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You can be the most talented and organized project manager there ever was, but never underestimate how much a talented business analyst brings to the table on your technical projects. They are essential for success, in my opinion. MORE
We are excited to release the latest version of our leading project portfolio management software that builds on our strategic vision of helping our customers be strategic. MORE
The need for a project portfolio management tool is often dependent on the organization's size, client base, types of projects they undertake and sizes of projects they are engaging on over the course of time. MORE
Project managers spend a large part of each day communicating—facilitating meetings, emailing stakeholders, responding to texts, writing reports, and having one-on-one conversations. We are so busy, we rarely take the time to improve the effectiveness of our communication. MORE
Listen to the Agile Unplugged Podcast on the go! Find and subscribe to Agile Unplugged on: Apple Podcasts. Spotify. Soundcloud. Welcome to our latest episode of the Agile Unplugged podcast with host Mike Cottmeyer, LeadingAgile’s CEO. MORE
Agile coaching skills is one of the most in-demand skills nowadays. Agile coaching is an essential skill for scrum masters, agile coaches, and leadership coaches to support self-managed teams. MORE
I’ve delivered a number of presentations this year on the importance of building psychological safety within project teams and the role which project managers play. During these presentations I’m frequently asked the question “ How do I go about creating it? MORE
We intuitively know that a successful agile adoption requires more than copying agile practices. It needs more than just working in short iterations and having daily stand-up meetings. But can we label those missing ingredients? MORE
I was doing some research last weekend on Holacracy for a course I’m developing for University of California - Irvine Extension. I have been teaching for them for about 8 years now and I’m helping update their agile class offering. MORE
A good blog read on this topic -- the Economics of Strategy -- is found at herdingcatswritten by Glen Alleman. In his posting, Alleman makes a couple of important points:There are many tactical actions that can be taken within a project -- like attention to risk management -- that ultimately have strategic outcomes for the business: enhanced profit on the income statement, sustainable free cash. customer Project Management Project Value MORE
One thing Edward Snowden has taught the world is this: Never trust the US Government or any other government for that matter! US intelligence is into everything they can get their hands in or as the saying goes, can “force their elbow into,” including software applications or datasets owned by US?based MORE
Task management is one of the most important activities that you perform on a daily basis. But have you noticed that the process is taking you a long time just because you are keeping all your thoughts in your mind instead of writing them down? MORE
A program is a collection of projects that relate to one another, and are therefore managed together in order to achieve maximum efficiencies. The advantages of managing these similar projects make them stand better together than by themselves. MORE
Managing projects is an important business function that provides great value to the organization. Can you imagine working at a place that doesn’t have proper management? – It will be chaotic. MORE
According to Gallup , 76% of employees in both leadership and non-leadership roles have experienced burnout at least once. The profession of a project manager belongs to senior positions with an increased level of responsibility and as a result, stress. . Let’s take a small test. . MORE
How are you doing with your Christmas shopping? If your Christmas project planning has gone a bit awry and you still have gifts to buy, here is my list of what to get the project managers in your life. Or you could suggest that people buy these things for you! MORE
Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) has emerged as the most accepted approach to an organization’s quest to thrive in the digital age characterized by highly increasing complexity. MORE
Learn to create more streamlined remote management workflows for your agency in our latest blog post. As many project managers have learned by now, managing a remote team is distinctly different than managing a team on-premises. The communication cadence is completely different. MORE
We are very excited to announce updates to our subscription plans – a name change, new features to our Standard (previously Premium) plan, and a fresh out of the oven subscription choice, Business. MORE
Projects create deliverables, which are simply the results of the project or the processes in the project. That means a deliverable can be something as big as the objective of the project itself or the reporting that is part of the larger project. MORE
The post 10 Best Project Planning Software Of 2020 appeared first on The Digital Project Manager. Agile Best Tools Tools Tools Planning MORE
