PM Basics

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

As a project manager , you should facilitate and organize the efforts to collect requirements. The information below should be enough for most project managers. A project manager should not spend time and effort writing out specifications and user stories. They often think that it is a part of the execution phase.

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Project Accelerator News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Anyway, instead of leveraging the almost limitless solutions that exist in the “as a Service” resource universe, Sandy’s firm effectively relinquished control of any response. EYE ON THE PRIZE Nigel, a COO friend (who never seems to make a bad move!) Decisions are needed fast, but they still have to be thoroughly thought through.

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Resource Guru

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

While it may not tell you when you should buy a lottery ticket, it can save you a lot of stress by estimating the project workload, the resources you need, and the best way to use them. This enables expectations to be managed for existing and future projects. Pretend, just for a moment, that all you have on hand is a spreadsheet.

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Resource Guru

JULY 1, 2021

My time and energy are the main —and often only—resources I have to offer both personally and professionally. Project planning is the process that helps organize all the moving parts of your project. Resource planning is a part of project planning, it figures out where resources go, whether they be human capital — a.k.a.

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nTask

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Had I not made the mistake of accidentally deleting my Word doc file, this post would have gone live a week earlier. Sadly, our team leader told us that we’re going to have to start again on the write-up because there’s no way to recover a deleted file that has also been emptied from the recycle bin. What Is the Prince Methodology?

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Binfire

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

I have been a practitioner of Collaborative Project Management before Mark Zuckerberg went to Harvard. Everybody knows collaboration is good, and project management by nature should be collaborative. That means the management should align review and compensation of the employees to the adoption of collaborative practices.

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Techno-PM

OCTOBER 3, 2022

The use of Lean portfolio management agile has exploded in the last decade as more and more companies have found that it is a powerful tool for structuring their product development processes. Traditional approach Change Reference Traditional approaches are often referred to as waterfall models. Download Project Management Templates !

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Planio

JULY 9, 2020

Redmine is the most popular open source project management tool and issue tracker out there, thanks in large part to it’s dedicated community of users and contributors. 7 reasons why you should choose a hosted Redmine solution. Forget having to worry about compatibility issues. Even software. How do I run Redmine?

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Binfire

AUGUST 27, 2017

The traditional project management methods like Waterfall project management don’t fit the requirements of many projects, especially those projects which involve research or new discovery. The assumption that it is possible to avoid or ignore late changes in requirements in large projects is wrong and never holds.

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PM Basics

AUGUST 24, 2018

A plan should be feasible, challenging, realistic, usable, efficient and optimal. Or you have never even thought about the real extent of planning. While providing a simplified workflow for planning the work, they imply that many functions already exist in your environment. Therefore, your planning should cover: Scope.

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Leading Agile

APRIL 20, 2023

Join Dennis Stevens for this talk, where you’ll learn the secret to creating a high-trust environment where teams have what they need to live boldly, work fearlessly, and deliver the highest quality work for your customers while releasing maximum value into your business. “Just trust me, get stuff done.” I want to talk about.

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Binfire

APRIL 7, 2017

The traditional project management methods like Waterfall don’t fit the requirements of many projects, specially those projects which do involve research or new discovery. The assumption that it is possible to avoid or ignore late changes in requirements in large projects is wrong and never holds. In one such study by Robert D.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 15, 2022

In this article, we’ll talk about how to write one and why you should. Plus I have a template to share with you. It is part of the project management plan. In my experience, I’ve never written a bumper project management plan. You have your quality requirements. The basics: What is a quality management plan?

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MPUG

JANUARY 4, 2021

I’d like to begin by sharing a brilliant quote that puts the latest project management fashion, Agile, into humbling perspective: “ A Waterfall project is just an Agile (Scrum) project with one huge sprint! An Agile project is just a Waterfall project almost entirely implemented using Rolling Wave Planning! This is most viable.

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Teamweek

OCTOBER 6, 2022

If you follow the Waterfall project management methodology , this is fairly straightforward. At the end of the requirement gathering, analysis, and planning phase, you should have the project scope ready. Waterfall or iterative, a scope document is an excellent way to freeze a project’s requirements.

