
Feeling the Pinch of Missed Deadlines and Inefficient Marketing Approvals? A streamlined workflow is the secret weapon of high-performing marketing teams. It keeps projects on track, launches campaigns on time, and maximizes your team's potential. But how do you measure the effectiveness of your current process and identify areas for improvement? Here are 5 key metrics to track, along with actionable insights and additional considerations to help you optimize your approval workflow and unlock a
Scrum.org
APRIL 30, 2024
The Definition of Done is a commitment that guides teams toward their goals. It's about ensuring that each product backlog item delivers value to the end user while maintaining quality standards. This article was first published in the AskScrum.com newsletter. Subscribe to AskScrum.com to be the first to receive articles like this. In the dynamic world of product development, this concept acts as a shared understanding that aligns team efforts, ensuring that the team is moving in the same direct
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Start-ups & SMBs launching products quickly must bundle dashboards, reports, & self-service analytics into apps. Customers expect rapid value from your product (time-to-value), data security, and access to advanced capabilities. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) tools can provide valuable data analysis capabilities, but they have a barrier to entry that can stop small and midsize businesses from capitalizing on them.
Teamweek
APRIL 29, 2024
Over 50 years old (and perhaps more relevant than ever), the job characteristics model (or JCM for short) promises to motivate employees, boost their satisfaction at work, and improve performance , all in one simple and easy-to-implement framework. Why is it more relevant than ever? We’re in a crisis of workplace engagement, and millennials, who make up the majority of the current workforce, are leading it.
PM Times
MAY 1, 2024
Executive Summary The rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) poses new challenges and opportunities for the world. As we know, AI is the ability of machines to perform tasks that normally require human intelligence, such as reasoning, learning and decision making. AI encompasses a range of technologies, including machine learning, natural language processing, computer vision, […] The post Transforming Project Management – The Collaboration of AI and Agile appeared first on
ActiveCollab
APRIL 29, 2024
In project management, sharing knowledge fosters collaboration, enhances efficiency, and drives success. It enables teams to leverage collective expertise, avoid repeating past mistakes, and adapt quickly to new challenges. By encouraging open communication and the exchange of insights, project management can become more dynamic and innovative, ensuring that projects are completed on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards.
Scrum.org
APRIL 29, 2024
La Transformación digital se basa fundamentalmente en un cambio de enfoque y en la forma en que una empresa realiza la gestión y desarrollo de sus productos. Cambiar para adoptar un enfoque de entrega continua que permita el aprendizaje y descubrimiento frecuente con foco en los clientes. Scrum es la herramienta ideal adoptar y ejecutar este pensamiento de producto.
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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.
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