" [The concern my some is] that with all good intentions, some project managers might start cutting corners. It's easily done. Don't be fooled by the trappings. This sort of success comes with a lot of pressure. There are deadlines, penalties, [finances], and [executive changes]. PMs] are stuck in the middle. Priorities can become murky. It would be natural for some to feel the pressure and Quality risk decision Risk Management MORE
A project proposal outlines your project’s core value proposition. It sells value to both internal and external stakeholders. The intent of the proposal is to grab stakeholder and project sponsor attention. MORE
The 10 Best Resource Scheduling Software Tools of 2020. The post The 10 Best Resource Scheduling Software Tools of 2020 appeared first on The Digital Project Manager. General MORE
Project teams that meet deadlines consistently are able to deliver projects on schedule. A PwC study found that only 2.5 percent companies were able to complete 100% projects project successfully. Often failure was caused by not completing projects on time. MORE
Remote work is here to stay. Even before the pandemic, an increasing number of employees were already working from home. A study done by Flexjobs found that the number of people working remotely has increased 44% just in the last five years alone. MORE
I see a common problem when reviewing project charters. The goals are activity-oriented, rather than results-oriented. And this can lead to misunderstandings about what the project team needs to achieve. Let's look at how to write results-oriented goals. MORE
Everyone in our organisation has been working at home for the last five months due to the pandemic and it’s looking likely that we will continue to do that until early 2021; my question is, I don’t think I can carry on with the Zoom calls all day and long hours – my work/life balance is non-existent! MORE
Yesterday, November 18th, there was a 3-hour virtual event to celebrate the launch of the 2020 Scrum Guide with nearly 20,000 registrants. I connected 15 minutes before the start but received a message that the limit of 1000 participants was reached, and I couldn’t participate. MORE
ProjectManager.com
NOVEMBER 23, 2020
Projects create deliverables, which are simply the results of the project or the processes in the project. That means a deliverable can be something as big as the objective of the project itself or the reporting that is part of the larger project.
Project Risk Coach
NOVEMBER 23, 2020
I see a common problem when reviewing project charters. The goals are activity-oriented, rather than results-oriented. And this can lead to misunderstandings about what the project team needs to achieve. Let's look at how to write results-oriented goals.
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The Digital Project Manager
NOVEMBER 20, 2020
The post 10 Best Project Planning Software Of 2020 appeared first on The Digital Project Manager. Agile Best Tools Tools Tools Planning
Kiron Bondale
NOVEMBER 22, 2020
I’ve delivered a number of presentations this year on the importance of building psychological safety within project teams and the role which project managers play. During these presentations I’m frequently asked the question “ How do I go about creating it?
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Girl's Guide to PM
NOVEMBER 20, 2020
How are you doing with your Christmas shopping? If your Christmas project planning has gone a bit awry and you still have gifts to buy, here is my list of what to get the project managers in your life. Or you could suggest that people buy these things for you!
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Project Risk Coach
NOVEMBER 16, 2020
Project managers spend a large part of each day communicating—facilitating meetings, emailing stakeholders, responding to texts, writing reports, and having one-on-one conversations. We are so busy, we rarely take the time to improve the effectiveness of our communication.
The Digital Project Manager
NOVEMBER 19, 2020
The 10 Best Resource Scheduling Software Tools of 2020. The post The 10 Best Resource Scheduling Software Tools of 2020 appeared first on The Digital Project Manager. General
Musings on Project Management
NOVEMBER 23, 2020
A good blog read on this topic -- the Economics of Strategy -- is found at herdingcatswritten by Glen Alleman. In his posting, Alleman makes a couple of important points:There are many tactical actions that can be taken within a project -- like attention to risk management -- that ultimately have strategic outcomes for the business: enhanced profit on the income statement, sustainable free cash. customer Project Management Project Value
Brad Egeland
NOVEMBER 19, 2020
Managing projects is an important business function that provides great value to the organization. Can you imagine working at a place that doesn’t have proper management? – It will be chaotic.
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ProjectManager.com
NOVEMBER 23, 2020
A project proposal outlines your project’s core value proposition. It sells value to both internal and external stakeholders. The intent of the proposal is to grab stakeholder and project sponsor attention.
Leading Answers
NOVEMBER 20, 2020
We intuitively know that a successful agile adoption requires more than copying agile practices. It needs more than just working in short iterations and having daily stand-up meetings. But can we label those missing ingredients?