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MPUG

APRIL 15, 2022

I have it up on the screen here. Today, for the most part, it’s the first of three major sessions. And of course, as we get a little bit further in I’ll outline exactly what the sessions 2 and 3 will entail if you haven’t read up so far. But today, I’m primarily speaking on two topics.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 6, 2022

Regularly, InfoQ applies the ‘ Crossing the Chasm ’ metaphor to engineering practices, thus covering a part of the agile movement to create learning organizations. Charlie Munger: “ Never, ever, think about something else when you should be thinking about the power of incentives.”.

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Scrum.org

MAY 2, 2022

Notably, less successful Product Owners tend to fail at the communication part with teammates and stakeholders. To them, the Product Backlog is a means to an end, not the purpose of their existence. Lastly, the Product Backlog size may have a crowding-out effect on stakeholders as they feel overwhelmed.

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Planio

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Not only are you expected to know about Agile, scrum, and waterfall, but PMBOK , PRINCE2, Gantt Charts, and Cumulative Flow Diagrams! However, at its core, project management should be simple. Phase 2: Planning. What project management methodology should you use? Waterfall vs. Agile vs. Kanban. Phase 1: Initiation.

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Velociteach

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Some organizations have declared victory, fired their agile staff, and moved on. Others are agile in name only or are “doing” agile but have not fundamentally changed the way they work. We should not blame Agile for bad Agile. This article highlights some common issues I have encountered in my consulting and coaching practice.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 2, 2020

Regularly, InfoQ applies the ‘ Crossing the Chasm ’ metaphor to engineering practices, thus covering a part of the agile movement to create learning organizations. Charlie Munger: “ Never, ever, think about something else when you should be thinking about the power of incentives.”. Nice try #2. Nice try #1.).

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Resource Guru

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Your list should reflect: Project objectives Budget limitations Significant milestones Availability of resources Admin time And for bonus points, team development goals You’ll also need to factor in the difficulty levels of tasks. At this stage, you need to review the existing capacity of every member of the project team. The result?

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PM Basics

JANUARY 22, 2019

For me, planning is one of the most exciting parts of the project management. At each moment of the process, you’re in need of information that you don’t have yet. Yet, don’t skip steps because it looks complicated or you never did that before. I have put a link to the Project Management Plan article at the end.

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Paymo App

JANUARY 19, 2018

You can now start being part of this line of work right away by reading the basics of each aspect of a project manager’s career growth. Here are the things that you should consider before starting a project management career: What does being a project manager actually mean? Be prepared for a true adventure you’ll never get bored of.

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International Institute for Learning

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

By Dr. Elissa Farrow and Dr. Harold Kerzner Introduction Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications have become a major interest of the project management community of practice worldwide. Many companies have already begun implementing AI augmented applications into their processes, tools, techniques, and methodologies for project management.

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Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

This list is a cautionary tale , to remind everyone that where there is advice in the absence of principles, processes, and practices based on those principles - ask a simple question does this advice have any evidence of being credible outside the personal anecdotes of the person providing the advice ? don't listen.

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The IIL Blog

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

This past November as part of IIL’s IPM Day online conference , Dr. Harold Kerzner delivered a keynote on “ How Changes in Project Management Are Supporting Agile and Scrum. Can the traditional PM role still exist in an Agile world? Is there a way to transition from waterfall to Agile or is it “all in”?

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MPUG

APRIL 27, 2022

Please find below a transcription of the audio portion of Jeff Bongiovani’s webinar, Overview of the PMBOK® Guide Seventh Edition – Lesson 2, being provided by MPUG for the convenience of our members. We’re privileged to have him here with us today. Jeff, a very big welcome back, and I will make you the presenter.

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Binfire

MARCH 13, 2017

Regardless of the method you use or the structure of your team and type of organization you work for, you should avoid the known mistakes project managers make covered in this paper. Both vertical and horizontal approaches have their strengths and shortcomings. 2-Not underestimating project scope. How much it should cost?

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