MPUG
NOVEMBER 16, 2020
One thing Edward Snowden has taught the world is this: Never trust the US Government or any other government for that matter! US intelligence is into everything they can get their hands in or as the saying goes, can “force their elbow into,” including software applications or datasets owned by US?based
Musings on Project Management
NOVEMBER 17, 2020
" [The concern my some is] that with all good intentions, some project managers might start cutting corners. It's easily done. Don't be fooled by the trappings. This sort of success comes with a lot of pressure. There are deadlines, penalties, [finances], and [executive changes]. PMs] are stuck in the middle. Priorities can become murky. It would be natural for some to feel the pressure and Quality risk decision Risk Management
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Brad Egeland
NOVEMBER 22, 2020
The need for a project portfolio management tool is often dependent on the organization's size, client base, types of projects they undertake and sizes of projects they are engaging on over the course of time.
Zen Project Management
NOVEMBER 21, 2020
I was doing some research last weekend on Holacracy for a course I’m developing for University of California - Irvine Extension. I have been teaching for them for about 8 years now and I’m helping update their agile class offering.
Leading Agile
NOVEMBER 17, 2020
Listen to the Agile Unplugged Podcast on the go! Find and subscribe to Agile Unplugged on: Apple Podcasts. Spotify. Soundcloud. Welcome to our latest episode of the Agile Unplugged podcast with host Mike Cottmeyer, LeadingAgile’s CEO.
Agilemania
NOVEMBER 20, 2020
Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) has emerged as the most accepted approach to an organization’s quest to thrive in the digital age characterized by highly increasing complexity.
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If you are looking to modernize your application to improve competitiveness, then one of the quickest wins you can have is to embed sophisticated analytics that will wow your existing and prospective customers.
Teamweek
NOVEMBER 18, 2020
We are very excited to announce updates to our subscription plans – a name change, new features to our Standard (previously Premium) plan, and a fresh out of the oven subscription choice, Business.
Brad Egeland
NOVEMBER 22, 2020
You can be the most talented and organized project manager there ever was, but never underestimate how much a talented business analyst brings to the table on your technical projects. They are essential for success, in my opinion.
Keyedin
NOVEMBER 17, 2020
We are excited to release the latest version of our leading project portfolio management software that builds on our strategic vision of helping our customers be strategic.
Workamajig
NOVEMBER 18, 2020
Learn to create more streamlined remote management workflows for your agency in our latest blog post. As many project managers have learned by now, managing a remote team is distinctly different than managing a team on-premises. The communication cadence is completely different.
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Selecting the right solution for your embedded analytics is crucial to the success of your application. But with so many solutions and vendors, how do you make this critical selection? Learn about the different approaches to analytics and the pros and cons for each.
Agilemania
NOVEMBER 17, 2020
Agile coaching skills is one of the most in-demand skills nowadays. Agile coaching is an essential skill for scrum masters, agile coaches, and leadership coaches to support self-managed teams.
Arras People
NOVEMBER 18, 2020
Everyone in our organisation has been working at home for the last five months due to the pandemic and it’s looking likely that we will continue to do that until early 2021; my question is, I don’t think I can carry on with the Zoom calls all day and long hours – my work/life balance is non-existent!
Henny Portman
NOVEMBER 19, 2020
Yesterday, November 18th, there was a 3-hour virtual event to celebrate the launch of the 2020 Scrum Guide with nearly 20,000 registrants. I connected 15 minutes before the start but received a message that the limit of 1000 participants was reached, and I couldn’t participate.
nTask
NOVEMBER 17, 2020
Task management is one of the most important activities that you perform on a daily basis. But have you noticed that the process is taking you a long time just because you are keeping all your thoughts in your mind instead of writing them down?
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How can project planning that stretches over months or years remain relevant and account for new ad-hoc activities that arrive every day?
Proofhub
NOVEMBER 18, 2020
Remote work is here to stay. Even before the pandemic, an increasing number of employees were already working from home. A study done by Flexjobs found that the number of people working remotely has increased 44% just in the last five years alone.
Teamweek
NOVEMBER 20, 2020
Project teams that meet deadlines consistently are able to deliver projects on schedule. A PwC study found that only 2.5 percent companies were able to complete 100% projects project successfully. Often failure was caused by not completing projects on time.
Epicflow Blog
NOVEMBER 17, 2020
According to Gallup , 76% of employees in both leadership and non-leadership roles have experienced burnout at least once. The profession of a project manager belongs to senior positions with an increased level of responsibility and as a result, stress. . Let’s take a small test. .
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